Learn how to say "not" and "don't have
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| 3-Minute Hindi Season 1, Lesson 19 - Going Without |
| Introduction |
| Becky: Welcome to 3-Minute Hindi Season 1, Lesson 19 - Going Without In this lesson, you’ll learn how to make essential negative statements in Hindi. |
| Body |
| Becky: Here's the formal way to say 'I don't have a pen.' in Hindi. |
| Shakti: [Normal] मेरे पास पेन नही है|(mere paaS peN Nahiin hai.) |
| Becky: First is a phrase meaning 'I have' |
| Shakti: [Normal] मेरे पास [Slow] मेरे पास (mere paaS) |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'pen' |
| Shakti: [Normal] पेन [Slow] पेन (peN) |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'is not' |
| Shakti: [Normal] नही है [Slow] नही है(Nahiin hai) |
| Becky: Listen again to the formal sentence meaning 'I don't have a pen.' |
| Shakti: [Slow] मेरे पास पेन नही है| [Normal] मेरे पास पेन नही है| |
| Becky: Ok, now let's take a look at the formal way to say 'I don't have time.' |
| Shakti: [Normal] मेरे पास समय नही है|(mere paaS Samay Nahiin hai.) |
| Becky: First is a phrase meaning 'I have' |
| Shakti: [Normal] मेरे पास [Slow] मेरे पास (mere paaS) |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'time' |
| Shakti: [Normal] समय [Slow] समय (Samay) |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'is not' |
| Shakti: [Normal] नही है [Slow] नही है(Nahiin hai) |
| Becky: Listen again to the formal sentence meaning 'I don't have time.' |
| Shakti: [Slow] मेरे पास समय नही है| [Normal] मेरे पास समय नही है| |
| Becky: Next up is the formal way to say 'I don't know.' |
| Shakti: [Normal] मुझे पता नहीं है। (mujhe paTaa Nahiin hai.) |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'I [to me]' |
| Shakti: [Normal] मुझे [Slow] मुझे (mujhe) |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'know' |
| Shakti: [Normal] पता [Slow] पता(paTaa) |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'not' |
| Shakti: [Normal] नहीं [Slow] नहीं(Nahiin) |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'is' |
| Shakti: [Normal] है [Slow] है(hai) |
| Becky: Listen again to the formal sentence meaning 'I don't know.' |
| Shakti: [Slow] मुझे पता नहीं है। [Normal] मुझे पता नहीं है। |
| Becky: Finally, here is a formal way to say 'I don't understand.' |
| Shakti: [Normal] मुझे समझ नही आया|(mujhe Samajh Nahiin aayaa.) |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'I [to me]' |
| Shakti: [Normal] मुझे [Slow] मुझे (mujhe) |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'understand' |
| Shakti: [Normal] समझ [Slow] समझ(Samajh) |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'not' |
| Shakti: [Normal] नही [Slow] नही (Nahiin) |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'came' |
| Shakti: [Normal] आया [Slow] आया(aayaa) |
| Becky: Listen again to the formal sentence meaning 'I don't understand.' |
| Shakti: [Slow] मुझे समझ नही आया| [Normal] मुझे समझ नही आया| |
| Cultural Insight |
| Becky: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Shakti: In Hindi, negative statements are usually made using passive sentence structures. This helps show that you can not help the situation and maybe regret having to say no as well. This makes it easier to say no, without being rude. Apart from the language itself, people prefer to say they don't have something, rather than saying they don't want to give it. Saying the latter involves more explanation and politeness. |
Outro |
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| Becky: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in the next lesson! |
| Shakti: अलविदा (aLviDaa) |
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