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Namast! Lesson 5 | Basic Hindi

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Lesson object

Etiquette conversation

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Revision : Express gratitude

English Thank you Thank you very much You're welcome

Hindi Dhan'yavd/Shukriy Bahut bahut dhan'yavd Ko bt nah

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Revision : Express gratitude

English Excuse me Pardon me / I'm sorry Please

Pronunciation Suni' Mf kjiy Kip-y

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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

Lets look at some of the new forms of sentences needed for this conversation!

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Etiquette conversation

Hi, who are you?

Namast, p kauna hain?

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Etiquette conversation

Good morning, I am Jane

Suprabht, mai Jane h

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Etiquette conversation

I am an Indian

Mai k bhratya hm

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I am Mark

Mai Mrk hm

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Etiquette conversation

I am an American

Mai k amrikan hm

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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 its translation in Hindi

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Grammar tip

Here are the building blocks of the sentence were learning Felt = Lag Nice = Ach With = S You = p

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Etiquette conversation

Felt Lag

nice ach

meeting miln

with s

you p

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Grammar tip
with = s you = p But : 'with you' = 'p s' The preposition with becomes 's' 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 Lag

nice ach

(to) meet miln

with you ps

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Grammar tip

To meet = miln 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

Felt Lag

nice ach

(to) meet milkar

with you ps

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Etiquette conversation

Nice to meet you

ps milkar ach lag

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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 not translated literally in Hindi Rather, we use a phrase that roughly translates in English as 'Me too'! Me = Mujh Too = Bh

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Etiquette conversation - Informal reply

Nice to meet you too

Mujh bh

'bh' = too/also (me too)

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Culturally speaking

Nice to meet you too = Mujh bh is the commonly used reply to the sentence 'nice to meet you'

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Etiquette conversation

English Nice to meet you (formal) Nice to meet you too (common reply)

Hindi ps milkar ach lag Mujh bh

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Today's conversation!
Name Mark Jane Mark Jane Mark Jane Mark English Hi, who are you? Good morning, I am Jane I am an Indian I am Mark I am an American Nice to meet you! Nice to meet you too! Hindi Namast, p kauna hain? Suprabht, mai Jane h Mai k bhratya hm Mai Mrk hm Mai k amrikan hm ps milkar khu hu'! Mujh bh!

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Lets see if you remember

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Exercise : Pick the right option

'With you' translates to

1
Ach lag

2
ps

3
Mujh bh

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Solution

'With you' translates to

1
Ach lag

2
ps

3
Mujh bh

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Recall what the other options translate as!

English Felt nice Nice to meet you too (me too)

Hindi Ach lag Mujh bh

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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 Hi! I am Maria Im Hispanic/British Nice to meet you! Hi! I am Joe I am an African Nice to meet you too!

Hindi Namast mai Mri h Mai Hispanic / Briia hm ps milkar ach lag Namast mai Je h Mai ka Afrk hm Mujh bh

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Revision: Etiquette conversation

English Nice to meet you (formal) Nice to meet you too (common reply)

Hindi ps milkar ach lag Mujh bh

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Revision : Today's conversation!

Name Mark Jane Mark Jane Mark Jane Mark English Hi, who are you? Good morning, I am Jane I am an Indian I am Mark I am an American Nice to meet you! Nice to meet you too! Hindi Namast, p kauna hain? Suprabht, mai Jane h Mai k bhratya hm Mai Mrk hm Mai k amrikan hm ps milkar khu hu'! Mujh bh!

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Revision

English Hi! I am Maria Im Hispanic/British Nice to meet you! Hi! I am Joe I am an African Nice to meet you too!

Hindi Namast mai Mri h Mai Hispanic / Briia hm ps milkar ach lag Namast mai Je h Mai ka Afrk hm Mujh bh

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Culture Leaf

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Culture Leaf - Postal services in India

The postal network of India is the worlds 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 worlds 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-aboutpost-office/

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Dhan'yavd! See you at the Alley!

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