|
Home |
Classroom |
Archive 1 |
Archive 2 |
Words |
Phrases |
Countries |
Languages
|
 Return to the HINDI Archive | Forward to the Current HINDI Forum |
| Phrasebase Archive | |
| Neila | Friday 16th of September 2005 04:20:19 AM |
| Conversation in Hindi - Namaste Okay, I don't really know how that might work, but I think someone has to start the conversation thread. So I just take wildflower's question which was "Aap Kaise hain?" from the sticky-thread and answer it. Main bahut thiik hoon. Aur aap? Corrections to the mistakes I made (and to those I'll make in the future) are very welcome, as are answers and other questions or whatever might come into your mind. | |
| Wildflower | Friday 16th of September 2005 07:18:31 AM |
| - Namaste Neila! I'm glad we've got started! Chalo! Wildflower | |
| abelklein | Friday 16th of September 2005 04:24:05 PM |
| - [quote][i]Originally posted by Neila[/i] Namaste Okay, I don't really know how that might work, but I think someone has to start the conversation thread. So I just take wildflower's question which was "Aap Kaise hain?" from the sticky-thread and answer it. [color=red]Main bahut thiik hoon. Aur aap?[/color] Corrections to the mistakes I made (and to those I'll make in the future) are very welcome, as are answers and other questions or whatever might come into your mind.[/quote] the section highlighted in red should be "main [b]bilkul[/b] thiik hoon" OR "main bahut acchii hoon". (i am absolutely fine OR i am very well. ie you wouldn't say "i am very ok" in english) aap kahaan rahtiN hain? | |
| Neila | Saturday 17th of September 2005 05:39:32 AM |
| - Main Germany me.n rahatii hoon| I live in Germany. perhaps everyone could post the english translation of his Hindi sentence(s), too. two questions: what does chalo mean? something like Let's go on? is it the imperativ of chalanaa? and why did you put an N at the end of rahtiN? I thought it's I for feminine plural and e for maskulin plural. as you can see by my questions I'm really an absolute beginner. aapake kitne bhaaii hai.n? How many brothers do you have? | |
| abelklein | Saturday 17th of September 2005 05:54:22 PM |
| - [quote][i]Originally posted by Neila[/i] Main Germany me.n rahatii hoon| I live in Germany. perhaps everyone could post the english translation of his Hindi sentence(s), too. two questions: what does chalo mean? something like Let's go on? is it the imperativ of chalanaa? and why did you put an N at the end of rahtiN? I thought it's I for feminine plural and e for maskulin plural. as you can see by my questions I'm really an absolute beginner. aapake kitne bhaaii hai.n? How many brothers do you have?[/quote] [b]chalo[/b] is the 2nd person (familiar) imperative of [b]chalnaa[/b] - to go/move etc, but will be often be translated as "come" or "come on". ie [b]chalo ghar chalein"[/b] - [b]come on, lets go home[/b]. on the other hand if you are actually ordering someone else it might be translated as "go" or "go on". ie [b]chalo, ghar jaao[/b] - [b]go on, go home[/b]. you are right about about rahtI - there should have been no N at the end - my mistake - just not used to writing hindi in roman alphabet. i will not answer your question just yet as i do not want to turn this thread into a dialogue between you and me. i hope one of the other students will take up the conversation, and i and others like me can keep an eye on it to correct any mistakes etc. if no one else takes up the conversation, i will take it on. | |
| Neila | Sunday 18th of September 2005 12:53:29 AM |
| - thanks for the explanations. I also hope that there will be some other persons joining this (not yet a real) conversation. I don't like to be the only one who makes a fool of oneself by trying to say something in hindi ;-). And if anyone is able to post in devanagari-alphabet don't hesitate, I'll post in devanagari as soon as i've found a way to do it. | |
| alowyn | Monday 19th of September 2005 02:11:07 AM |
