five
/faɪv/number
उच्चारण फ़ाइव
पाँच
Basic word
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§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
five + plural noun
Five is a number word, so the noun after it is plural and has no of: five books, not five book.
'Five' संख्या है, इसलिए उसके बाद plural noun आता है: five books, 'five book' नहीं।
- There are five days left for the SSC form.
- Radhika bought five notebooks.
a five-year / five-minute + noun
When five joins a noun to describe another noun, it takes a hyphen and the noun stays singular.
जब 'five' किसी noun से जुड़कर दूसरे noun का वर्णन करता है, तो hyphen लगता है और noun singular रहता है।
- It is a five-year course.
- We took a five-minute break.
the five of us / all five / in fives
Five can stand alone as a pronoun-like number, or follow a pronoun to show the whole group.
'Five' अकेला या सर्वनाम के बाद आकर पूरे समूह की गिनती बता सकता है।
- The five of us shared one auto to the station.
- All five passed the interview.
five as a noun (a five, the fives)
Five can be a noun for the figure 5, a team of five, or a card or score. Then it takes an article or a plural.
'Five' संख्या 5, पाँच खिलाड़ियों की टोली या किसी पत्ते/अंक के लिए noun भी हो सकता है; तब उसके साथ article या plural आता है।
- Write a five in the box, not a six.
- The school's basketball five won the district title.
+Collocations 4
five + noun
minutesyearsrupeessensesstars
- Humans have five senses.
about / nearly / over + five
about fivenearly fiveover fivejust under fiveexactly five
- The train was nearly five hours late.
five in fixed expressions
five-day weekfive-year planhigh fivefive to tenpage five
- India's early economic growth followed a five-year plan.
verb + five
count toscoretakemakegive
- Count to five before you answer the question.
“More examples 7
- The match starts at five o'clock on Sunday.
मैच रविवार को पाँच बजे शुरू होता है।
- Radhika scored five out of five in the spelling test.
राधिका ने spelling test में पाँच में से पाँच अंक पाए।
- He gave his friend a high five after the result.
परिणाम के बाद उसने अपने दोस्त से 'हाई फाइव' किया।
- Five years ago this road was only a muddy track.
पाँच वर्ष पहले यह सड़क केवल एक कीचड़ भरा रास्ता थी।
- The bowler took five wickets in the first innings.
गेंदबाज़ ने पहली पारी में पाँच विकेट लिए।
- There are five vowels in English, but many more vowel sounds.
English में पाँच vowels हैं, पर vowel sounds उनसे कहीं अधिक हैं।
- The library closes at five and reopens at nine the next morning.
पुस्तकालय पाँच बजे बंद होता है और अगली सुबह नौ बजे खुलता है।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ She finished a five-years course in Delhi.
✓ She finished a five-year course in Delhi.
In a compound adjective before a noun, the unit noun stays singular.
संयुक्त विशेषण में संख्या के बाद का noun singular रहता है, 'five-years' नहीं।
✗ I have five brother and two sisters.
✓ I have five brothers and two sisters.
A noun after five must be plural.
'Five' के बाद का noun plural होना चाहिए, 'five brother' नहीं।
¶Idioms 1
take five
(informal, especially North American English) to have a short rest
थोड़ा आराम कर लेना, छोटा-सा ब्रेक लेना
- Okay, everyone, take five.
- Let's take five before the next topic.
?Which word?
Keep the five words: pentagon (five sides; also the US defence headquarters), quintet, quintuple, Panchayat (traditionally a council of five), panchsheel (five principles).
पाँच के शब्द याद रखिए: pentagon (पाँच भुजाएँ; अमेरिकी रक्षा मुख्यालय भी), quintet, quintuple, Panchayat (पारंपरिक रूप से पाँच की परिषद), panchsheel (पाँच सिद्धांत)।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Take five (informal, have a short break).
Idiom 'take five' (अनौपचारिक, छोटा विराम लेना)।
✓In the exam
General knowledge
The Five-Year Plans in India ran from 1951 to 2017, then NITI Aayog replaced the Planning Commission (2015).
भारत में पंचवर्षीय योजनाएँ 1951 से 2017 तक चलीं, फिर नीति आयोग ने योजना आयोग का स्थान लिया (2015)।