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Namaste

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[Def] Hello
Can also be used as goodbye!
“I bow to the divine in you”

[Pro]

  • It’s not the roman a that’s e’. It’s muted aa.
  • e is not e’, its e close to ei, but not yet. Asereje he.

[Sentence]
Namaste, aapakaa Naam Kyaa hai?
Hello, your name what is?
Note the S O V grammar

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aap kaa

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Defn. Your (formal), usually for stranger

Pro.
- up a

Sentence.
Namaste, aapakaa Naam Kyaa hai?

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naam

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[Def] Name (M)
Nouns have genders!!
[Sentence] Namaste, aapakaa Naam Kyaa hai?

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kyaa

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[Def] what
[Sentence] Namaste, aapakaa Naam Kyaa hai?

Not just what, can use to turn a statement to a question if ur uncertain.
kyaa aap mumbai Se hai?
you mumbai from?

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meraa

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[Def] My, possessive included (M)
[Pro] miira
[Sentence] meraa naam Stephen hai
my name stephen is

Gender depends on what’s OWNEE, not OWNER!
So even if female introduces, meera naam always, because naam is male

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aur

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[Def] And / more
[Pro] or
[Sentence] Aur aapkaa Naam kya hai?
- And what is your name?

mere Do bhaii hai, kishan aur patrick.
I have two brothers, kishan and patrick.

kripayaa ek baar aur
please one more time

aur dheere
more slowly

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achaa

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[Def] Good (M)
[Pro] e' cha
[Gender] For female, acchii
[Sentence] aapkaa naam achaa hai
- Your name is good / nice
Can also just say "ok" to convos as single words.
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shukriya

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[Def] Thank you!
[Pro] as-is
Synonym: dhanyavaad

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-ji

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[Def] genderless honorific after a name. Kind of like mr/mrs, but genderless.
[Sentence] Ashish-ji, aapkaa naam achaa hai

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aap

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[Def] You (formal) vs tum (informal)

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tum

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[Def] You (informal)

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-kaa

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[Def] Of. Possessive
aap = you
aapkaa = your

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hai

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[Def] is. genderless
[Pro] he - asereje

But if PLURAL or HONORIFIC, make it nasal - hain.
You are - aap kaiseen hain

[Sentence]
aapkaa naam kya hai?
meera naam stephen hai.

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kaisee

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[Def] How (female)
[Pro] ke (asereje) si (spanish)
  If male: Kaisa - ke se~
[Sentence] Aap kaisee hain?
you how are?
Aapkaa betaa kaisa hai
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are

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[Def] Oh!
[Pro] Are like in japn
[Sentence] Are mahimaji! aap kaisee hain?

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mai

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[Def] I
[Pro] me~
[Sentence]
mai theek hoon
I good am
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theek

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[Def] Good, okay
Genderless - non-inflecting.
[Pro] asp t, rolled ee, k.
[Sentence]
mai theek hoon
I good am
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hoon

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[Def] am
[Pro] hng - the oo is almost not present.
[Sentence]
mai theek hoon
I good am

The k from theek carries over

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bhee

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[Def] also
[Pro] Asp b, then see english
[Sentence]
Mai bhee theek hoon
I also good am
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dhanyavaad

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[Def] Thank you
[Pro] niya, not nya.
dhe’ - aspiration
Synonym: shukriya

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betaa

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[Def] son, child
[Pro] be~taa
[Sentence] aapkaa betaa kaisa hai?

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Vah / voh

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[Def] he / she / it /that
[Pro] ve’
Voh bahuT achaa hai, dhanyavaad
He very good is, thank you

I thought today was Wednesday?
voh kal hai
- That’s tomorrow

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bahuT

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[Def] Very
[Pro] be’hut
Voh bahuT achaa hai, dhanyavaad

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-sab

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[Def] You (plural) – plural is male
aapsab kaise hai?
how are you (plural)?

