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एक आदमी
ek admi    one man
दो आदमी
do admi     two man.

एक लड़का
ek ladka     one boy
दो लड़क  
do ladke   two boy

एक लड़की
ek ladki one girl
दो लड़कियाँ  
do ladkiyiaa  two girls
एक मेज़
ek mez one table
दो मेजें  
do mezen  two tables

Do this with a variety of different nouns and you'll soon get the hang of it - a certain amount of parrot-like repetition is essential when learning a new language! Throw in an adjective toot.

एक बड़ा  आदमी
ek bada admi
one big man
    
दस  बड़े आदमी
das bade admi
ten big men etc.

Some numbers

Talking of numbers - you should learn to count! Learn the numbers from 1 to 20 in groups of five as they're set out below. (You'll find a full list of numbers in Unit 12.6.) Hindi uses both the Arabic set of numerals (1 23 etc.) and the Devanagari set (१ २ ३  etc.).

१ 1  ek  एक                                                          
२ 2 do दो
३ 3 tin  तिन
४ 4 char चार
५ 5 paac पाक

६ 6  Chah  छह
७ 7  sat सैट
८ 8  aath  आठ
९ 9  nau  नौ
१ 10  Das  दस

११  11     ग्यारह  gyarah                                                              
१२  12    बारह    barah
१३  13   तेरह      terah
१४  14   चौदह    caudah
१५  15   पंद्रह   pandrah

१६  16    सोलह   solah
१७  17   सत्रह     satrah
१८  18   अठारह  atharah
१९  19   उन्नीस  unnis
२०  20   बीस     bis

Bingo

If you have people you can practise with, have a game of bingo:everyone selects ten numbers of their choice (between 1and 20) as shown below, then the caller calls out random numbers in Hindi between 1 and 20 until the winner declares a victory.No  cheating!