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How do you say I am hungry in Hindi?मुझे भूख लगी है (mujhe bhookh lagi hai). Literally that is "to me hunger has attached" — Hindi treats hunger as something that happens to you, not somethin…
How do you say goodbye in Hindi?नमस्ते (namaste) is goodbye as well as hello — the same word does both, and it is never wrong. फिर मिलेंगे (phir milenge) means "we will meet again" and is…
How do you count to 100 in Hindi?Hindi numbers are learnt, not built. English gives you twenty-one from "twenty" plus "one"; Hindi gives you इक्कीस (ikkis), which you simply have to know. …
What are the days of the week in Hindi?सोमवार somvaar (Monday), मंगलवार mangalvaar (Tuesday), बुधवार budhvaar (Wednesday), गुरुवार guruvaar (Thursday), शुक्रवार shukravaar (Friday), शनिवार shani…
How do you tell the time in Hindi?Use बजे (baje) for the hour: तीन बजे (teen baje) is three o'clock. Half past is साढ़े (saadhe) before the hour — साढ़े तीन is 3:30 — but half past one and …
What are the months and seasons in Hindi?Everyday Hindi uses the English month names, pronounced with Hindi sounds — जनवरी (janvari), फ़रवरी (farvari), मार्च (maarch). There is also a traditional …
What are the colours in Hindi?लाल laal (red), नीला neela (blue), हरा hara (green), पीला peela (yellow), काला kaala (black), सफ़ेद safed (white), नारंगी naarangi (orange), गुलाबी gulaabi…
What are the family words in Hindi?Hindi has a separate word for nearly every relative, because the relationship itself is built into the word. चाचा is your father's younger brother, ताऊ his…
What are the body parts in Hindi?सिर sir (head), आँख aankh (eye), नाक naak (nose), कान kaan (ear), मुँह munh (mouth), हाथ haath (hand or arm), पैर pair (foot or leg), पेट pet (stomach), दि…
How do you ask for directions in Hindi?The one sentence to memorise is …कहाँ है? (…kahaan hai?) — where is…? Point at a map or say the place name in front of it: स्टेशन कहाँ है? The answers you …
How do you order food in Hindi?…दीजिए (…deejiye) is the polite "please give me": एक चाय दीजिए, one tea please. For the bill, बिल दीजिए. To ask the price, कितने का है? (kitne ka hai?). An…
How do you say "I am learning Hindi" in Hindi?मैं हिंदी सीख रहा हूँ (main hindi seekh raha hoon) if you are male, मैं हिंदी सीख रही हूँ (seekh rahi hoon) if you are female. The verb changes with the ge…
What is the difference between Hindi and Sanskrit?Sanskrit is the ancient classical language of India; Hindi is a modern language descended from it, roughly as Italian descends from Latin. They share the D…
What does "ji" mean in Hindi?जी (ji) is a respect marker with no English equivalent. Added after a name or title it makes it polite — नमस्ते जी, पापा जी, गांधी जी. On its own it means …
When do you use ka, ki and ke in Hindi?का, की and के all mean "of" or possessive 's — and which one you use depends on the gender and number of the thing being POSSESSED, not the owner. राम का ब…
What is the word order in Hindi?Hindi is subject-object-verb: the verb goes last. "I eat rice" is मैं चावल खाता हूँ — literally "I rice eat". Adjectives come before nouns as in English, b…
What are the best Hindi movies for learning Hindi?Pick films with ordinary conversation rather than poetry or heavy dialogue: 3 Idiots, Queen, Piku, Dangal and Chhichhore all use everyday spoken Hindi at a…
How can I practise speaking Hindi alone?You can build a great deal alone: shadowing, recording yourself, narrating your day out loud, and talking to a phone's voice keyboard. What you cannot do a…
How is Hindi different from Punjabi and Bengali?All three are Indo-Aryan languages descended from Sanskrit, but they are separate languages, not dialects. Hindi uses Devanagari, Punjabi in India uses Gur…
How do you type in Hindi on a phone or computer?On a phone, add the Hindi keyboard in your settings and use the transliteration mode: type "namaste" and it offers नमस्ते. On Windows, add Hindi under Lang…