उनतीस (untiis)
numeral
The number 29 (twenty-nine), used both as a counting numeral and an adjective before nouns.
Sense
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the number twenty-nine (29)
numeral
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: Like most two-digit Hindi numerals, उनतीस (untiis) just has to be drilled as a standalone word rather than reasoned out from its parts -- Hindi numbers from 21 to 99 are famous among learners for not following a clean, predictable pattern the way English tens-and-units do. It shows up naturally in ages, dates, prices, and counts, so it is worth learning solidly rather than trying to derive it each time.
Common Mistakes: 1) Hindi numerals from 1 to 99 are largely irregular and must be learned individually rather than built compositionally like English "twenty-nine"; उनतीस (untiis) does not obviously derive from उन्नीस (unniis, nineteen) or तीस (tiis, thirty) in a way a learner can guess, so it is best memorized as its own item. 2) Learners sometimes confuse it with उन्नीस (unniis, nineteen) or उनतालीस (untaaliis, thirty-nine) because of the similar-sounding uu-n prefix pattern found across the Hindi numerals ending near a multiple of ten.
Sample Sentences:
मेरी उम्र उनतीस साल है।
My age is twenty-nine years.
(merii umr untiis saal hai।)
वह अगले महीने उनतीस साल का हो जाएगा।
He will turn twenty-nine next month.
(vah agle mahiine untiis saal kaa ho jaaegaa।)
इस महीने की उनतीस तारीख को उसकी शादी है।
His wedding is on the twenty-ninth of this month.
(is mahiine kii untiis taariikh ko uskii shaadii hai।)
फरवरी में कभी-कभी उनतीस दिन होते हैं।
February sometimes has twenty-nine days.
(pharavrii men kabhii-kabhii untiis din hote hain।)
दुकानदार ने बताया कि कुल उनतीस रुपये हुए हैं।
The shopkeeper said the total came to twenty-nine rupees.
(dukaandaar ne bataayaa ki kul untiis rupye hue hain।)
क्या इस बक्से में उनतीस सेब रखे गए थे?
Were twenty-nine apples kept in this box?
(kyaa is bakse men untiis seb rakhe gae the?)
कृपया उनतीस नंबर वाली सीट पर बैठिए।
Please sit in the seat numbered twenty-nine.
(kripyaa untiis nambar vaalii siit par baithie।)
यदि उसके उनतीस अंक और होते, तो वह पास हो जाता।
If he had had twenty-nine more marks, he would have passed.
(yadi uske untiis ank aur hote, to vah paas ho jaataa।)
टीम में कुल उनतीस खिलाड़ी चुने गए हैं।
A total of twenty-nine players have been selected for the team.
(tiim men kul untiis khilaadii chune gae hain।)