I Speak Hindi

 

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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 [...]

 

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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?) [...]

 

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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 [...]

 

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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 [...]

 

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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:

सुनना (sun-naa) to listen
सुनाना (su-naa-naa) to tell (to make listen)

मिलना (mil-naa) to meet
मिलाना (mi-laa-naa) to bring [...]