Do you drink tea or coffee?
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This is the fourth and final follow up lessons on the Feb. 20, 2010 episode Conversation with Sandeep and Meenakshi. Today we will go over the question “Do you drink tea or coffee?” And we look at some possible answers.
Examples: Asking the question
Nathan: Do you drink tea or coffee?
क्या आप चाय या कॉफ़ी पीते हैं?
(kyaa aap chaaii yaa ko-phii pii-te hain?)
Sandeep: Do you drink tea or coffee?
क्या आप चाय या कॉफ़ी पीती हैं?
(kyaa aap chaaii yaa ko-phii pii-tii hain?)
Sandeep: Do you also drink coffee?
क्या आप कॉफ़ी भी पीती हैं?
(kyaa aap ko-phii bhii pii-tii hain?)
Examples – Asking about a third person
Nathan: Does your wife drink tea or coffee?
क्या आपकी पत्नी चाय या कॉफ़ी पीती हैं?
(kyaa aap-kii pat-nii chaaii yaa ko-phii pii-te hain?)
Sandeep: Does your friend drink tea or coffee?
क्या आपकी सहेली चाय या कॉफ़ी पीती हैं?
(kyaa aap-ki sa-he-lii chaaii yaa ko-phii pii-tii hain?)
Examples of possible answers
Sandeep: Yes. I drink both tea and coffee. But I like tea more. And I put ginger in the tea I drink.
हाँ। मैं चाय और कॉफ़ी दोनों पीता हूँ। लेकिन मेरे को चाय ज़्यादा अच्छी लगती है। और चाय में अदरक डालके पीता हूँ।
(haan| men chaay aur kaa-phii do-non pii-taa huun| le-kin me-re ko chaay zyaa-daa laag-tii hai| aur chaay men ad-rak daal-ke pii-taa huun)
Meenakshi: Yes, I drink tea.
हाँ मैं चाय पीती हूँ।
(haan mein chaay pii-tii huun)
Meenakshi: No, I do not drink coffee.
नहीं मैं कॉफ़ी नहीं पीती हूँ।
(na-hiin mein co-fee na-hiin pii-tii huun)
Examples: Answering the question about a third person
Sandeep: My wife only drinks tea.
मेरी पत्नी सिर्फ़ चाय पीती है।
(me-rii pat-nii sirph chaay pii-tii hai)
She does not drink coffee.
वो कॉफ़ी नहीं पीती है।
(vo ko-phii pii-tii hai)
And she puts too much milk in the tea she drinks.
और वो चाय में बहुत सारा दूध डालके पीती है।
(aur vo chaay men ba-hut saa-raa duudh daal-ke pii-tii hai)
And she also puts too much sugar.
और देर सारी चीनी भी डालती है।
(aur dej saa-rii chii-nii bhii daal-tii hai)
Meenakshi: No, my friend does not drink tea or coffee or anything else.
नहीं मेरी सहेली चाय या कॉफ़ी कुछ भी नहीं पीती है। (na-hiin me-rii sa-he-lii chaaii yaa ko-phii kuchh bhii na-hiin pii-tii hai) –
Other Examples
Sandeep: Why? Why doesn’t she drink?
क्यों? क्यों नहीं पीती?
(kyoon? kyoon na-hiin pii-tii?)
Meenakshi: Because her parents did not give her to drink in her childhood. Therefore she does not have the habit of drinking tea or coffee.
क्योंकी उसके माता पिता ने उसको बचपन में चाय बिलकुल भी नहीं पिलायी। तो उसको चाय या कॉफ़ी पिनेकी आदत नहीं है।
(kyoon-kii us-ke maa-taa pi-taa- ne us-ko bach-pan men chaay bil-kul bhii na-hiin pi-laa-yii. tho us-ko chaay yaa kaa-phii pi-ne-kii aa-dat na-hiin hai)
Sandeep: Does she sometimes drink?
लेकिन क्या वो कभी कभी पीती है?
(le-kin kyaa vo ka-bhii ka-bhii pii-tii hai?)
Meenakshi: No, she does not drink at all. She does not like it.
नहीं वो बिलकुल नहीं पीती है। उसको अच्छी नहीं लगती है।
(na-hiin vo bil-kul na-hiin hii-tii hai. us-ko achchhii na-hiin lag-tii hai)
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