निन्यानवे (ninyaanve)
numeral
The number ninety-nine (99). A single-sense numeral with no other common meanings.
Sense
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the number 99
numeral Like all Hindi numbers 20-99, this has its own unique form rather than being built predictably from नौ (nau, nine) and नब्बे (nabbe, ninety); it simply has to be learned as a whole word.
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: You'll meet this number constantly in prices and exam marks -- the classic 'charm pricing' trick of ninety-nine rupees ($99$) instead of a round hundred is just as common in Indian shops as anywhere else, so निन्यानवे रुपये (ninyaanve rupye, ninety-nine rupees) is a phrase worth having ready.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often confuse it with नब्बे (nabbe, ninety) or निन्यानबे-style variant spellings because the middle syllables sound similar when spoken quickly -- listen for the nasalized 'nyaan' sound that marks निन्यानवे (ninyaanve) specifically as 99, not 90.
Sample Sentences:
इस कमीज़ की कीमत निन्यानवे रुपये है।
This shirt's price is ninety-nine rupees.
(is kamiiz kii kiimat ninyaanve rupye hai।)
मुझे गणित में निन्यानवे नंबर मिले।
I got ninety-nine marks in math.
(mujhe ganit men ninyaanve nambar mile।)
दुकानदार अक्सर निन्यानवे रुपये लिखते हैं ताकि सामान सस्ता लगे।
Shopkeepers often write ninety-nine rupees so that the item seems cheap.
(dukaandaar aksar ninyaanve rupye likhte hain taaki saamaan sastaa lage।)
अगर मेरे निन्यानवे प्रतिशत अंक होते, तो मुझे यह कॉलेज मिल जाता।
If I had gotten ninety-nine percent marks, I would have gotten into this college.
(agar mere ninyaanve pratishat ank hote, to mujhe yah kolej mil jaataa।)
क्या यह घड़ी सच में निन्यानवे रुपये में मिल सकती है?
Can this watch really be had for ninety-nine rupees?
(kyaa yah ghadii sach men ninyaanve rupye men mil saktii hai?)
पूरे निन्यानवे छात्र परीक्षा में बैठे थे।
A full ninety-nine students had sat for the exam.
(poore ninyaanve chhaatr pariikshaa men baithe the।)
इस बार कीमत निन्यानवे रुपये रखी गई है।
This time the price has been set at ninety-nine rupees.
(is baar kiimat ninyaanve rupye rakhii gaii hai।)
अगली बार कीमत निन्यानवे रुपये ही रखना, सौ मत रखना।
Next time keep the price at ninety-nine rupees only, don't make it a hundred.
(aglii baar kiimat ninyaanve rupye hii rakhnaa, sau mat rakhnaa।)
उसका जन्मदिन निन्यानवे साल पहले मनाया गया था।
Her birthday was celebrated ninety-nine years ago.
(uskaa janmdin ninyaanve saal pahle manaayaa gayaa thaa।)
अगले महीने तक हमारे पास निन्यानवे ग्राहक हो जाएंगे।
By next month we will have ninety-nine customers.
(agle mahiine tak hamaare paas ninyaanve graahak ho jaaenge।)