| - Well, my vocabulary is strictly limited to Filmi songs :$ i'm still eager to try speak here though... how would one say "i have"? so the best i can answer is: Ek bhai aur ek behen | |
| abelklein | Monday 19th of September 2005 03:50:13 AM |
| - [quote][i]Originally posted by alowyn[/i] Well, my vocabulary is strictly limited to Filmi songs :$ i'm still eager to try speak here though... how would one say "i have"? so the best i can answer is: [color=red]Ek bhai aur ek behen[/color][/quote] there is no direct way of saying "i have" (hindi has no verb "to have"). there are two ways to express possession: 1. in the situation where you are talking about human beings as in your answer above, you would say: [b]meraa ek bhai aur ek behen hai[/b]. OR [b]mere do bhai hain[/b] (i have two brothers) OR [b]merii do behenein hain[/b] (i have two sisters). of course in a conversational situation, your answer would be perfecly respectable (as it would be in english - "how many brothers and sisters do you have?" - answer "one brother and one sister") 2. where you are talking about possession of objects, you would say for example; [b]mere paas ek car hai[/b] - i have one car (there is no point in analyzing this sentence as it will only tend to confuse - just learn it as a paradigm) you forgot to keep the conversation going so i will leave it up to you to post the next question | |
| alowyn | Tuesday 20th of September 2005 02:29:40 AM |
| - right, of course :$ Tum kahaan se? (where are you from) | |
| abelklein | Tuesday 20th of September 2005 04:12:34 PM |
| - [quote][i]Originally posted by alowyn[/i] right, of course :$ [color=red]Tum kahaan se?[/color] (where are you from)[/quote] [b]tum kahaan se [color=red]ho[/color]?[/b] or polite form [b]aap kahaan se hain?[/b] | |
| yoonbestfriend | Saturday 15th of October 2005 09:43:33 PM |
| - mien india se hoon i am frm india aur mien hindi sikha sakti hoon n i can teach hindi(check out my profile 4 my msn or e mail id) tum hindi kyu seekhna chahti ho? why do u wanna learn hindi | |
| alowyn | Tuesday 06th of December 2005 12:02:23 AM |
| - well, to keep this forum alive... (guys please, this shouldn't be a private conversation) हिनदी एक बाहुत ख़ूबसूरत भाषा है। कितने बड़ा आप हैं? Hindi ek bahut khubsurat bhasha hai. kitne baRa aap hai.n? Hindi is a very beautiful language. How old are you? (Yes, I'm sucking from my miniscule thumb...) I know my Devanagari is wrong (in words such as कितने and हिनदी ), does anyone know how to type half-letters? | |
| yoonbestfriend | Tuesday 06th of December 2005 12:08:26 AM |
| - hey there nilea, actually there is a correction 2 b made in ur sentnce it shudn't b mien bahut thiik hoon but mien thik hoon mien bahut thiik hoon means i am very fine | |
| marsha_cup | Tuesday 06th of December 2005 05:32:15 AM |
| My first attempt at introducing myself in hindi... - namaste, meraa nam marissa hai. main amreekaa se hoon. hi, my name is marissa. i'm from america. main hindi sikh rahee hoon aur main bhaarat jana chaahtee hoon. I am learning (i think that's the word) hindi and i want to go to india. (Don't know how to express this in Hindi, but I might as well introduce myself here... Actually, I'm in med school and am thinking of doing an infectious disease rotation in india in about a year. I want to learn hindi before then. :) If anyone wants help in Spanish, I'm more or less fluent.) | |
| yoonbestfriend | Tuesday 06th of December 2005 09:02:03 PM |
| - um..........u ppl r gud at intro's i can give a lil more help wid ur intro's mera naam hai _____(fill whatever u hve 2) my name is_____ mien ______se hoon i am frm______(country) mien______saal ki(4 female)/ka(4 male)hoon i am _____yrs old mien ek larka/larki hoon i am a boy/gurl n if n e 1 wants 2 knw more mail me n e time!;p | |
| alowyn | Wednesday 07th of December 2005 04:10:13 AM |
| - Namaste, Marissa. kya saal medschool se aap mei.n hai.n? Meri bhai ka graduation aaj tha. Vah bhii ab doctor hai ^_^. (Hi Marissa What year of Medschool are you in? My brother's graduation was today. He's also a doctor now.) | |
