Basic Hindi | Lesson 4 | Express gratitude

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Namastē! Lesson 4 | Basic Hindi


Lesson object

1 Express gratitude

2 Requesting Attention


Revision : Expressions

In Hindi, the salutation for hello and goodbye remains 'namastē' itself

Hello

Namastē



Commonly used form for 'good morning' is Namastē

Good morning / afternoon

Su-prabhāt



English Hindi

Hello Hello(informal)

Hello Namastē (formal)

Yes Hāṁ

No Nahīṁ

OK/fine (colloq.) Thīk hai

Please Kṛp-ya

Good morning/afternoon Namastē

Good evening Namastē

Good night Namastē

You're welcome Svāgat hai

Good bye Praņām


Lesson object

1 Express gratitude



Express gratitude

Thank you

Dhan'yavād / Shukriyā


Grammar tip

'Thank you' roughly translates to 'Thanks' which translates to

'dhan'yavād / shukriyā'

Literally, 'Thank you' would translate to 'āpkā dhan'yavād'


Express gratitude

Thank you very much


Express gratitude

'Bahut' is used twice for emphasis

Thank you very much

Dhan'yavād bahut bahut jyādā


Express gratitude

In Hindi, the meaning of much is 'Jyādā'But it can't be used here as it would

sound incorrect

Thank you very much

Dhan'yavād bahut bahut jyādā


Grammar tip : Adverb placement

In Hindi, adverbs always come before the verb


Express gratitude

Thank you very much

Bahut bahut dhan'yavād


Grammar tip

In Hindi, 'Thank you' translates to 'thanks'

thus, wherever you see 'Thank you'

translate it as 'Dhan'yavād'

Hence, 'Thank you very much', would literally

translate to 'thanks' very much

'Very' and 'Much' have the same meaning

in this sentence


Express gratitude

The literal meaning of Koī bāt nahīṁ is'never mind'

It is Used when responding to 'Thankyou'

You're welcome

Koī bāt nahīṁ


Grammar tip

If you’re welcoming someone to your house, you

would say 'Āpkā svāgata hai'

Whereas, while replying to a 'Thank you', one would

say, Koī bāt nahīṁ, as it literally translates to

'Don’t mention it'

This happens due to the difference in the two

uses of the word


Do you remember?

English Hindi

Thank you Dhan'yavād/Shukriyā

Thank you very much Bahut bahut dhan'yavād

You're welcome Koī bāt nahīṁ


Lesson object

1 Express gratitude



Requesting attention

'Suni'ē' actually means 'listen'. In Hindi,however,

we use 'Suni'ē' to get some one’sattention

Excuse me

Suni'ē



Pardon me / I'm sorry

Māf kījiyē



Please

Kṛip-yā



English Hindi

Excuse me Suni'ē

Pardon me / I'm sorry Māf kījiyē

Please Kṛip-yā


Let’s see if you remember…


Exercise : Pick the right option

'Thank you' translates to ___

1

Thīk hai

2

Dhan'yavād

3

Namastē


Solution

'Thank you' translates to ___

1

Thīk hai

2

Dhan'yavād

3

Namastē


Recall what the other options translate as!

English Hindi

Ok Thīk hai

Hello Namastē



When replying to 'Thank you', 'You're welcome' translates as ___

1

Koī bāt nahīṁ

2


3

Āpkā svāgata hai


Solution

When replying to 'Thank you', 'You're welcome' translates as ___

1

Koī bāt nahīṁ

2


3

Āpkā svāgata hai



English Hindi


You’re welcomeĀpkā svāgata hai

(when inviting someone over)



'Excuse me' translates to ___

1

Kṛip-yā

2

Māf kījiyē

3

Suni'ē


Solution

'Excuse me' translates to ___

1

Kṛip-yā

2

Māf kījiyē

3

Suni'ē



English Hindi

Please Kṛip-yā

Sorry Māf kījiyē


Revision : Express gratitude

English Hindi

Thank you Dhan'yavād/Shukriyā


You're welcome Koī bāt nahīṁ


Revision : Requesting attention

English Pronunciation

Excuse me Suni'ē

Pardon me / I'm sorry Māf kījiyē

Please Kṛip-yā


Culture leaf


Culture leaf : Bollywood in India

India is one of the largest centers of

film production in the world

It is a 114 year old industry!

Bollywood movies comprise of

action, drama, comedy, music and dance

Famous actors / actresses are:

Amitabh Bachan, Shahrukh Khan, Salman Khan,

Amir Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra,

Katrina Kaif, Vidhya Balan To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Hindi

Culture Leaf

India has the world’s largest

movie industry, based in Mumbai

(known as the 'City of Dreams')

The B in 'Bollywood'

comes from Bombay, the

former name for Mumbai

Almost all Bollywood

movies are musicals


What’s next?

Next lesson is fun! We will start with ourfirst basic conversation!


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Content

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Culture leaf

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