Learn a phrase to get you to your destination when taking a taxi
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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’ll be surprised at how far a little Hindi will go. |
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Lesson focus |
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| Survival Phrases lesson 28, Taking a Taxi in India. |
| In this lesson, we'll cover a phrase we use to get you to your destination when riding in a taxi. We'll look at the most basic way to express this, which is the word "to" followed by a destination. In today's lesson, we'll use CST or Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Tak, which is the "central station of Mumbai." Now, let’s hear the sentence, CST Tak. Let’s go over what we have to say to the taxi driver to get there. |
| In Hindi, "To Dadar Station" is DaaDar Tak. |
| DaaDar Tak |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: DaaDar Tak. |
| The word for “to” in Hindi is Tak. |
| DaaDar Tak |
| This is the easiest and most basic way of expressing where you would like to go. However, speaking the local language is one of the most fun things you can do on your travels. So challenge yourself by using a different option! |
| You can also say, "I would like to go to Dadar Station," which in Hindi is muJHe DaaDar steSHan Tak jaanaa hai. |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: muJHe DaaDar steSHan Tak jaanaa hai. |
| Let’s hear it again, muJHe DaaDar steSHan Tak jaanaa hai. |
| Let's look at the components. The first word, muJHe, means "I would like." |
| Let’s break down this word and hear it one more time: muJHe. |
| muJHe |
| This is followed by DaaDar steSHan or ("the name of the station"), and next is Tak, which in Hindi is "to." Finally, you add jaanaa hai, which means "to go." To recap, we have muJHe jaanaa hai. "I would like to go." If you add the station name, all together you have muJHe DaaDar steSHan Tak jaanaa hai. |
| One more helpful phrase when taking a taxi is "Here is fine" or yahaan THeek hai. This phrase will allow you to get out of the taxi whenever and wherever you want. |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: yahaan THeek hai. |
| yahaan THeek hai |
| yahaan is “your” in Hindi. After this, we have THeek hai, which is from the verb "fine." To finish the sentence off, we need to say where we want to stop, which in this case is yahaan THeek hai. |
| Let’s repeat the whole phrase once more: yahaan THeek hai. |
| yahaan THeek hai |
| Another useful phrase you can practice when riding in a taxi is paCHaas rupaye ke KHulle hain? This means "Do you have change for fifty rupees?" The bigger notes such as 50, 100, and 500 rupees might not be changed so easily. If you have bigger notes, try to ask paCHas rupaye ke KHulle hain? before you jump into the taxi. |
| paCHas rupaye ke KHulle hain? |
| paCHas rupaye ke KHulle hain? |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: paCHas rupaye ke KHulle hain? |
| Let’s hear it once again now, paCHas rupaye ke KHulle hain? |
| Let us see the sentence paCHas rupaye ke KHulle hain? |
| PaCHas rupaye means "50 rupees." You can replace it with 100 or 500 followed by ke, which is "for," and then KHulle hain, which means "change." |
Outro |
| Okay, to close out this lesson, we'd like you to practice what you've just learned. I'll provide you with the English equivalent of the phrases and you're responsible for shouting it out loud. You'll have a few seconds before I give you the answer, so गुड लक! (guud Lak!), which means "good luck" in Hindi. |
| “To Dadar Station.” - DaaDar Tak |
| DaaDar Tak |
| DaaDar Tak |
| “I would like to go to Dadar Station.” - muJHe DaaDar steSHan Tak janaa hai |
| muJHe DaaDar steSHan Tak janaa hai |
| muJHe DaaDar steSHan Tak janaa hai |
| “Here is fine.” - yahaan THeek hai |
| yahaan THeek hai |
| yahaan THeek hai |
| “Do you have change for fifty Rupees?” - paCHaas rupaye ke KHulle hain? |
| paCHaas rupaye ke KHulle hain? |
| paCHaas rupaye ke KHulle hain? |
| All right. That’s 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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