Greetings Flashcards
Namaste
[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
aap kaa
Defn. Your (formal), usually for stranger
Pro.
- up a
Sentence.
Namaste, aapakaa Naam Kyaa hai?
naam
[Def] Name (M)
Nouns have genders!!
[Sentence] Namaste, aapakaa Naam Kyaa hai?
kyaa
[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?
meraa
[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
aur
[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
achaa
[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.
shukriya
[Def] Thank you!
[Pro] as-is
Synonym: dhanyavaad
-ji
[Def] genderless honorific after a name. Kind of like mr/mrs, but genderless.
[Sentence] Ashish-ji, aapkaa naam achaa hai
aap
[Def] You (formal) vs tum (informal)
tum
[Def] You (informal)
-kaa
[Def] Of. Possessive
aap = you
aapkaa = your
hai
[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.
kaisee
[Def] How (female) [Pro] ke (asereje) si (spanish) If male: Kaisa - ke se~ [Sentence] Aap kaisee hain? you how are? Aapkaa betaa kaisa hai
are
[Def] Oh!
[Pro] Are like in japn
[Sentence] Are mahimaji! aap kaisee hain?
mai
[Def] I [Pro] me~ [Sentence] mai theek hoon I good am
theek
[Def] Good, okay Genderless - non-inflecting. [Pro] asp t, rolled ee, k. [Sentence] mai theek hoon I good am
hoon
[Def] am [Pro] hng - the oo is almost not present. [Sentence] mai theek hoon I good am
The k from theek carries over
bhee
[Def] also [Pro] Asp b, then see english [Sentence] Mai bhee theek hoon I also good am
dhanyavaad
[Def] Thank you
[Pro] niya, not nya.
dhe’ - aspiration
Synonym: shukriya
betaa
[Def] son, child
[Pro] be~taa
[Sentence] aapkaa betaa kaisa hai?
Vah / voh
[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
bahuT
[Def] Very
[Pro] be’hut
Voh bahuT achaa hai, dhanyavaad
-sab
[Def] You (plural) – plural is male
aapsab kaise hai?
how are you (plural)?
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)
kyon
[Def] Why
[Pro] kyung (ou – not o)
mai thak gaee hoon
Kyon? aap beemar hai?
beemaar
[Pro] ky(ou)ng[Def] sick
[Pro] bee maar
Aap beemar hai?
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
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
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.
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?
isliye
[Def] So, that’s why
[Pro] isli ye~
mai aaj vrAt kar raheen hai. isliye mai bhookee bhee hoon
bhookhaa
[Def] hungry (male) For female: bhookee [Pro] bh oo(u) khee mai bhookhaa hoon I hungry am
pyaasaa
[Def] thisty (male)
for F - pyasee
mai pyasaa hoon
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
janmadin
[Def] bday (M)
jea’nea’m din
– It’s like janamdin than janmadin lol
kal mera janmadin hai
chotaa
[Def] small
bahuT chotaa
very small
suNdar
[Def] beautiful
[Pro] suNde’r
Voh sundar hai
she beautiful is
kathiN
[Def] difficult
[Pro] kea’ asp-t in
Hindi kathiN hai
aasaan
[Def] easy
english aasaan hai
SuprabhaaT
[Def] good morning
[Pro] Soup pre’ bh aa T
swaaDist
[Def] delicious
[Pro] swaa di sh t
shaakaahaarii
[Def] vegetarian (genderless)
aap shaakaahaarii hain?
naheen, main shakaahaarii naheen hoon
to
[Def] so
[Pro] totoro to
to app maansaahaaree hain?
to kyaa?
so what
maansaahaaree
[Def] non-vegetarian (genderless)
main shakaahaarii naheen hoon, main maansaahaaree hoon
haan
[Def] Yes
[Pro] hung
haan kaafi aasan hai
yes quite easy is
If want to be formal add jee: jee haan jee naheen
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
sirf
[Def] only
[Pro] sirf (really read like enlish, but i = silk)
main sirf gomaans khaataa hoon.
gomaans
[Def] beef
To aap maansaahaaree hain?
Jee haan. Lekin main sirf gomaans naheen khaatee hoon.
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
kaafi
[Def] Quite
[Pro] unaspirated coffee
haan hindi kaafii aasan
khush
[Def] Happy
[Pro] kush english
haan, main khush hoon
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?
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
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
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
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
Door
[Def] far
[Pro] doo(u)r
meraa ghar Door naheen hai
my house far not is