Hindi Lesson 04

Saturday, 02 February 2019, 13:00

Mumbai मुंबई

Vocabulary #
 Hindi Romanisation English

मुंबई mumbai Mumbai

पूरा puraa whole

शहर shahar city

पूरा शहर puraa shahar the whole city

घूमना ghoomana to roam around

नया naya new (m)

नयी nayee new (f)

पासपोटर् paasaport passport

िमलना milana to get

मोबाइल mobail mobile (m)

घड़ी ghadee watch (f)

क़मीज़ qameez shirt (f)

बैग baig bag (m)

बहुत bahut very

और aur and

घड़ी ghadee : the gh sound needs the tongue to be positioned like

when you pronounce d .

क़मीज़ qameez : Google suggest to use कमीज kameej instead, but I

am pretty sure क़मीज़ qameez is what the teacher said.

बहुत bahut : is pronounced more like bohot .

Sample sentences #
Hindi Romanisation English

मुझेमुंबई पसंद mujhe mumbai pasand

I liked Mumbai
हायय haayay

मुझेमुंबई पसंद mujhe mumbai pasand

I like Mumbai
हायय hai

मैं मुंबई मेंतीन main mumbai mein I stayed in Mumbai

िदन रहा teen din raha three days

हमनेपूरा शहर hamane puraa shahar we roamed around the

घूमा ghooma whole city

मुझेनया mujhe naya paasport

I got a new passport
पासपोटर्िमला mila

मैं ताज महल main taj mahal hotal I (f) went to the Taj
होटल गयी gayee Mahal Hotel

गयी gayee . Should follow a bit of French pronunciation, with the y

being split and becoming with the a an ai : gai-iee .

Dialogue #
नेहा और राज, Neha and Raj

R: आपको मुंबई पसंद हायय? - aapako mumbai pasand haayay - Did you
like Mumbai?

N: हाँ
, मुझेमुंबई पसंद हायय - haan, mujhe mumbai pasand haayay - Yes,
I liked Mumbai.
R: शहर बहुत साफ है
? - shahar bahut saaph hai? - Is the city very clean?

N: हाँशहर बहुत साफ है

! - haan, shahar bahut saaph hai! - Yes, the city
is very clean.

Dialogue #
नेहा और राज, Neha and Raj

N: क्या येनया मोबाइल है

? - kya ye naya mobail hai? - Is this new
mobile?

R: नही, येनया मोबाइल नही है

! - nahee, ye naya mobail nahee hai - No,
this is not new mobile.

N: क्या येएक नयी घड़ी है

? - kya ye ek nayee ghadee hai? - Is this a new
watch?

R: नही, येएक नयी घड़ी नही है

! - nahee, ye ek nayee ghadee nahee hai -
No, this is not a new watch.

Grammar #
हैhai vs हायय haayay

Use हायय haayay to express something that is related to a particular

experience. I liked Mumbai (when I visited it last weekend).

Use हैhai to express something that is always true. I like Mumbai (as
I went there many times and now I am sure I always like it).

भूख और गुस्सा bhookh aur gussa Hungry

भूख और गुस्सा bhookh aur gussa Hungry
and angry

Vocabulary #
Hindi Romanisation English

भूख bhookh hungry

to feel,
लग lag
to look (like in looking great)

ठं ड thand Cold

Sample sentences #
Hindi Romanisation English

मुझेबहुत भूख लग mujhe bahut bhookh lag I am feeling very

रही है rahee hai hungry

मुझेबहुत ठं ड लग mujhe bahut thand lag I am feeling very

रही है rahee hai cold

मुझेगुस्सा आ रहा
mujhe gussa aa raha hai I am feeling angry
है

मुझेबहुत भूख लग रही हैmujhe bahut mhookh lag rahee hai

In this sentence the verb is लग lag , but the subject is भूख bhookh .
So लग lag is conjugated with भूख bhookh .
Reminder: रही rahee is the continuous tense.

मुझेगुस्सा आ रहा हैmujhe gussa aa raha hai

Literally it means "Angryness is coming to me". रहा raha is conjugated

(male) with गुस्सा gussa .

