Learn how to ask for the bill at a restaurant
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Namaste! Hello and welcome to Hindi Survival Phrases brought to you by HindiPod101.com, this course is designed to equip you with the language skills and knowledge to enable you to get the most out of your visit to India. You will be surprised at how far a little Hindi will go. |
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Lesson focus |
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| Survival Phrases lesson 15 - Restaurants - Asking for the Check in Hindi |
| In the last lesson, we saw how to order at the restaurant, how to get the waiter's attention, and then how to order your meal and beverages. |
| Once you have the beverages and you finally have all the entrées you have ordered, you can start to enjoy the mouth-watering meal. |
| Normally, if the waiter sees that you have finished, he will come to your table and kindly ask: aur kuCHH CHaahiye? "Would you like anything else?" |
| Let's break down these words and hear them one more time: aur kuCHH CHaahiye? |
| aur kuCHH CHaahiye? |
| In Hindi, the conjunction "and" is aur, but in this case it means "more." |
| aur |
| aur |
| This is followed by kuCHH, which means "anything," or "something." |
| aur kuCHH |
| aur kuCHH |
| If asked as a question, even these two simple words mean "Anything else?" You will hear it for sure in restaurants or cafés from waiters or barmen in the formal level of speech, but also if you are a guest in any Indian house. |
| Literally, CHaahiye means "is needed," but in this specific case we use it to translate "anything". |
| CHaahiye |
| CHaahiye |
| Let’s recap: aur kuCHH CHaahiye? |
| aur kuCHH CHaahiye? |
| If you are pleased with your meal and are ready to leave, you should reply bas, baDHiyaa THaa, aBHii bil laaiye. "I'm fine, thanks; can you bring the bill please?" |
| A long sentence, but let's break it down. First, we have bas, which means "enough." We follow this with baDHiyaa thaa, which is "It was excellent" in Hindi. |
| baDHiyaa thaa |
| baDHiyaa thaa |
| Next is aBHii bil laaiye, which means "Now please bring the bill." |
| aBHii bil laaiye |
| aBHii bil laaiye |
| Altogether, it is: bas, baDHiyaa THaa, aBHii bil laaiye. |
| bas, baDHiyaa THaa, aBHii bil laaiye. |
| bas, baDHiyaa THaa, aBHii bil laaiye. |
| And there you have it! |
Outro |
| Okay, to close out today's lesson, we'd like for you to practice what you've just learned. I'll provide you with the English equivalent of the phrase and you're responsible for saying it aloud. You'll have a few seconds before I give you the answer, so गुड लक! (guud Lak!), which means "good luck" in Hindi. |
| "Would you like anything else?" - aur kuCH CHaahiye? |
| aur kuCH CHaahiye? |
| aur kuCH CHaahiye? |
| "I'm fine, thanks; the check please." - bas, baDHiyaa THaa, aBHii bil laaiye |
| bas, baDHiyaa THaa, aBHii bil laaiye |
| bas, baDHiyaa THaa, aBHii bil laaiye |
| All right. That’s is going to do it for today. Remember to stop by HindiPod101.com and pick up the accompanying PDF. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment. |
| फिर मिलेंगे (phir milenge), goodbye! |
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