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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 31 - Asking for Directions in Hindi |
| In this lesson, we'll introduce you to directions that will help you find the place you are looking for. Previously we introduced "Is there a place near here?" and "Where is there a (something)?" But while we can now ask, we haven't addressed understanding the answer. In this lesson, we're going to work on understanding what someone tells us. We'll go over basic directions. |
| First, we have "go straight." |
| In Hindi, "go straight" is: siiDHe jaao. |
| siiDHe jaao |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: siiDHe jaao |
| Now let's hear it once again: siiDHe jaao |
| First, we have siiDHe, which means "straight," and the word jaao, which means "you go." |
| siiDHe jaao |
| siiDHe jaao |
| Literally, this means "go straight." |
| Let's look at the next expression to help us turn. |
| Let's cover "turn right," which in Hindi is: Daahine muden. |
| Daahine muden |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: Daahine muden |
| Now let's hear it once again: Daahine muden |
| The first word is दाएँ (Dahine), which means "right." We follow this with muden, which comes from the verb mudana, meaning "to turn." |
| So all together, we have Dahine muden. |
| Daahine muden |
| Now let's work on "turn left." |
| In Hindi, "turn left" is: baayen muden. |
| baayen muden |
| Let's break down this word and hear it one more time: baayen muden. |
| baayen muden |
| Let's try now with "Turn right at the traffic light." which in Hindi is: traefic laits par Daahine muden. |
| Before Daahine muden, or "turn right," which we have just seen, you have traefic laits par, or "at the traffic light." |
| Let's break it down and hear it one more time: traefic laits par |
| First, you have traefic, the same as the English "traffic." |
| Next is laits, or "lights," followed by par, which in English is "at the." |
| Let’s hear the entire sentence now: traefic laits par Daahine muden. |
| traefic laits par Daahine muden. |
| "It's on the right" in Hindi is: Daahine hai. |
| Daahine hai |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: Daahine hai |
| Now let's hear it once again: Daahine hai |
| The first word, Daahine means "right." |
| Finally, we have hai, meaning "is." |
| So all together, we have Daahine hai. |
| "It's on the left" in Hindi is: baayen hai. |
| baayen hai |
| The only difference is the word baayen in place of Dahine. |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: baayen hai |
| Now let's hear it once again: baayen hai |
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. |
| "Go straight." - siiDHe jaao |
| siiDHe jaao |
| siiDHe jaao |
| "Turn right." - Daahine mudo |
| Daahine mudo |
| Daahine mudo |
| "Turn left." - Baayen mudo |
| Baayen mudo |
| Baayen mudo |
| "Turn right at the light." - traefic laait par Dahine mudo |
| traefic laait par Dahine mudo |
| traefic laait par Dahine mudo |
| "It's on the right." - Daahine hai |
| Daahine hai |
| Daahine hai |
| "It's on the left." - baayen hai |
| baayen hai |
| baayen hai |
| 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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