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thak gaaa
[Def] Tired (male) [Pro] thak (aspiration, e'a) ge'aa mai thak gaaa hoon ashish: mai thak hoon is NOT ok. Have to use ge'aa (already) or huaa (now)
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kyon
[Def] Why [Pro] kyung (ou -- not o) mai thak gaee hoon Kyon? aap beemar hai?
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beemaar
[Pro] ky(ou)ng[Def] sick [Pro] bee maar Aap beemar hai?
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naheen
[Def] No [Pro] ne~ hi (ng kind of silent) Naheen naheen = no , no Before verb / to be main theek Naheen hoon Main gomaans Naheen khataa
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aaj
[Def] today (female) -- weird bcos name of days are male [Pro] aa j (j juice je') mai aaj theek hoon I'm good today parade aaj hai parade is today aaj bahuT garmii hai today is very hot aaj mangalvaar hai Today is tuesday
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vraT
``` [Def] to fast [Pro] a = e'a T = open mai aaj vraT kar rahee hoon I today fasting am doing (female) Isliye main bhookhee bhee hoon so I hungry also am. ```
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kar rahaa hoon
[Def] am doing (mael) [Pro] kea'r rea'haa hng kar rahee hoon (female) mai aaj vrat kar rahaa hoon i today to fast am doing (male) kyaa kar rahaa hai? what are you doing?
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isliye
[Def] So, that's why [Pro] isli ye~ mai aaj vrAt kar raheen hai. isliye mai bhookee bhee hoon
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bhookhaa
``` [Def] hungry (male) For female: bhookee [Pro] bh oo(u) khee mai bhookhaa hoon I hungry am ```
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pyaasaa
[Def] thisty (male) for F - pyasee mai pyasaa hoon
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kal
[Def] Tomorrow - ALSO yesterday! -- so need to differentiate w/ additional tense words kal mera janmadin hai kal mangalvaar hai - tomorrow is tues kal mangalvaar thaa - yesterday is tues
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janmadin
[Def] bday (M) jea'nea'm din -- It's like janamdin than janmadin lol kal mera janmadin hai
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chotaa
[Def] small bahuT chotaa very small
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suNdar
[Def] beautiful [Pro] suNde'r Voh sundar hai she beautiful is
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kathiN
[Def] difficult [Pro] kea' asp-t in Hindi kathiN hai
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aasaan
[Def] easy | english aasaan hai
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SuprabhaaT
[Def] good morning | [Pro] Soup pre' bh aa T
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swaaDist
[Def] delicious | [Pro] swaa di sh t
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shaakaahaarii
[Def] vegetarian (genderless) aap shaakaahaarii hain? naheen, main shakaahaarii naheen hoon
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to
[Def] so [Pro] totoro to to app maansaahaaree hain? to kyaa? so what
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maansaahaaree
[Def] non-vegetarian (genderless) | main shakaahaarii naheen hoon, main maansaahaaree hoon
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haan
[Def] Yes [Pro] hung haan kaafi aasan hai yes quite easy is If want to be formal add jee: jee haan jee naheen
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LekiN
[Def] but [Pro] Le (let) ki N To aap maansaahaaree hain? Jee haan. Lekin main sirf gomaans naheen khaatee hoon. Or -- I'm happy, Lekin I want to be happier
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sirf
[Def] only [Pro] sirf (really read like enlish, but i = silk) main sirf gomaans khaataa hoon.
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gomaans
[Def] beef To aap maansaahaaree hain? Jee haan. Lekin main sirf gomaans naheen khaatee hoon.
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khaataa
[Def] eat (male) main sirf gomaans khaataa hoon. khaana = eat, and also food ham khaana khaata hai we food eat mai khanaa ke saath yahaan hoon i am here with food
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kaafi
[Def] Quite [Pro] unaspirated coffee haan hindi kaafii aasan
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khush
[Def] Happy [Pro] kush english haan, main khush hoon
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kiTne
``` [Def] How many Singular male = kitnaa -- lol when would you do this tho. Plural Male - kite'ne~ F both singular and plural - kitnee Aapkee kiTnee billiyaan hain? ```
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billee
``` [Def] cat (F) If male, billa billiyaan - cats Meree ek billee hai --The gender meree is determined by the billee, not the speaker ``` My one cat am
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kuTTe
[Def] dogs [Pro] e~ Aur kiTne kuTTe hain? and how many dogs? ``` kuTTee - female singular kuTTa - male dog kuTTaan - female plural kuTTe - male plural Use plural to ask how many ```
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makaan
[Def] house [Pro] me' kaan -- the n is more like N, not ng. Idk why not capitalized. Yeh makaan nambar ek hai this house number one is Yeh meraa makaan hai This my house is
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kahaan
