पचास (pachaas)
numeral
The number fifty (pachaas) -- a single-sense numeral used for counting and quantity.
Sense
1
:
fifty
numeral
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: You will hear पचास (pachaas) constantly in markets and while bargaining -- prices, ages, and quantities in daily Delhi-NCR life are full of round numbers like this one. It also shows up in the common phrase पचास बार (pachaas baar, 'fifty times'), used loosely to mean 'so many times, over and over,' much like English 'a hundred times' -- a small window into how Hindi speakers use round numbers hyperbolically rather than literally.
Common Mistakes: 1) पचास (pachaas) is invariant -- it does not change form regardless of the gender or number of the noun it counts, unlike ordinal or fractional number words. 2) Learners sometimes try to decline it like an adjective (adding -ई or -े); it stays fixed: पचास रुपये (pachaas rupye, 'fifty rupees'), पचास किताबें (pachaas kitaaben, 'fifty books').
Sample Sentences:
इस टी-शर्ट की कीमत पचास रुपये है।
This T-shirt costs fifty rupees.
(is tii-shart kii kiimat pachaas rupye hai।)
मैंने तुमसे पचास बार कहा है कि दरवाज़ा बंद कर दो।
I have told you fifty times to close the door.
(mainne tumse pachaas baar kahaa hai ki darvaazaa band kar do।)
मेरे पिताजी की उम्र पचास साल है।
My father's age is fifty years.
(mere pitaajii kii umr pachaas saal hai।)
भाई, पचास रुपये कम कर दो, बहुत महंगा है।
Brother, knock off fifty rupees, it's too expensive.
(bhaaii, pachaas rupye kam kar do, bahut mahangaa hai।)
अगर मेरे पास पचास हज़ार रुपये होते, तो मैं नई बाइक खरीद लेता।
If I had fifty thousand rupees, I would buy a new bike.
(agar mere paas pachaas hazaar rupye hote, to main naii baaik khariid letaa।)
पिछले हफ्ते हमने पचास किलोमीटर की यात्रा की थी।
Last week we traveled fifty kilometers.
(pichhle haphte hamne pachaas kilomiitar kii yaatraa kii thii।)
अगले महीने तक यहाँ पचास नए मकान बन जाएंगे।
By next month, fifty new houses will have been built here.
(agle mahiine tak yahaan pachaas nae makaan ban jaaenge।)
शायद पचास लोग ही समारोह में आएँ।
Perhaps only fifty people will come to the ceremony.
(shaayad pachaas log hii samaaroh men aaen।)
कृपया कक्षा में पचास से अधिक विद्यार्थियों को प्रवेश न दें।
Please do not admit more than fifty students into the classroom.
(kripyaa kakshaa men pachaas se adhik vidyaarthiyon ko pravesh n den।)
वह हर रोज़ पचास पुश-अप्स करता है।
He does fifty push-ups every day.
(vah har roz pachaas push-aps kartaa hai।)
मैं तुम्हें पचास बार समझा चुका हूँ, अब खुद सोचो।
I have already explained it to you fifty times, now think for yourself.
(main tumhen pachaas baar samjhaa chukaa hoon, ab khud socho।)