| yoonbestfriend | Wednesday 07th of December 2005 07:33:17 PM |
| - correction 2 b made alowyn the right thing will be aap medschool ke kaunse saal mien hain? which year of medschool r u in? | |
| marsha_cup | Saturday 10th of December 2005 03:45:58 AM |
| - No Idea how to answer, but I'll try. :) Mein medschool ke tisra saan men hoon. | |
| yoonbestfriend | Monday 19th of December 2005 03:27:50 PM |
| - marsha-u its saal not saan 4 year sorry guys if it sounds rude but i am helping so many of u so i will have 2 make sum corrections u c so i am sorry if i sound rude | |
| marsha_cup | Wednesday 21st of December 2005 10:36:18 AM |
| - Hey, I'm just happy that that was the only word I got wrong. :) | |
| UncleBob | Saturday 24th of December 2005 05:45:41 AM |
| - [quote][i]Originally posted by alowyn[/i] I know my Devanagari is wrong (in words such as कितने and हिनदी ), does anyone know how to type half-letters? [/quote] I can type a half s in Windows using shift+3 then backspace, though I seriously hope this isn't the way it is [i]supposed[/i] to be done. Doesn't work on a Mac. So, v c m shift+3 backspace l s gives नमस्ते. | |
| alowyn | Sunday 25th of December 2005 10:27:25 PM |
| - शुक्रिया, अँकल्बोब। सब ठीक है, अब। यह वीराम ( ् ) भी हाल्फ़-लेत्तेर्स लीये अच्छा है। shukriya, Unclebob. Sab Thik hai, ab. yah viraam bhii half-letters liye accha hai. Thanks, Unclebob. Everything's ok, now. the Viraam is also good for half-letters. [quote][i]Originally posted by marsha_cup[/i] Mein medschool ke tisra saan men hoon. [/quote] खुश किस्मत! कैसा है, मेड-स्कूल में? बाहुत मुश्किल? khush kismat! Kaisa hai, med-school mein? bahut mushkil? Good luck! how is it, in med-school? Very difficult? | |
| Anya | Sunday 25th of December 2005 11:29:58 PM |
| - Namaste sahelī(नमस्ते सहेली) (hello friends!) When I type conjuncts in Devanagari, I type the letter for the first part, then "D" on the english keyboard (which stands for a halant) and then the second letter in the conjunct and they are automatically joined. I am not sure if this is universal for all Devanagari layouts, but I am just using the one that came with windows XP. Hope this helps! | |
| zobe | Monday 26th of December 2005 11:04:49 PM |
| - bauhot khoob,yeh khel bauhot hi mazedaar hai (very nice,this game is very nice) mein mumbai se hoon aur aapka suh-hayuk bun sakta hoo (i am from mumbai and i can become your helper) aapse milke khushi hui (felt happy meeting you) | |
| annakozy | Saturday 31st of December 2005 05:51:32 AM |
| namaste! - First. You should type the half letters the following way, the letter, and then the small symbol, like a line below, which is located in the english "d" key of the alphabet, then another connosant letter. The letter before the symbol will become "truncated", only half of it will remain. Second, I want to say something too. मेरा नाम आन्ना है. मैं 28 साल की हूं. मैं बरसेलोना में रहती हूं. मेरा काम परोगरामिंग हैं. मुझे हिन्दी बहुत आच्छा लगता है. | |
| annakozy | Saturday 31st of December 2005 05:52:37 AM |
| 28 - And how 28 sound in Hindi. This is to say, how is 20 in Hindi, and 8 I know | |
| alowyn | Saturday 31st of December 2005 01:27:47 PM |
| - Yes, thanks Anya and Annakozy - as i said, i figured it out (Anna, the symbol is called a viraam or halant) नमस्ते, ज़ोब, आप कैसे हैं? बहुत अच्छा की आप यहाँ हैं! हिन्दी में "वेलकम" को क्या है? Namaste, Zobe, aap kaise hai.n? Bahut accha ki aap yahaan hai.n! Hindi me.n "welcome" ko kya hai? Hi Zobe, how are you? It's good that you're here! How does one say 'welcome' in Hindi? और नमस्ते अन्ना! कैसा प्रोगरामिंग आप करती हैं? हिन्दी में 28 अट्ठाईस है, आर 20 बीस है. Aur namaste Anna! Kaisa programming aap kartii hai? Hindi me.n 28 aTTHaiis hai, aur 20 biis hai. And hello Anna! What sort of programming do you do? In Hindi 28 is 'aTTHaiis' and 20 is 'biis' | |
| zobe | Saturday 31st of December 2005 10:08:28 PM |