आ aa coming

Vocabulary #
 Hindi Romanisation English

आ aa come

आएगा aaega come (non aspectual future)

औगै augai come (alt to आएगा)

आना aana come

कहा kaha where

दे दो de do give

सामान saamaan stu!, things

हो ho happen

हुई huee happened (past of हो)

दे र der late

मगर magar but

मीिटंग meeting meeting

समय पर samay par on time

कल kal tomorrow, yesterday

कल से kal se from tomorrow

से se from

दफ़्तर da"ar o!ice, workplace

दे दो de do
I am not sure about this. Both means "give", but दो do also means
"two". You can also say मुझेपानी दो mujhe paanee do give me water.

Sample sentences #
 Hindi Romanisation English

mujhe paanee do
मुझेपानी दो
mujhe paanee de Give me water
मझी पानी दे दो
do

saamaan aa raha
सामान आ रहा है The stu! is coming
hai

I am getting late.
mujhe der ho
मुझेदे र हो रही है Lit: "late is happening to
rahee hai
me"

कब तक Till when will it come? How

kab tak aaega
आएगा? long?

Till when will it come? How

कब तक औगै? kab tak augai
long?

आज दे र हुई, aaj der hui, magar

Today it's late, but from
मगर कल से kal se samay par
tomorrow come on time!
समय पर आना haana

meeting mein From tomorrow come to

मीिटंग मेंसमय
samay par kal se the meeting on time (quite
पर कल सेआना
haana direct)

meeting mein From tomorrow come to

मीिटंग मेंसमय
samay par kal se the meeting on time (more
पर कल सेआये
aaye respectful)

Dialogue #
Customer and Waiter
C: पानी दे दो - paanee de do - Give water

...a"er a while...

C: पानी कहा है
? - paanee kaha hai? - Where is the water?

W: पानी आ रहा है- paanee aa raha hai - The water is coming

C: खाना कहा है
? - khaana kaha hai? - Where is the food?

W: खाना आ रहा है- khaana aa raha hai - The food is coming

C: कब तक आएगा - kab tak aaega - Till when will it come?

C: मुझेदे र हो रही है- mujhe der ho rahee hai - I am getting late.

सुंदर, अच्छा और ताज - sundar, achchha

our taza - beautiful, good and fresh

Vocabulary #
 Hindi Romanisation English

सुंदर sundar beautiful

अच्छा , अच्छी achchha, achchhee good, nice

ताज़ा, ताज़ी taza, tazee fresh

घर ghar house

यह yah this

दु ल्हन dulhan bride

दू ल्हा doolha groom

सब्ज़ी sabzee vegetable (f)

फल phal fruit (m)

चाही chaahee want

शाबाश shaabaash well done, good work

Sample sentences #
 Hindi Romanisation English

मुंबई एक सुंदर mumbai ek sundar Mumbai is a

शहर है shahar hai beautiful city

This house is
यह घर सुंदर है yah ghar sundar hai
beautiful

The bride is
दु ल्हन सुंदर है dulhan sundar hai
beautiful

दू ल्हा अच्छा लग doolha achchha lag raha The groom looks

रहा है hai great

क्या सब्ज़ी ताज़ी Is the vegetable

kya sabzee taazee hai?
है
? fresh?

क्या फल ताज़ा
kya phal taaza hai? Is the fruit fresh?
है
?

आपको क्या चाहा

kya aapako chaaha hai? What do you want?
है
?

You cannot say सुंदर sundar about the दू ल्हा doolha .

Questions #
सुंदर vs सुन्दर

I found several examples in which beautiful is written सुंदर, and

sometimes it is written सुन्दर. For example: https://www.hindipod101
.com/hindi-vocabulary-lists/top-15-compliments-you-always-want-t
o-hear/ .
 सब्जी vs सब्ज़ी, ताजा vs ताज़ा

क्या सब्ज़ी ताज़ी है

? - kya sabzee taazee hai?
क्या सब्जी ताजी है
? - kya sabjee taajee hai?

Extra
The teacher asked us to describe what we did yesterday: wake up, get
ready, have breakfast, go to o!ice, work, have lunch, etc.

Vocabulary #
Hindi Romanisation English

मैंने mainne I have

योगा yoga yoga

पढ़ाई padhaee studied (participe)

िफर phir and then, therea"er, again

Sample sentences #
Hindi Romanisation English

मैंने योगा पढ़ाई की mainne yoga padhaee kee I have studied yoga

पढ़ाई padhaee has a strange pronounciation. It seems like the dh is

something in between a hard R and D sound.