नब्बे (nabbe)
numeral
The number ninety (90); a straightforward cardinal numeral with one core meaning.
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the cardinal number ninety (90)
numeral
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: You will hear नब्बे (nabbe) constantly in everyday contexts like ages ('वह नब्बे साल के हैं', vah nabbe saal ke hain, 'he is ninety years old'), prices, exam percentages (नब्बे प्रतिशत, nabbe pratishat, 'ninety percent'), and phone numbers. Hindi speakers in Delhi-NCR often use नब्बे के दशक (nabbe ke dashak) to nostalgically refer to 'the nineties' as a cultural decade, much like English speakers do.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes confuse नब्बे (nabbe, 'ninety') with नौ (nau, 'nine') or उन्नीस (unniis, 'nineteen') since Hindi numerals from 1-100 are not built as transparently as English ones and each decade has to be memorized somewhat separately. 2) Like other Hindi numbers, नब्बे (nabbe) does not change form for gender or case when counting nouns, so learners should not try to inflect it the way they might inflect an adjective.
Sample Sentences:
मेरी दादी नब्बे साल की हैं।
My grandmother is ninety years old.
(merii daadii nabbe saal kii hain।)
उसे परीक्षा में नब्बे प्रतिशत अंक मिले।
He got ninety percent marks in the exam.
(use pariikshaa men nabbe pratishat ank mile।)
यह कमीज़ नब्बे रुपये की है।
This shirt costs ninety rupees.
(yah kamiiz nabbe rupye kii hai।)
मुझे नब्बे के दशक के गाने बहुत पसंद हैं।
I really like songs from the nineties.
(mujhe nabbe ke dashak ke gaane bahut pasand hain।)
काश हमें नब्बे नंबर मिल जाते।
If only we had gotten ninety marks.
(kaash hamen nabbe nambar mil jaate।)
अगर वह थोड़ा और मेहनत करता, तो नब्बे प्रतिशत ला सकता था।
If he had worked a little harder, he could have scored ninety percent.
(agar vah thodaa aur mehnat kartaa, to nabbe pratishat laa saktaa thaa।)
कृपया अपना नंबर नब्बे तक ही सीमित रखें।
Please keep your number limited to ninety only.
(kripyaa apnaa nambar nabbe tak hii siimit rakhen।)
अगली बार उसे नब्बे से ज़्यादा नंबर मिल सकते हैं।
Next time he might get more than ninety marks.
(aglii baar use nabbe se zyaadaa nambar mil sakte hain।)
नब्बे के दशक में भारत में बहुत बदलाव आया।
In the nineties, a lot of change came to India.
(nabbe ke dashak men bhaarat men bahut badlaav aayaa।)
यह किताब उसी नब्बे के दशक में लिखी गई थी।
This book was written in that very decade of the nineties.
(yah kitaab usii nabbe ke dashak men likhii gaii thii।)
वह हर रोज़ नब्बे मिनट जॉगिंग करता है।
He jogs for ninety minutes every day.
(vah har roz nabbe minat joging kartaa hai।)