#253 - Please say it again.
1) Please say it again.
कृपया फिर से बोलिए।
krapayaa phir se bolie
2) Please speak slower.
कृपया धीरे बोलिए।
krapayaa dhiire bolie
3) Please use smaller words.
कृपया छोटे शब्दों का प्रयोग कीजिए।
krapayaa chote shabdon kaa prayog kiijie
4) Please write it down.
कृपया इसे लिखिए।
krapayaa ise likhie
5) Please read this.
कृपया यह पढ़िए।
krapayaa yah pardie
wilton said,
August 22, 2008 @ 6:02 am
first of all ,thank you so much for your nice lesson.but in this lesson,i have fond some difference words from the previous lesson.i.e: krapayaa in the previous lesson that is kripya.is it remain the same ?and in some other lessons i also fond like some times using main for i and some times using mein.pls inform if it is the same?as i am the beginer for hindi,and it maks me so much confusion.
thanks a lot
admin said,
August 23, 2008 @ 5:52 am
Wilton,
Thank you for your comment. Sorry for the differences in transliteration. Hindi does not map well to the latin letters. largely because given a set of Latin characters, the pronunciation would be different depending on the situation and speaker. Also, there are some different sounds in Hindi that just do not exist in English. Also, sometime I type the transliteration and sometimes it is provided by others. All of these contribute to the differences like this.
We are looking at improving the quality of the program. Having a consistent transliteration scheme is one of the things we are going to be adding to the site in the future.
Regarding कृपया (please) the sound is supposed to be the same in all the episodes. It is pronounced like “kri” as in the “cri” in “cricket”. Then the second letter is the “pu” in “puff”.. And the last part is pronounced like “yah”. So, “cri-pu-yah” (I’ve noticed that sometimes it is spoken by blending the last two syllables into one.
Word for “I” मैं is a little more difficult to explain. But let me try. It is one syllable. It is pronounced like “may” but with a “nasalized” sound towards the the end. So, it could also be written “mayn”.
Sorry for the confusion. It is something that we hope to improve on in the future. But I would encourage you to learn the Hindi script as it will help with accurate pronunciation.
nathan