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Namastē! Lesson 6 | Basic Hindi

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Lesson object

1 Basic Interrogatives & Conversation

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Revision: Etiquette conversation

English Hindi

Nice to meet you (formal) Āpsē milkar achā lagā

Nice to meet you too (common reply) Mujhē bhī

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Revision

Name English Hindi

Mark Hi, who are you? Namastē, āp kauna hain?

Jane Good morning, I am Jane Suprabhāt, maiṁ Jane hūṁ

Mark I am an Indian Maiṁ ēk bhāratīya hūm̐

Jane I am Mark Maiṁ Mārk hūm̐

Mark I am an American Maiṁ ēk amērikan hūm̐

Jane Nice to meet you! Āpsē milkar khuśī hu'ī!

Mark Nice to meet you too! Mujhē bhī!

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Revision

English Hindi

Hi! I am Maria Namastē maiṁ Māriā hūṁ

I’m Hispanic/British Maiṁ Hispanic / Briṭiśa hūm̐

Nice to meet you! Āpsē milkar achā lagā

Hi! I am Joe Namastē maiṁ Jōe hūṁ

I am an African Maiṁ ēka Afrīkī hūm̐

Nice to meet you too! Mujhē bhī

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Lesson object

1 Basic Interrogatives & Conversation

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Today's conversation!

How are you? I am fine.

Fine, and you? What is your name?

My name is ___

Āp kaisē hai ? Maiṁ acchā / acchī hooṁ

Thīk, aur āp ? Āpakā nāam kyā hai ?

Mera nāam ___ hai

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To have this conversation, we need to learn a fewbasic

interrogatives such as How and What! So letsbegin!

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Interrogatives

How

Kaisē

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Use of interrogation -How

How are you?

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Use of interrogation -How

How are you

Kaisā haiṁ Āp

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Use of interrogation -How

How are you

Kaisē haiṁ Āp

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Conversation

Question Structure Subject | Interrogation |'To-be' verb

How are you?

Āp kaisē haiṁ?

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Note

Kaisā changes to kaisē,

As we are using the Āp form to show respect

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Answering interrogation-How

I am fine

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Answering interrogation-How

I am fine

Maiṁ hooṁ acchā / acchī

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Answering interrogation-How

Answer StructureSubject | Adjective| 'To-be' verb

I am fine

Maiṁ acchā / acchī hooṁ

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Grammar tip

While the general sentence structure is Subject | (Object) | 'To-be' verb

In a sentence with an adjective, the assumed object is replaced with the Adjective The answer structure then becomes:

Subject | Adjective| 'To-be' verb

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Note

In Hindi, adjectives are defined by the gender of the noun being used

In this case, Acchā / Acchī depend on the gender of the person

speaking the sentence

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Note

If a boy (ladkā), has to say 'I am fine', he would say

'Maiṁ acchā hooṁ'

If a girl (ladkī), has to say 'I am fine', she would say

'Maiṁ acchī hooṁ'

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Note

One of the most useful words to know is Acchā

It is both an adjective and an exclamation Its meanings include good, excellent, healthy, well, OK, really?, awesome!,

hmm..., a-ha!, etc.!

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Note

Another common all-purpose word is 'ṭhīk hai'

It has the same meaning as 'good' or 'acchā'

OK / all right, yes / understood, right / correct, etc

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Answering interrogation - How

Fine, and you?

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Answering interrogation - How

Fine and you

Thīk aur āp

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Answering interrogation - How

Fine, and you?

Thīk, aur āp?

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Let's see if you remember…>

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Exercise : Pick the right option

'I am fine' translates to ___

1

ṭhīk hai

2

Thīk, aur āp

3

Maiṁ acchā hooṁ

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Solution

'I am fine' translates to ___

1

ṭhīk hai

2

Thīk, aur āp

3

Maiṁ acchā hooṁ

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Recall what the other options translate to!

English Hindi

Ok ṭhīk hai

Fine and you Thīk, aur āp

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The next interrogative we learn is 'What' ; letsbegin!

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Interrogatives

What

Kyā

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Using interrogation - What

What is your name?

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Using interrogation - What

What is your name

Kyā hai Āp nāam

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Grammar tip

In the sentence, 'What is your name'?, 'Your'

and 'name' come together to form the 'Subject' of the sentence

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Using interrogation - What

What is (You-r Name)

Kyā hai Āpa-kā nāam

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Note

In Hindi You = Āp While 'Your' becomes 'Āpa-kā'

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Conversation

Question Structure Subject| Interrogation |'To-be' verb

What is your name?

Āpakā nāam kyā hai?

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Answering interrogation - What

My name is____

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Answering interrogation - What

My name is ____

Merā nāam hai _____

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Note

In this sentence, 'my' and 'name' come together to

form the subject of the Sentence!

'My' is a possessive pronoun and it translates

to 'Merā' in Hindi

We shall cover possessive pronouns in later lessons!

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Answering interrogation - What

Answer Structure Subject | (Object)|'To-be' verb

My name is ____

Merā nāam ___ hai

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Let's see if you remember…

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Exercise : Pick the right option

'Āpakā' in Hindi translates to ___ in english

1

You

2

My

3

your

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Solution

'Āpakā' in Hindi translates to ___ in english

1

You

2

My

3

your

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Recall what the other options translate to!

English Hindi

You Āp

My Merā

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Another important interrogative to learn is How much/many!

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Interrogatives

How= Kaisē, howeverHow much= kitnā, How many= Kitnē

How much / many?

kitnā / kitnē

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Note

While 'much' literally translates to 'bahut', it’s not used when translating ‘how much’

'How much' translates to a single word in Hindi = kitnā

We will learn where to use kitnā vs kitnē

via examples later

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Basic interrogatives

English Hindi

How? kaisē?

What? kyā?

How much/many? kitnā / kitnē?

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Revision : Today's conversation!

English Hindi

How are you? Āp kaisē hai?

I am fine Maiṁ acchā / acchī hooṁ

Fine, and you? Thīk, aur āp?

What is your name? Āpakā nāam kyā hai?

My name is ___ Merā nāam ___ hai

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Culture leaf

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Culture leaf- Education in India

Education in India is provided by the public sector as well

as the private sector

The Taxila University was the oldest university-

system of education in the world

Western education became ingrained into Indian

society with the establishment of the British Raj

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Culture leaf

Indians made significant contributions to

calculus, trigonometry, and algebra

The decimal system was invented in

India in 100 B.C. The concept of zero

as a number is also attributed to India

For more information, read:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/0_(number)

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What's next?

Next time we will learn some more interrogations, and how they form questions

with postpositions!

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Credits

Content

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Culture leaf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_India

Image

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:VESIT_new_building.JPG

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