| - alowyn aap se soonkar khushi mili, nice to hear from you alowyn "welcome"shabd ke do arth hote hai there are two meanings of the word "welcome" ek hai swagat(pronounced as swaa-gut)as in someone is welcomed... doosra welcome in response to thank you....well thers no word for that,you could say "dhunyavaad"... some imp words meaning... shabd-word ek-first/one doosra-second khushi-happy/happiness arth-meaning... naye saal ki aapko shubh kaamnaaye happy new year | |
| lol | Monday 02nd of January 2006 04:51:06 PM |
| - Namaste Mera ek koshish hai kame ki baat hindi bhasha It s my first attempt to speak in hindi language and i m sure that i ll need corrections, so please feel free to make them. Mera naam Lorena hai Mein Mexico se hoon aur mein 31 saal hu. My name is Lorena. I m from Mexico, and I am 31 years old. Now, I am really just getting started here but i think this is a great way to learn :) but please dont expect too much of me at least for the moment. Naye saal ki shub kaam-naye Happy new year Feliz año nuevo | |
| yoonbestfriend | Saturday 07th of January 2006 05:41:32 PM |
| - alowyn a correction has to be made in ur post it wont be "hindi mein welcome ko kya hai?"but it will be hindi mein welcome ko kya kehtey hain?" n lol a correction to be made in ur post too it wont be "mera koshish hai kame(kame isnt any hindi word!)ki baat hindi bhasha"it will be "yeh mera hindi bolne ki pehli koshish hai n it wont be "mein 31 saal hoon"but it will be "mein 31 saal ki hoon" | |
| lol | Monday 09th of January 2006 05:14:41 AM |
| Bahut Dhanyavaad - Thanks a lot yoon for your corrections, this is the way in wich we can learn, by making mistakes, and so I ll keep on trying :D see you soon, and again... bahut dhanyavaad. | |
| lindyhop | Wednesday 11th of January 2006 06:44:53 AM |
| Beginner - Hi. Mera naam Rachel hai, aur mujhe hindi sikhna hai. Kya koi log mere saath bol sakta hai? Mein devanagri script likh nahi sakti hu. Kya English alphabet theek hai? | |
| gaby24 | Monday 16th of January 2006 03:48:46 AM |
| namaste - mera naam Gaby hai.I dont get much hindi,but i want to learn it.Would you please translate all what you speak too? | |
| PP | Wednesday 08th of February 2006 06:48:30 AM |
| - mera naam Petra hai. My name is Petra. Mai.n jarmanii se huu.N. I'm german. pahalaa kaaraN, kyo.N mai.n hindii siikhanaa chatii huu.n, hai kyo.n mai.n hindii siikhanaa chahtii huu.n? Why I want to learn Hindi? pahalaa kaaraN hai ki Hindii bahut khubasuurat bhaaShaa hai mera vichaar me.n. The first reason is that Hindii is in my opinion a very beautiful language. Aur duusaraa kaaraN hai ki mai.n Bollywood films kitanaa pasa.nd karatii huu.n. And the second reason is that I like Bollywood films very much. mai.n 27 saal ki huu.N. I'm 27 years old. okay, that's all and it's mainly copied from the other posts. I really like the language. I first got attracted by the letters and today I've found a Hindi-german dictionary in our library. All I need now is a grammar book and then I hope that I will be able to join your games and conversations. | |
| alowyn | Wednesday 08th of February 2006 08:50:26 PM |
| - वाह! बहुत अच्छा, पेट्रा! सीख रहना। वही किताब, टीच यौर्सेल्फ़ हिंदी एक अच्छी किताब ग्रम्मर के लिये। बोल रहो, लूक waah! bahut accha, Petra! seekh rahana. vahii kitaab, "Teach Yourself Hindi" ek acchii kitaab grammar ke liye. bol raho, Luke Wow! very nice, Petra! Keep learning. The book "Teach Yourself Hindi" is a good book for grammar. Keep speaking... (um, do i really need to sign again?) Luke | |
| amazin1324 | Friday 30th of June 2006 03:33:56 AM |
