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Numbers, Time & Dates

Cardinal and ordinal numbers, telling time and dates
اکیس بائیس تئیس
twenty-one twenty-two twenty-three
ikkīs bāīs teīs
Urdu has unique words for each number 1-99 — not compositional
پچاس ساٹھ ستر اسی نوے
50 60 70 80 90
pacās sāṭh sattar assī nave
Decade numbers — must be memorized
سو ہزار لاکھ کروڑ
hundred thousand hundred-thousand ten-million
sau hazār lākh kroṛ
South Asian number system — لاکھ and کروڑ are unique units
ڈیڑھ / اڑھائی / ساڑھے
one-and-half / two-and-half / plus-half
ḍeṛh / aṛhāī / sāṛhe
Unique words for x.5 quantities — no decimal fractions in traditional use
پونے / سوا
quarter to / quarter past
paune / savā
Fractional time expressions — پونے تین = 2:45
وقت بتانا
telling time
vaqt batānā
تین بجے = at 3; ساڑھے چار بجے = at 4:30
مہینے: جنوری فروری مارچ
Months: January February March
mahīne: janvarī, farvari, march
Urdu uses both Gregorian and Islamic calendar months
اسلامی مہینے: محرم صفر
Islamic months: Muharram Safar
islāmī mahīne: muharram ṣafar
Lunar Islamic calendar months — culturally important
تاریخ: آج کی تاریخ کیا ہے؟
Date: What is today's date?
tārīkh: āj kī tārīkh kyā hai?
Asking for the date — number + تاریخ or number + کو
موسم: گرمی سردی بارش
Seasons: summer winter monsoon
mausam: garmī sardī bārish
Pakistani seasons — بارش (monsoon) is culturally significant