Grammar
Marathi Counting & Quantifiers (गणना आणि प्रमाण)
Marathi counting, quantifiers and fractions — एक, दोन, तीन, पाव, आधा, दोन किलो — with Unit 03 curriculum examples and Hindi comparison.
What you will learn
Marathi counting and quantifiers from Unit 03 (Lessons 4-5): cardinal numbers, fractions (पाव, आधा, दोन तिसरा), classifiers for people/things, and the agreement rules with nouns. The notes come from Unit 03's counting and quantifier lessons.
Hindi speakers: the numbers are nearly identical (एक, दोन, तीन, चार, पाच...). The new work is the fractions (पाव = 1/4, आधा = 1/2, सवा = 1.25, डेढ = 1.5) and the classifier agreement (दोन माणस = two people, दोन पुस्तके = two books).
Tip: पाव = 1/4, आधा = 1/2, सवा = 1¼, डेढ = 1½ — these combine with numbers: सवा दोन = 2.25, डेढ तीन = 3.5. The pattern is the same as Hindi.
Fractions — the daily-use ones
पाव (1/4), आधा (1/2), सवा (1¼), डेढ (1½). They combine with whole numbers: सवा दोन (2.25), डेढ तीन (3.5), पाव चार (3.75). The pattern matches Hindi exactly — पाव, आधा, सवा, डेढ.
Classifiers — people vs things
दोन माणस (two people — human classifier), दोन पुस्तके (two books — neuter plural), तीन कुटुंब (three families — neuter). The classifier agreement follows the noun gender, not the number itself.
Common mistakes
✗ Using एक for all "one"✓ एक (masc), एक (fem — same form), एक (neut — same form) — form is same, agreement shows on adjective/noun
एक is invariant; the gender shows on what follows: एक मोठा घर, एक मोठी बहीण, एक मोठं पुस्तक.
✗ Saying दोन आदमी for two men✓ दोन माणस — माणस is the human classifier
आदमी is Hindi; माणस is the Marathi human classifier used with numbers.
✗ Writing सवा दोन for 2.25✓ सवा दोन — correct; but सवा दोन is 2.25, सवा तीन is 3.25
सवा + number = number + 1/4. सवा दोन = 2 + 0.25 = 2.25. The pattern is consistent.
Quick practice
Answer first, then open the reveal to check yourself.
1. Two and a half in Marathi?
Answer: C. डेढ — डेढ = 1.5, but for 2.5 the pattern is सवा दोन? Wait — 2.5 = ढाई (Hindi) / अढाई (Marathi). The course teaches सवा/डेढ/पाव/आधा for fractions with whole numbers.
2. Quarter kilo in Marathi?
Answer: A. पाव किलो — पाव = 1/4, आधा = 1/2, सवा = 1.25, डेढ = 1.5.
3. Two people in Marathi?
Answer: B. दोन माणस — दोन माणस — माणस is the human classifier.
4. Translate to Marathi: “Two and a half kilos.”
अढाई किलो. — 2.5 = अढाई (Marathi) / ढाई (Hindi).
5. Translate to Marathi: “Three books.”
तीन पुस्तके. — पुस्तक neuter → पुस्तके plural.
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Common questions
What are the main Marathi fractions?
पाव (1/4), आधा (1/2), सवा (1.25), डेढ (1.5) — they combine with whole numbers: सवा दोन (2.25), डेढ तीन (3.5).
How do you say "two people" in Marathi?
दोन माणस — माणस is the human classifier used with numbers instead of आदमी.