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namasTe meraa naam preranaa hai. aap se milkar khushi hui.
Hi, My name is Prerana. Nice to meet you.
Welcome to HindiPod101.com’s “Tiin minat mein hinDii”. The fastest, easiest, and most fun way to learn Hindi.
In the last lesson, we learned how to make plans in Hindi. In this lesson, we are going to learn the verb “to be” - honaa. We will also learn how to ask the question “where are you from” and how to express your nationality.
When you meet a new person in India, they might ask you aap kahaan se hain? which is the equivalent of "Where do you come from?"
You’re familiar with aap, the formal word for "you."
(kahaan) is "where."
(se) is "from."
and (hain) is "are."
Therefore,(aap kahaan se hain?) literally is,"You where from are?" or, "Where are you from?"
[slowly] aap kahaan se hain?
This question can be used when speaking to both men and women.
Answering this question is very easy! And it stays the same whether you're a
man or a woman.
You just say ”Main” then your country name, and then______se hoon.("I am from_________,
For example: - main roos se hoon
[slowly] main roos se hoon
This means “I am from Russia”.
Now just replace “Russia” with your own country.
main jaapaan se hoon means "I am from Japan"
main amriika se hoon means "I am from America"
main chiin se hoon means "I am from china"
होना honaa is a verb “to be” which changes forms to mean ‘am’ ‘is’ or ‘are’.
hoon is used to mean "am" and is therefore used with first person singular subjects.
The verb hoon remains the same whether you are a man or a woman.
You can also answer the question “where are you from?” by saying your nationality instead of which country you are from.
The pattern is: main + your nationality+ hoon
Remembering the vocabulary for most nationalities is very easy! Just add the sound ee to the end of the name of a country. The rule does not hold true for all countries though. Let's take a look at some examples.
For example, if you are a Japanese, you will say:
main jaapaani hoon
Chinese people can say:
main chiini hoon
For Americans it is a bit different, but easier to remember. Instead of adding an i sound to the end, you change the ending to an. So Amerika becomes ameriikan.
main ameriikan hoon
and so on.
To return the question you can simply say aur aap which is "And you?" in a polite way.
[slowly] aur aap
Now it’s time for Preranas’ Points
Bharat and India are both the official short names for the Republic of India. Although Hindustan (derived from Persian) is not an official name, it is still called so by some countries in the Middle East. The name India comes from the Indus River while the name Bharat has been used in Indian literature since the Puranas, where the country is
called Bharatavash after King Bharata Chakravarti.
In this lesson we learned how to talk about nationalities.
Next time we’ll continue our study of the verb to be with hain, and we'll see how to use it to talk about locations. By the way, do you know how to ask someone where they are in Hindi? You’ll learn how to say this and many other phrases in the next lesson. Phir milenge. See you then!

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