| want to practice hindi - Namaste Mera Naam amna hain aur mein pakistani hoon. My name is Amna and I am from Pakistan. Urdu meri pehli basha thi lekin aab hum sub ghar mein bas english bolte hein Urdu was my first language but now we all speak English at home. ab mein amrica mein rehti hoon aur engineering key school mein study karti hoon. Now I live in America and am studying engineering. (I don\'t know how to say \"study\" in Hindi) mein december mey shayad india jaoon gein. In December, i plan to visit India. isleye mujhe hindi sikna hain. This is why i would like to learn Hindi. agar kisi ko english sikna hain to mein unhe madat karsakti hoon... aur phir shayad wo mujhe bhi Hindi sikha sakte hain If someone needs help learning English, I can help them... and perhaps, they can help me learn Hindi. shukria Thank you | |
| amazin1324 | Friday 30th of June 2006 03:34:36 AM |
| want to practice hindi - Namaste Mera Naam amna hain aur mein pakistani hoon. My name is Amna and I am from Pakistan. Urdu meri pehli basha thi lekin aab hum sub ghar mein bas english bolte hein Urdu was my first language but now we all speak English at home. ab mein amrica mein rehti hoon aur engineering key school mein study karti hoon. Now I live in America and am studying engineering. (I don\'t know how to say \"study\" in Hindi) mein december mey shayad india jaoon gein. In December, i plan to visit India. isleye mujhe hindi sikna hain. This is why i would like to learn Hindi. agar kisi ko english skina hain to mein unhe madat karsakti hoon... aur phir shayad wo mujhe bhi Hindi sikha sakte hain If someone needs help learning English, I can help them... and perhaps, they can help me learn Hindi. shukria Thank you | |
| alowyn | Thursday 06th of July 2006 04:33:11 AM |
| - Namaste aur salaam, Amna! Hindi me.n \"study\" \"paRhna\" kahte hai.n, ya \"seekhna\", na? In Hindi \'study\' is \'paRhna\', or \'seekhna\', no? aap kahaa.n Bharat me.n jaatii hai.n? Mai.n to shayad bhii December me.n vahaa.n jaayenge, agar mere bas paise hoga... Where are you going in India? I may go there in December too, if i have enough cash. Hindi aur Urdu alag-alag nahii.n hai.n, na? Sirf Hindi Devanagari me.n likhtii hai, aur Urdu ek Perso-Arabic script me.n likhtii hai. Khair, yeh to maine socha... Hindi and Urgu aren\'t very different, are they? It\'s just that Hindi is written in Devanagari and Urdu in a persio-arabic script. Anyways, that\'s what I thought... | |
| sattie | Sunday 10th of September 2006 02:10:58 AM |
| . - namaste ap kaise hain? koee tazee kharbar? main 14 sal ka hoon aur main england se aya hun. main thori hindi bol sakti hun. hi,how r u? whats new? im 14 n frm england,i speak very little hindi. | |
| Nikhilkizvas | Tuesday 12th of September 2006 07:37:31 PM |
| Namastey - Kaisey ho sab? Mein theek hoon! Hindi seekhna hein to mujhey ek PM karna! | |
| sony333 | Tuesday 23rd of January 2007 06:50:17 PM |
| - namaste mein bhi hindi sikhna chahata hum. can any body give me a helping hand.. (koi muchse sahay ban sakte hein??) is it right?? | |
| madzioorka | Thursday 25th of January 2007 08:36:53 PM |
| Namaste ;) - Mera naam Magda hai. Mein Poland se hun aur mein 17 saal hun. Main hindi sikhna chahti hun. hi ;) to be honest, I can\'t tell almost anything in hindi, but I hope you\'ll help me :) I love this beautiful language, maybe because of fascinating culture and, of course, Bollywood films!!!! I hope we\'ll talk a little later;) (btw.m,as U can see, my english isn\'t rather excellent too..(my mother tongue is Polish) but I believe the most important is just to want :)) | |
| yamuna | Wednesday 21st of February 2007 09:54:28 PM |
| namaste! - namaste! mera naam ivana hai aur main bhii hindi seekhnaa caahtii hoon. mere khayaal se hindi is duniya ki sabse sundar bhaashaa hai. meri madad karenge?:) | |
| Jeieit | Wednesday 21st of February 2007 10:01:01 PM |
| - tumse milkar badi khushi hui Ivana, tumhara swaagat hai. Hum aapki jaroor madad karenge. have a great time here. | |
| Karen_Think_Tank | Sunday 07th of October 2007 03:11:35 PM |
| - [quote] main 14 sal ka hoon aur main england se aya hun. [/quote] one lil correction in your post sattie.since u r a girl,u\'ll say, \"main 14 saal ki hun aur main england se aai hun\" instead of what you said.aya and ka are masculine.lol. | |
