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| INTRODUCTION |
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| 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 32 |
| Asking "Can You Take Our Picture?" In Hindi |
| In this lesson, we'll introduce a phrase that will surely come in handy for capturing your memories on film or memory card. India is full of beautiful scenery. Obviously, you will take many pictures of landscapes and monuments. However, I have no doubt that sometimes, you'll want everyone in your party to be in the picture. Therefore, there are times when the question, "Can you take our picture?" will be invaluable. |
| In Hindi, "Can you take our picture?" is kyaa aap hamaarii Tasviir KHiinCH sakTe hain? |
| kyaa aap hamaarii Tasviir KHiinCH sakTe hain? |
| kyaa aap hamaarii Tasviir KHiinCH sakTe hain? |
| Now, let's break it down by syllable: kyaa aap hamaarii Tasviir KHiinCH sakTe hain? |
| Now, let's hear it once again: kyaa aap hamaarii Tasviir KHiinCH sakTe hain? |
| The first words, kyaa aap, means "can you," using the formal way of speech. |
| Next is hamaarii, which means "our." |
| Next is Tasviir, which, in English, is "picture." |
| Let's break down this word and hear it one more time: Tasviir |
| Tasviir |
| This is followed by KHiinCH sakTe hain? which literally means "take out." However, in this case, we can translate it as "take our picture." |
| So to recap here, we have kyaa aap hamaari Tasviir KHiinCH sakTe hain? Literally, this means "Can you take us a picture?" |
| kyaa aap hamaari Tasviir KHiinCH sakTe hain? |
| kyaa aap hamaari Tasviir KHiinCH sakTe hain? |
| If you are on your own and you want to ask "Can you take my picture?" in Hindi, you just need to replace hamaari with merii. So you would have kyaa aap merii Tasviir KHiinCH sakTe hain? |
| kyaa aap merii Tasviir KHiinCH sakTe hain? |
| kyaa aap merii Tasviir KHiinCH sakTe hain? |
| Let's break it down by syllables: kyaa aap merii Tasviir KHiinCH sakTe hain? |
| Now, let's hear it once again: kyaa aap merii Tasviir KHiinCH sakTe hain? |
| What if you bump into a young person, and you don't need to use the formal level of speech? It's very easy. Just change aap into Tum or informal "you", and also, hain changes to ho. We use ho with informal Tum. So altogether, you will have kyaa Tum merii Tasviir KHiinCH sakTe ho? |
| kyaa Tum merii Tasviir KHiinCH sakTe ho? |
| Or "Can you take my picture?" |
| Let's break it down by syllable: kyaa Tum merii Tasviir KHiinCH sakTe ho? |
| Now, let's hear it once again: kyaa Tum merii Tasviir KHiinCH sakTe ho? |
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 have a few seconds before I give you the answer, so गुड लक! (guud Lak!), which means "good luck" in Hindi. |
| "Can you take our picture?" - kyaa aap hamaarii Tasviir KHiinCH sakTe hain? |
| kyaa aap hamaarii Tasviir KHiinCH sakTe hain? |
| kyaa aap hamaarii Tasviir KHiinCH sakTe hain? |
| "Can you take my picture?" - kyaa aap merii Tasviir KHiinCH sakTe hain? |
| kyaa aap merii Tasviir KHiinCH sakTe hain? |
| kyaa aap merii Tasviir KHiinCH sakTe hain? |
| "Can you take my picture?" informal - kyaa Tum merii Tasviir KHiinCH sakTe ho? |
| kyaa Tum merii Tasviir KHiinCH sakTe ho? |
| kyaa Tum merii Tasviir KHiinCH sakTe ho? |
| 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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