[Def] where [Pro] ke' haa (silent ng) makaan nambar ek kahaan hai house number one where is? aap kahaan rahaTii hai? you where live? aap kahaan jaana hai? where do you want to go? Taaj mahaal kahaan hai? ``` kahaan where kyon why kyaa what kaise how kaba when ```
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Door
[Def] far [Pro] doo(u)r meraa ghar Door naheen hai my house far not is
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leejie
[def] Please take [Pro] lee gee (short i) ye~ Yeh leejie - please take this.
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thoraa
[Def] a little [Pro] thoraa -- It's like a "rd", but more closer to r than d, but bengalis like ranat just say thoraa without the d, so u can ignore d for now. M = thoraa, F = thoree Depends on the gender of adj / noun. Aaj thoraa thandaa hai Today a bit cold aa because aaj (anything day) is male
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umR
[Def] age (F) [Pro] um (oo short) re' aapkee umR kyaa hai? aapkee umR kitnee hai? -- same thing meree umr 27 Saal kaa hai because umR is F Or just main 27 Saal kaa hoon
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SaaL
``` [Def] year [Pro] saal mai 27 Saal kaa hoon I 27 years old am (M) -- if speaker is female, then it's kee hoon Ek Saal - 1 year ```
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bacche
[Def] children [Pro] be'at che~ aapke kitne bacche hai? you how many kids?
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Se
``` [Def] from [Pro] Se~ aap kahaan Se hain? you where from? main america Se hoon ``` Voh yahaan se thoraa Door hai It here from little far is Prepositions come AFTER the noun. yahaan Se america Se "America from" instead of "from America"
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rahaTaa
``` [Def] live (male) rahaTii (F) [Pro] re' ha taa aap kahaan rahaTae hae? you where live? ```
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mein
[Def] at, in [Pro] me~ (silent ing) England mein, bla3 In England, they bla3 main mumbai mein rahTae hoon I mumbai in live Note preposition after noun - mumbai Se, mumbai mein
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akelaa
``` [Def] alone (M) [Pro] e' ke~ laa if female - akelii aap akelaa rahataa hae? you alone live? ```
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ke saath
[Def] with [Pro] ke~ saath (t, the', not english th) main apne maTaa ke saath rahataa hoon Again, after noun. Me (my mother)
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apne
[Def] Subject own [Pro] ea'p ne~ main apne maaTaa ke saath rahataa hoon beTee apnii maTaa the sons' mother
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maaTaa
[Def] mom | main apne maaTaa piTaa ke saath rahataa hoon
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piTaa
[Def] dad | main apne maaTaa piTaa ke saath rahata hoon
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bolnaa
[Def] to speak But in verb form - bolta boltii bolte kyaa aap angrezi bolTe~ hai? do you speak english? main sirf thorda bolta hai I only speak a little aapkaa naam kaise bolTe hai? how to say your name?
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is
[Def] this Taaj mahaal kahaan hai? is Taraf Se This way... Is makaan mein Do aaDmii rahTe hain This house in two men live
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Us
[Def] That [Pro] kukus Us Taraf Se jaana That way from go -- go that way kyaa us kiTaab mera hai? Is that book mine?
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Taraf
[Def] direction / way [Pro] as is Us taraf Se jaana Is taraf Se
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siiDHe
[Def] Straight (neutral) If male: siiD Haa [Pro] seeD He~ -- I just separate the he later, and the D kind of carries over. siiDHe aage - straight ahead siiDHa lain - straight (M) line
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aage
[Def] ahead / in front [Pro] aa ge~ siiDHe aage
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kiTaab
[Def] book (F) | meree kiTaab kahaan hai?
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peeche
behind
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andar
inside | a = e'
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baahar
outside
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baaen
left | "baaying"
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daaen
right | "daaying"
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neeche
below | "knee che~"
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oopar
above | oope'r
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baje
[Def] time, o'clock (M) Literally rings baje is plural. bajaa is singular [Pro] baa je~ kitne baje hai? what time is it -- note plural, because "how many rings?" ek baja hai it's 1 o'clock Only ek has baja, the singular form - one ring teen baje hai it's 3 o'clock
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saarhe
[Def] half - but only for time, not for quantity. [Pro] saar(d)e~ kitne baje hai? saarhe teen baje it's half past 3 (time) This half past trick works for all EXCEPT for one and two Derh (like deerd), dhaaii (d-haaii - aspiration)
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shuroo
[Def] start [Pro] shoo roo (enligish) tv show kitnee baje shuroo hoTaa hai? hoTaa = will
