बाईस (baaiis)

numeral The number twenty-two (baaiis) -- a straightforward cardinal numeral with just one sense.
Sense 1 : the number 22
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Frequency: high
Cultural Note: Like all Hindi numerals from 21 to 99, बाईस (baaiis) has to be memorized as its own word rather than built compositionally the way English 'twenty-two' is -- this is simply a feature of the traditional counting system, and native speakers rely on rote familiarity built up from childhood rhymes and school drills (पहाड़े, pahaade) rather than any visible rule.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes confuse बाईस (baaiis, '22') with बारह (baarah, '12') or बीस (biis, '20') since the sounds are close -- worth drilling the 20s (उन्नीस, बीस, इक्कीस, बाईस -- unniis, biis, ikkiis, baaiis) as a sequence to fix the distinction.
Sample Sentences:
मेरे भाई की उम्र बाईस साल है। My brother is twenty-two years old.
(mere bhaaii kii umr baaiis saal hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
इस बस में बाईस सीटें हैं। This bus has twenty-two seats.
(is bas men baaiis siiten hain।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
हमने बाईस लोगों को न्योता भेजा था। We had sent invitations to twenty-two people.
(hamne baaiis logon ko nyotaa bhejaa thaa।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
अगर बाईस बच्चे आ जाएँ, तो क्लास शुरू हो जाएगी। If twenty-two children arrive, the class will start.
(agar baaiis bachche aa jaaen, to klaas shuroo ho jaaegii।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Voice: Active
काश हमारी टीम में बाईस खिलाड़ी होते। If only our team had twenty-two players.
(kaash hamaarii tiim men baaiis khilaadii hote।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
कृपया बाईस नंबर की सीट खाली कर दें। Please vacate seat number twenty-two.
(kripyaa baaiis nambar kii siit khaalii kar den।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
स्कूल में बच्चे बाईस का पहाड़ा रोज़ याद करते थे। At school, the children used to memorize the twenty-two times table every day.
(skool men bachche baaiis kaa pahaadaa roz yaad karte the।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
परीक्षा में बाईस सवाल पूछे गए थे। Twenty-two questions were asked in the exam.
(pariikshaa men baaiis savaal poochhe gae the।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Passive
फाइनल तक कुल बाईस टीमें पहुँचेंगी। A total of twenty-two teams will reach the final.
(phaainal tak kul baaiis tiimen pahunchengii।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Active
बाईस दिनों से बारिश नहीं हुई है। It hasn't rained in twenty-two days.
(baaiis dinon se baarish nahiin huii hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
उस इमारत में बाईस मंज़िलें हैं। That building has twenty-two floors.
(us imaarat men baaiis manzilen hain।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active