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Namast! Lesson 6 | Basic Hindi

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Lesson object

Basic Interrogatives & Conversation

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Revision: Etiquette conversation

English Nice to meet you (formal) Nice to meet you too (common reply)

Hindi ps milkar ach lag Mujh bh

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Revision
Name Mark Jane Mark Jane Mark Jane Mark English Hi, who are you? Good morning, I am Jane I am an Indian I am Mark I am an American Nice to meet you! Nice to meet you too! Hindi Namast, p kauna hain? Suprabht, mai Jane h Mai k bhratya hm Mai Mrk hm Mai k amrikan hm ps milkar khu hu'! Mujh bh!

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Revision

English Hi! I am Maria Im Hispanic/British Nice to meet you! Hi! I am Joe I am an African Nice to meet you too!

Hindi Namast mai Mri h Mai Hispanic / Briia hm ps milkar ach lag Namast mai Je h Mai ka Afrk hm Mujh bh

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Lesson object

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 ___

p kais hai ? Mai acch / acch hoo Thk, aur p ? pak nam ky hai ? Mera nam ___ hai

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To have this conversation, we need to learn a few basic interrogatives such as How and What! So lets begin!

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Interrogatives

How

Kais

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Use of interrogation -How

How are you?

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Use of interrogation -How

How Kais

are hai

you p

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Use of interrogation -How

How Kais

are hai

you p

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Conversation

How are you?

p kais hai?

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Note

Kais changes to kais, As we are using the p form to show respect

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Answering interrogation-How

I am fine

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Answering interrogation-How

I Mai

am hoo

fine acch / acch

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Answering interrogation-How

I am fine

Mai acch / acch hoo

Answer Structure Subject | Adjective| 'To-be' verb To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Hindi

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, Acch / Acch depend on the gender of the person speaking the sentence

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Note

If a boy (ladk), has to say 'I am fine', he would say 'Mai acch hoo' If a girl (ladk), has to say 'I am fine', she would say 'Mai acch hoo'

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Note

One of the most useful words to know is Acch 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 'hk hai' It has the same meaning as 'good' or 'acch' 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 Thk

and aur

you p

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Answering interrogation - How

Fine, and you?

Thk, aur p?

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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
hk hai

2
Thk, aur p

3
Mai acch hoo

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Solution

'I am fine' translates to ___

1
hk hai

2
Thk, aur p

3
Mai acch hoo

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Recall what the other options translate to!

English Ok Fine and you

Hindi hk hai Thk, aur p

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The next interrogative we learn is 'What' ; lets begin!

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Interrogatives

What

Ky

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Using interrogation - What

What is your name?

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Using interrogation - What

What Ky

is hai

your p

name nam

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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 Ky

is hai

(You-r pa-k

Name) nam

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Note

In Hindi You = p While 'Your' becomes 'pa-k'

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Conversation

What is your name?

pak nam ky hai?

Question Structure Subject| Interrogation |'To-be' verb To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Hindi

Answering interrogation - What

My name is____

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Answering interrogation - What

My Mer

name nam

is 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 'Mer' in Hindi We shall cover possessive pronouns in later lessons!

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Answering interrogation - What

My name is ____

Mer nam ___ hai

Answer Structure Subject | (Object)|'To-be' verb To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Hindi

Let's see if you remember

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Exercise : Pick the right option

'pak' in Hindi translates to ___ in english

1
You

2
My

3
your

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Solution

'pak' in Hindi translates to ___ in english

1
You

2
My

3
your

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Recall what the other options translate to!

English You My

Hindi p Mer

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Another important interrogative to learn is How much/many!

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Interrogatives

How much / many?

kitn / kitn

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Note

While 'much' literally translates to 'bahut', its not used when translating how much 'How much' translates to a single word in Hindi = kitn We will learn where to use kitn vs kitn via examples later

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Basic interrogatives

English How? What? How much/many?

Hindi kais? ky? kitn / kitn?

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Revision : Today's conversation!

English How are you? I am fine Fine, and you? What is your name? My name is ___

Hindi p kais hai? Mai acch / acch hoo Thk, aur p? pak nam ky hai? Mer nam ___ 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 universitysystem 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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Content Culture Alley 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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