Hindi/Basic Hindi
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Common phrases
mai tumse jarur miluga (Hindustani) Main tumse avashyá miloonga (Hindi)
| English | Hindi | Pronunciation | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| . (full stop) | । (purnaviram) | a fullstop/period sign in Hindi (called "purna viraam" in hindi) | ||
| You are welcome [as in welcome to our home] | आपका स्वागत है | aapkaa svaagat hai | ||
| Hello | नमस्ते | namasté | ||
| How are you? | आप कैसे हैं? | aap kaisé hain? [hai is pronounced nasally like han is pronounced in "hand"] | ||
| Goodbye | अलविदा | alvida | (also नमस्ते, namaste) (also फिर मिलेंगे phir milenge and the reply is ज़रूर मिलेंगे zaroor milenge, Note that ज़रूर (zaroor) is an Urdu word) | |
| Thank you | धन्यवाद | dhanyavaad | ||
| Thank you very much | आपका बहुत बहुत धन्यवाद | aapkaa bahut bahut dhanyavaad | ||
| Please | कृपया | kripyaa | Instead of please, most people just say please or add zara into the sentence | |
| Excuse me | क्षमा/माफ़ करें | kshamaa/maaf karén | क्षमा and माफ़ are synonyms. क्षमा is used in Hindi and माफ़ is used in Hindustani. | |
| Good | अच्छा | achchhaa | ||
| Bad | बुरा | buraa | ||
| Friend | मित्र | mitra | (friend neutral gender) यार (yaar) (close friend) दोस्त dost (male friend) सहेली saheli (female friend). [Note: usually दोस्त is used by men to address another man, सहेली is a girl's girl-friend, यार is girl's boy friend.] | |
| What is your name? | आपका नाम क्या है? | aapka naam kya hai? | [This is used to address a person with respect e.g. an older or unknown person. Similar to vous in French or usted in Spanish.] तुम्हारा नाम क्या है? Tumhara naam kya hai [This is used to address a younger person or a close friend. Similar to tu in French and and tú in Spanish.] | |
| Nice to meet you | आपसे मिलकर खुशी हुई | aapse milkar khushii huyii | ||
| Birthday | जन्मदिन | janmadin | जन्म (Janma means birth; din means day) | |
| Happy Birthday! | जन्मदिन की शुभकामनाएं।जन्मदिन मुबारक हो। | जन्मदिन मुबारक हो। (janmadin mubaarak ho) OR जन्मदिन की शुभकामनाएँ! (janmadin ki shubhkaamnaayehn) | ||
| Tomorrow/Yesterday | कल | kal (Hindi does not have separate words for yesterday and tomorrow, the meaning is determined from the context that the word is used; if the context cannot be determined from the tense of the verb, longer expressions could be used: tomorrow = आनेवाला कल aanevaalaa kal, yesterday = बीता हुआ कल beetaa huaa kal. Often, tense can help determine today or yesterday.) | ||
| Would you like to eat something? | क्या आप कुछ खाना पसंद करेंगे? | Kyaa aap kuchh khaanaa pasand karenge? | ||
| My name is | मेरा नाम _____ है | Mera naam _____ hai | ||
| I love you | मैं तुमसे प्यार करता/करती हूँ | Mai tumse pyaar karta/karti hoon (karta = male speaker; karti = female speaker); notice, tumse can be written together as तुमसे as well as separately as तुम से | ||
| Day after tomorrow/Day before yesterday | परसों | Parso | (see note for tomorrow/yesterday) | |
| And | और | Aur | ||
| Go | जा/जाओ/जाइए | Jaa/Jaao/Jaaiye | (to small kids or servants)/जाओ Jaao (ja-ow)/जाइए (जाइये) Jaaiye (respect)/जाना Jaana (to go) / जाएँ Jaayen (nasally spoken) (very polite) |