पचानवे (pachaanve)
numeral
The number ninety-five (95) -- a cardinal numeral used for counting and quantities.
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the number ninety-five (95)
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Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: Like all two-digit Hindi numbers, पचानवे (pachaanve) has to be learned as its own item rather than derived from 'ninety' + 'five' -- native speakers just have the whole 1-100 sequence memorized from childhood rhymes and school drills (paharaa/counting tables), so building real fluency with numbers like this one really does mean rote practice, the same way Hindi speakers themselves learned it.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often try to build this compositionally from पच (pach) + नवे (nave) the way English builds 'ninety-five' from 'ninety' + 'five' -- but Hindi numerals from 21 to 99 are memorized as whole words, not assembled. 2) It is easy to confuse with पचास (pachaas, 'fifty') or पिचानवे (pichaanve, an alternate pronunciation of the same number) due to similar sound.
Sample Sentences:
मेरे दादाजी की उम्र पचानवे साल है।
My grandfather's age is ninety-five years.
(mere daadaajii kii umr pachaanve saal hai।)
उसे परीक्षा में पचानवे नंबर मिले।
He got ninety-five marks in the exam.
(use pariikshaa men pachaanve nambar mile।)
यह पंखा पचानवे सौ रुपये का है।
This fan costs nine thousand five hundred rupees.
(yah pankhaa pachaanve sau rupye kaa hai।)
अगर वह पचानवे प्रतिशत लाता तो उसे स्कॉलरशिप मिल जाती।
If he had scored ninety-five percent, he would have gotten the scholarship.
(agar vah pachaanve pratishat laataa to use skolarship mil jaatii।)
कृपया पचानवे नंबर की सीट खाली कर दें।
Please vacate seat number ninety-five.
(kripyaa pachaanve nambar kii siit khaalii kar den।)
बुखार में उसका तापमान पचानवे डिग्री फ़ारेनहाइट तक गिर गया था।
During the fever, his temperature had dropped to ninety-five degrees Fahrenheit.
(bukhaar men uskaa taapmaan pachaanve digrii faarenahaait tak gir gayaa thaa।)
शायद इस बार भी पचानवे नंबर की बस लेट आए।
Perhaps bus number ninety-five will be late this time too.
(shaayad is baar bhii pachaanve nambar kii bas let aae।)
उस दुकान से पचानवे रुपये का सामान चोरी हुआ था।
Goods worth ninety-five rupees were stolen from that shop.
(us dukaan se pachaanve rupye kaa saamaan chorii huaa thaa।)
हर साल इस मंदिर में पचानवे दीपक जलाए जाते हैं।
Every year, ninety-five lamps are lit in this temple.
(har saal is mandir men pachaanve diipak jalaae jaate hain।)
बच्चे स्कूल में गिनती करते हुए नब्बे के बाद पचानवे बोलना सीख रहे हैं।
The children are learning to say ninety-five after ninety while counting in school.
(bachche skool men gintii karte hue nabbe ke baad pachaanve bolnaa siikh rahe hain।)