English makes plurals with a simple -s: one room, two rooms. Hindi has a few patterns instead, and they depend on the gender you learned in Episode 183. Then comes a second surprise: when a noun is followed by a little word like "in", "on" or "to", its ending often changes again. In this episode: • Masculine plurals • Feminine plurals • What the oblique is • The oblique in the singular • The oblique in the plural • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key Hindi from this episode: कमरा (kamra) = room, कमरे (kamre) = rooms लड़का (ladka) = boy, लड़के (ladke) = boys केला (kela) = banana, केले (kele) = bananas बेटा (beta) = son, बेटे (bete) = sons एक घर (ek ghar) = one house, दो घर (do ghar) = two houses एक दोस्त (ek dost) = one friend, तीन दोस्त (teen dost) = three friends एक फ़ोन (ek phone) = one phone, चार फ़ोन (chaar phone) = four phones लड़की (ladki) = girl, लड़कियाँ (ladkiyaan) = girls कुर्सी (kursi) = chair, कुर्सियाँ (kursiyaan) = chairs रोटी (roti) = flatbread, रोटियाँ (rotiyaan) = flatbreads चाबी (chaabi) = key, चाबियाँ (chaabiyaan) = keys किताब (kitaab) = book, किताबें (kitaaben) = books मेज़ (mez) = table, मेज़ें (mezen) = tables बात (baat) = matter, बातें (baaten) = matters or chats रात (raat) = night, रातें (raaten) = nights कमरा (kamra) becomes कमरे में (kamre mein) = in the room. लड़का (ladka) becomes लड़के को (ladke ko) = to the boy. दरवाज़ा (darvaaza) becomes दरवाज़े पर (darvaaze par) = at the door. घर में (ghar mein) = in the house कुर्सी पर (kursi par) = on the chair किताब में (kitaab mein) = in the book कमरों में (kamron mein) = in the rooms लड़कों को (ladkon ko) = to the boys लड़कियों को (ladkiyon ko) = to the girls Season 3 · Spoken Hindi at Home: the complete self-study course for English speakers. Every Hindi item is given in Devanagari, Hinglish and English. Take the 52-question quiz after listening. Audio voiced with AI from an original script by Dr. Rashmi R Nair.