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bas
[Def] bus (female) yahaan bas nahiin aaTii hai here bus no come bus doesn't come here kiTne baje bas aaTii hai?
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abhii
[Def] now abhii kiTne baje hain? what is the time now? abhii tak naheen not yet / not until now] tak = until maine abhii tak naheen dekhaa hai. I still haven't watched yet.
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bhaii
``` [Def] brother meraa bhaii - my brother bade bhaii - elder brother chotaa bhaii - younger brother aapkaa kiTne bhaii hain? ```
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keval
[Def] just / only [Pro] w/v in between. Synonym w/ sirf aapkaa kiTne bhaii hai? mera keval ek bhaii hai I only have 1 bro
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bahanen
``` [Def] sisters singular bahan - the n is NOT silent chotee bahan - younger sister badii bahan - older sister [Pro] behane~ -- n silent aapkaa kitne bhaii aur bahanen hai? how many bros and sis do you have? ``` meree bahanen naheen hai - i don't have any sisters.
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koii
[Def] any | meraa koii bhaii naheen hai
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panii
[Def] water (M) [Pro] panii thandaa panii
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jaana
[Def] to go aap ko kahaan jaana hai? where do you want to go? ko - can skip. like 'are' mai office jaana hoon I go to office (but just this one time) jaata - something you do always. -- Ohh!! Because it's present tense. mai ghar jar rahaa hoon I home going am
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jodii
[Def] a pair main ek jodii moze chaahTaa hoon
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moze
[Def] socks [Pro] mo ze~ main moze chaahTaa hoon
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chaahTaa
[Def] want / need main moze chaahTaa hoon Short form of chaahX hoon - skip gender. Just do - "chaahie" - chaa hii ye~ main moze chaahie -- will not change depending on gender Aap sab ko kyaa caahie? What do you all want? Can also be used as a recommendation usko ek accha kiTaab chahiye He needs 1 good book
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rang
[Def] color [Pro] re'ang aap kaunsaa rang chahTaa hai?
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kaunsaa
``` [Def] which for male nouns. For female nouns, kaun sii [Pro] kon saa aapkaa ghar kaunsaa hai? ``` aap kaunsaa rang chaahTe hain? which color do you want? aaj kaunsaa Din hai? what day is it today? aapko kaunsii film paSaND hai? which film do you like?
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kaale
[Def] black | [Pro] kaa le~
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Daam
[Def] Price [Pro] Daam iskaa Daam kyaa hai? how much is this?
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mahangaa
[Def] expensive iskaa Daam kyaa hai? 50 rupees. BahuT mahangaa hai. can you gimme for 20 rupees? thiik hai - okay
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kahTe
[Def] say [Pro] ke~h Te~ aap kyaa kahte hain? what do you say? hindi mein "zoo" kaise kahTe hai how do you say zoo in hindi? aap yeh kyon kahTe hai? why do you say this? Usne kahaa ki voh acchaa naheen hai. he said that he wasn't nice.
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kripayaa
[Def] Please kripayaa ek baar aur Please one more time
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baar
[Def] Time (occurrence) keval ek bar Only once kripayaa ek baar aur
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fir
[Def] again kripayaa ek baar fir Please one time again
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dheere
[Def] slow [Pro] d hee re~ aur dheere bolie please speak slower -- I think the please is implied in the bolie - plural honorific
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garmii
[Def] hot aaj bahuT garmii hai today is very hot
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maDaD
[Def] help (female) so, always aapkii maDaD regardless of gender of aap [Pro] maa D aa D maDaD! Police! Help! Police! kyaa main aapkii maDaD kar sakTaa hoon? Can I help you? --note the possessive to help as a verb "your help" I do beTe apnii maTaa kii maDaD karTe hain sons' mom's help do the sons help their mother Note the maTaa kii maDaD kyaa aap merii maDaD kar sakTaa hai? can you help me? main aapkii maDaD kar sakTaa hoon I can help you Note aapkii maDaD
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sakTaa
``` [Def] Can (male) kyaa main aapkii maDaD kar sakTaa hoon? Can I help you? what I your help do can am? kar = do ``` main kar sakTaa hoon I can do it kyaa aap kar sakTaa hai? can you do it?
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Din
[Def] Day aaj kaunsaa din hai? what day is it today? aajkaa Din acchaa hai today is a good day
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socchaa
[Def] think -- Genderless verb. even if female or male plural socchaa, no socche or socchii maine socchaa thaa ki aaj mangalvaar thaa I thought that today was Tuesday kyaa aap socch raha hai? what are you thinking?
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thaa
[Def] past tense modifier, add to verb. E.g. main socchaa thaa I thought kal mangalvaar thaa -- yesterday is tuesday kyaa yeh mahangaa tha? was it expensive? kyaa voh shashi thaa? Was that shashi?
