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This is the first of four follow up lessons on the Feb. 20, 2010 episode Conversation with Sandeep and Meenakshi.  This one will be about asking about people’s names and answering those questions.  The next one will be about asking about people’s work.  The third one will be about asking if people are vegetarians.  And the final one will go over the parts regarding people’s preference for tea or coffee.

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First, let us look at asking about someone’s name:

आपका नाम क्या है? (aap-kaa naam kyaa hain) What is your name?

आपकी पत्नी का नाम क्या है। (aap-kii pat-nii kaa naam kyaa hai) What is your wife’s name?

आपके पति का नाम क्या है। (aap-kii pa-ti kaa naam kyaa hai) What is your husband’s name?

आपके मित्र का नाम क्या है? (aap-ke mi-tra kaa naam kyaa hai) What is your friend’s name?

उसका नाम क्या है? (us-kaa naam kyaa hai?)  What is his name?

(What is her name?)

(What is its name?)

मेरा नाम संदीप है। (me-raa naam san-diip hai) My name is Sandeep.

मेरी पत्नी का नाम मीनाक्षी है। (me-rii pat-nii ka naam mii-naa-kshii hai)   My wife’s name is Meenakshi.

मेरी मित्र का नाम सोनिया प्राईस है। (me-rii mi-tra kaa naam so-ni-yaa praa-ii-s hai) My friend’s name is Sonia Price.

उसका नाम राम है। (us-kaa naam raam hai) His name is Ram.

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Today we have Sandeep and Meenakshi on the show.

First I asked Sandeep about himself and his wife.  Here are the questions that I asked Sandeep.  (Find Hindi speakers to practice them with.)

आपका नाम क्या है?  (Aap-kaa naam kyaa hai?) – What is your name?

आपकी पत्नी का नाम क्या है?  (aap-ki put-nii kaa naam kyaa hai?) – What is your wife’s name?

आप क्या काम करते हैं?  (aap kyaa kaam kar-te hain?) – What work do you do?

आपकी पत्नी क्या काम करती हैं? (aap-kii pat-nii kyaa kar-tii hain?) – What work does your wife do?

क्या आप शाकाहारी हैं?  (kyaa aap shaa-kaa-haa-rii hain?) – Are you a vegetarian?

क्या आपकी पत्नी शाकाहारी हैं? – (kyaa aap-kii pat-nii shaa-kaa-ha-rii hain?) – Is your wife a vegetarian?

क्या आप चाय या कॉफ़ी पीते हैं? – (kyaa aap chaaii yaa ko-phii pii-te hain?) – Do you drink tea or coffee?

क्या आपकी पत्नीचाय या कॉफ़ी पीते हैं? (kyaa aap-kii pat-nii chaaii yaa ko-phii pii-te hain?) – Does your wife drink tea or coffee?

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Today we had my nieces visit us (Meena-ji’s and Naraindas-ji’s grand daughters.)  I thought it would be good to record an episode with them.

They know a Hindi phrase that is an expression of surprise.

अरे बाप रे बाप

(a-re baap re baap)

Review of basic Hindi phrases

What is your name?

आपका नाम क्या है?

(aap-kaa naam kyaa hai?)

My name is ____ .

मेरा नाम ________ है।

(me-raa naam ____ hai)

How are you?

आप कैसे हैं?  (Asking a man)

(aap kai-se hain)

आप कैसी हैं? (Asking a woman)

(aap kai-sii hain)

I’m OK.

मैं ठीक हूँ। (same for man and woman)

(main Tiik huun)

मैं अच्छा हूँ। (man speaking)

(main ach-chhaa huun)

मैं अच्छी हूँ। (woman speaking)

(main ach-chhii huun)

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Eva left a comment on a episode from earlier this week called Related Verbs:

Hey! I liked this lesson, and I am generally very happy about having the chance to brush up my hindi for free:) only wanted to point out that the transcription of the last example doesn’t correspond to what’s written in devnagri.
Greets, Eva

Thanks Eva for your nice comments and for bringing the issue with the transciption to my attention.  It has been fixed.  If any of our listeners see something that doesn’t look right (or sound right) on our site, please let me know so that it can be addressed.

Christine left a comment on our episode from ealier this week called Cornbread

I’d love to see more like this! We build vocabulary and full sentences with grammar at the same time. I like the little asides too, like learning about wheat flour.

You are in luck.  That episode was part of a children’s book with many more stories that we plan to go through.  There will be more episodes like it this week.

Brent left a related comment on the episode called Fly which was from the same children’s book.

Nathan, Mr. Naraindas, and Ms. Meena ,

I’ve enjoyed these last two episodes in particular. Now that I can follow the basic sounds and structure of the words, it’s fun to see how the words interact with each other in these small stories.

Thank you,
Brent

Nancey left a comment this week on an episode that we had published last year about the letter क saying:

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We got two comments on the episode called “I’m Taller Than You” This was the one with pictures of Naraindas, Meena, and Christopher illustrating difference in height.

Jorie says:

Great lesson! It was easy to follow and the visuals were helpful. I also would appreciate more examples. There were more pattern examples given in English then in Hindi. This is a great site though and I’m so happy to have it as a resource!

The bike is cheaper than the car.

साइकल गाड़ी से सस्ती है।

(sa-i-kal ga-Rii se sas-tii hai)

The tea is hotter than the coffee.

चाय कॉफी से गरम है।

(chaay ko-phii se ga-ram hai)

I am fatter than you.

मैं आप से मोटा हूँ। (masculine subject)

(main aah se mo-Taa huun)

मैं आपसे मोटी हूँ। (feminine subject)

(main aah se mo-Tii huun)

(also note, that आपसे and आप से are both correct.  The post postposition can be written ajoined to the word before it or with a space.)

Erez

The photos are really charming – and are a great help for remembering the examples. Bohut Dhanyevad!

Thank you all for that feedback.  Please come by the website and rate the podcasts, leave comments and suggestions, and email me with any of your requests at nathan@ISpeakHindi.com.

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There is a similarity between verbs of a related action.  For example, to laugh is हँसना and to make laugh is हँसाना.  There are a lot of verbs like this.

Here is a list of some verbs that follow this pattern:

मैं हँसता हूँ। (mein hans-taa huun) – I laugh.

मैं उनको हँसाता हूँ। (mein un-ko han-saa-taa huun) – I make them laugh.

मैं सुनता हूँ। (mein sun-taa huun) – I listen.

आप मुझको सुना रहे हैं। ( aap mujh-ko su-naa rahe hain) – You are telling me.