नवासी (navaasii)

numeral The numeral for eighty-nine (89).
Sense 1 : the number eighty-nine (89)
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Frequency: low
Cultural Note: Like all Hindi numerals from 21 to 99, नवासी (navaasii) is a fused, irregular form rather than a compound you can build on the fly, so native speakers just learn it as a whole word -- there's no shortcut like there is in English ('eighty' + 'nine').
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often mix up नवासी (navaasii, '89') with नब्बे (nabbe, '90') or अस्सी (assii, '80') since the Hindi numerals 80-99 don't follow an easily predictable pattern the way English does and simply have to be memorized as individual words.
Sample Sentences:
मेरे दादाजी की उम्र नवासी साल है। My grandfather's age is eighty-nine years.
(mere daadaajii kii umr navaasii saal hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
इस किताब में नवासी पन्ने हैं। This book has eighty-nine pages.
(is kitaab men navaasii panne hain।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
पिछले साल हमारी टीम ने नवासी रन बनाए थे। Last year our team scored eighty-nine runs.
(pichhle saal hamaarii tiim ne navaasii ran banaae the।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
क्या इस बस में नवासी सीटें हैं? Does this bus have eighty-nine seats?
(kyaa is bas men navaasii siiten hain?)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
अगर सब ठीक रहा, तो अगले महीने तक हमारे पास नवासी सदस्य हो जाएंगे। If all goes well, we will have eighty-nine members by next month.
(agar sab thiik rahaa, to agle mahiine tak hamaare paas navaasii sadasy ho jaaenge।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Active
अगर उस साल नवासी छात्र पास हुए होते, तो स्कूल का रिकॉर्ड बेहतर होता। If eighty-nine students had passed that year, the school's record would have been better.
(agar us saal navaasii chhaatr paas hue hote, to skool kaa rikord behtar hotaa।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Perfective -- Voice: Active
गिनती करके देखो, कहीं नवासी से एक कम या ज़्यादा न हो जाए। Count them carefully, in case it comes out one less or more than eighty-nine.
(gintii karke dekho, kahiin navaasii se ek kam yaa zyaadaa n ho jaae।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
सर्वेक्षण के अनुसार, कुल नवासी प्रतिशत लोग इस योजना के पक्ष में हैं। According to the survey, a total of eighty-nine percent of people are in favor of this scheme.
(sarvekshan ke anusaar, kul navaasii pratishat log is yojnaa ke paksh men hain।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
उन्नीस सौ नवासी में मेरे पिताजी की नौकरी लगी थी। My father got his job in nineteen eighty-nine.
(unniis sau navaasii men mere pitaajii kii naukrii lagii thii।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active