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ki
[Def] that (conjunction) usne kahaa ki voh acchaa naheen hai he said that he wasn't nice. mai soccha thaa ki voh acchaa hai i thought that you were nice
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saptaah
week
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maheenaa
month
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kar
[Def] do main kar sakTaa hoon I can do it kyaa karna sakTaa hai? can you do it? kyaa karna hai? what to do? what's the plan? voh kyaa karta hai? What does he do? He's studying in america etc. Note the karta, not karna, as verb. Not, to do, but what does he do?
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pata
[Def] know pe'taa mai naheen peta I do not know
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laal
[Def] red yeh laal sari bahut sunDar hai this red sari is very beautiful
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sone
[Def] gold | sone~ -- o is actual o.
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bilkul
[Def] totally / absolutely Yeh bilkul aasaan hai This is absolutely easy Sab kuch acchaa hai! -- Bilkul! Can be used in agreement
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Sab kuch
[Def] everything Sab kuch theek hai Everything is good
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safed
[Def] white | sa fe~d
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aapko
[Def] to you kyaa aapko curry paSaND hai? do you like curry?
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paSaND
[Def] preference / like [Pro] pe'SaaN kyaa aapko curry paSaND hai? do you like curry? kyaa aapko __ paSaND hai? Mujhe film paSaND naheen hai. Aur aapko? I no like film, and to you? aapko kaunsii film paSaND hai? which film do you like? mujhe film bahuT pasand hai i v like film
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sach mein
[Def] really [Pro] saach me~ sach me -- really? Mujhe curry sach mein paSaND hai i really like v spicy food
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mujkho = mujhe
[Def] to me can use both interchangeably. usually use to show preference. mujhko curry paSaND hai
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bade
[Def] huge > big be'de~ kyaa aapko bade lorda paSaND hai? do you like big dicks?
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paisaa
[Def] money [Pro] pe~saa aapke paas paisa hai? do you have money?
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paas
[Def] with -- more like " are you with / do you have?" aapke paas paisa hai? do you have money? aapke paas abhii samay hai? do you have time right now? kyaa us driver ke paas moze hai? does that driver have socks? -- note the ke paas after a noun is like "have" Although ke means of.
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samay
[Def] time [Pro] se'am aai aapke paas abhii samay hai? do you have time right now?
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afsos
[Def] sorry [Pro] e'f sous mujhe bahuT afsos hai I'm really sorry. koi baat naheen, theek hai
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jalDii
[Def] hurry [Pro] je'al Dii jalDii karoo! Hurry up! main jalDii mein hoon I'm in a hurry
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koi baat naheen
[Def] no problem / no worries. Shit happens, koi baat naheen. "Sorry I fucked up" "koi baat naheen" also can just say theek hai
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maaf kijie
[Def] Please forgive me / excuse maaf kijie! I really need to do this. Maaf kiijie, baajaar kahaan hai? - excuse me, whre is the bazaar?
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raat
[Def] night | Raat ka khana - dinner - food of the night
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jaantaa
[Def] know (male) mai naheen jaantaa hoon i don't know
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dekna
``` [Def] see dekhaa - have seen (male) maine kuch naheen dekhaa hai I have not seen anything maine = i have ``` mai use dekhtaa i see him -- The taa is present
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vaastav men
[Def] actually [Pro] vaastav me~ vaastav men, yeh meraa makaan hai Actually, this is my room Raaj vastaav men larkee hai Raaj is actually a girl
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shaayad
[Def] maybe shayaad naheen hai maybe not shayaad voh naheen aegaa he might not come
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lambaa
[Def] tall (M) kyaa amit lambaa hai? is amit tall
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samaJHDaar
[Def] smart [Pro] samaJ daar kyaa vo samajhdaar bhee hai? is he also smart?
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joote
[Def] shoes [Pro] joo te~ Mere joote gande hain. My shoes are dirty
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vaalaa
[Def] guy / thing (M) E.g. phool vaalaa = flower seller - flower guy rickshawvallaa - rickshaw driver. taxivallaa -- not just taxi driver, can also mean the person inside the taxi, next to taxi. It really is "taxi guy" jaapaanvalala - thing / person from japan. Can also be attached to a verb parhne vallaa = the one who is studying.
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sun
[Def] listen mai sun rahaa thaa I was listening

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