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Namastē! Lesson 5 | Basic Hindi

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Lesson object

1 Etiquette conversation

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Revision : Express gratitude

English Hindi

Thank you Dhan'yavād/Shukriyā

Thank you very much Bahut bahut dhan'yavād

You're welcome Koī bāt nahīṁ

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Revision : Express gratitude

English Pronunciation

Excuse me Suni'ē

Pardon me / I'm sorry Māf kījiyē

Please Kṛip-yā

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Etiquette conversation

Today we will cover a basic conversation that occurs

when two people meet for the first time!

Mark : Hi, who are you?

Lisa : Good morning, I am Jane

Jane : I am an Indian

Mark : I am Mark

Mark : I am an American

Jane : Nice to meet you!

Mark : Nice to meet you too!

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Etiquette conversation

Let’s look at some of the new forms of sentences needed for this conversation!

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Etiquette conversation

Hi, who are you?

Namastē, āp kauna hain?

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Etiquette conversation

Good morning, I am Jane

Suprabhāt, maiṁ Jane hūṁ

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Etiquette conversation

I am an Indian

Maiṁ ēk bhāratīya hūm̐

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Etiquette conversation

I am Mark

Maiṁ Mārk hūm̐

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Etiquette conversation

I am an American

Maiṁ ēk amērikan hūm̐

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Etiquette conversation

Nice to meet you

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Etiquette conversation

Nice to meet you can be literally translated to 'Felt nice meeting with you' to explain

it’s translation in Hindi

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Grammar tip

Here are the building blocks of the sentence we’re learning

Felt = Lagā Nice = Achā

With = Sē You = Āp

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Etiquette conversation

Felt nice meeting with you

Lagā achā milnā sē āp

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Grammar tip

with = sē

you = āp

But :

'with you' = 'āp sē'

The preposition ‘with’ becomes 'sē'

But unlike English, prepositions come after

the 'subject (or object)' in Hindi, hence they

are called 'postpositions'

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Grammar tip : Postpositional placement

In Hindi, postpositions always follow the subject or object (where present)

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Etiquette conversation

Felt nice (to) meet with you

Lagā achā milnā āpsē

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Grammar tip

To meet = milnā in the present tense

However, since the meeting has happened already, we use the past tense

form of 'meet' = 'milkar'

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Etiquette conversation

'Lagā' translates to felt, therefore, one is literally saying, it 'felt' nice to meet you

Felt nice (to) meet with you

Lagā achā milkar āpsē

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Etiquette conversation

The order indicates that the meetinghappened

first (Āpsē milkar) and then it feltnice(achā lagā)

Nice to meet you

Āpsē milkar achā lagā

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Etiquette conversation

Nice to meet you too

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Grammar tip

The sentence 'Nice to meet you too' , is nottranslated literally in Hindi

Rather, we use a phrase that roughly translates in English as 'Me too'!

Me = Mujhē Too = Bhī

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Etiquette conversation - Informal reply

'bhī' = too/also (me too)

Nice to meet you too

Mujhē bhī

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Culturally speaking

Nice to meet you too = Mujhē bhī is the commonly used reply to the

sentence 'nice to meet you'

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Etiquette conversation

English Hindi

Nice to meet you (formal) Āpsē milkar achā lagā

Nice to meet you too (common reply) Mujhē bhī

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Today's conversation!

Name English Hindi

Mark Hi, who are you? Namastē, āp kauna hain?

Jane Good morning, I am Jane Suprabhāt, maiṁ Jane hūṁ

Mark I am an Indian Maiṁ ēk bhāratīya hūm̐

Jane I am Mark Maiṁ Mārk hūm̐

Mark I am an American Maiṁ ēk amērikan hūm̐

Jane Nice to meet you! Āpsē milkar khuśī hu'ī!

Mark Nice to meet you too! Mujhē bhī!

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Lets see if you remember…

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Exercise : Pick the right option

'With you' translates to

1

Achā lagā

2

Āpsē

3

Mujhē bhī

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Solution

'With you' translates to

1

Achā lagā

2

Āpsē

3

Mujhē bhī

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Recall what the other options translate as!

English Hindi

Felt nice Achā lagā

Nice to meet you too (me too) Mujhē bhī

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Try yourself

Hi! I am Maria I am Hispanic/ British It was nice to meet you

Hi! I am Joe I am an African

Nice to meet you too!

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Solution

English Hindi

Hi! I am Maria Namastē maiṁ Māriā hūṁ

I’m Hispanic/British Maiṁ Hispanic / Briṭiśa hūm̐

Nice to meet you! Āpsē milkar achā lagā

Hi! I am Joe Namastē maiṁ Jōe hūṁ

I am an African Maiṁ ēka Afrīkī hūm̐

Nice to meet you too! Mujhē bhī

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Revision: Etiquette conversation

English Hindi

Nice to meet you (formal) Āpsē milkar achā lagā

Nice to meet you too (common reply) Mujhē bhī

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Revision : Today's conversation!

Name English Hindi

Mark Hi, who are you? Namastē, āp kauna hain?

Jane Good morning, I am Jane Suprabhāt, maiṁ Jane hūṁ

Mark I am an Indian Maiṁ ēk bhāratīya hūm̐

Jane I am Mark Maiṁ Mārk hūm̐

Mark I am an American Maiṁ ēk amērikan hūm̐

Jane Nice to meet you! Āpsē milkar khuśī hu'ī!

Mark Nice to meet you too! Mujhē bhī!

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Revision

English Hindi

Hi! I am Maria Namastē maiṁ Māriā hūṁ

I’m Hispanic/British Maiṁ Hispanic / Briṭiśa hūm̐

Nice to meet you! Āpsē milkar achā lagā

Hi! I am Joe Namastē maiṁ Jōe hūṁ

I am an African Maiṁ ēka Afrīkī hūm̐

Nice to meet you too! Mujhē bhī

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Culture Leaf

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Culture Leaf - Postal services in India

The postal network of India is the world’s largest postal

network

It has a total of 155,618 post offices and

over 566,000 employees

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Culture Leaf - Postal services in India

The world’s highest post office is situated in Hikkim, a district of Himachal Pradesh, India

It is located at height of 15,500 feet

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What's next?

Next time we will learn some fun conversations like asking and telling names!

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Credits

Content

Culture Alley

Culture leaf

http://www.amazingfacts.co.in/2010/08/02/facts-about-

post-office/

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Dhan'yavād! See you at the Alley!

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