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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 37 |
| Places to Stay and Hindi You Need to Know |
| In this lesson, we'll help you check in. In India, there are hotels, bed and breakfasts, hostels, and some of the most beautiful hotels at Goa beach. But let's not waste time. Let's jump right into today's lesson. |
| In India, when you get to a hotel and you want to check in, you can use two possible phrases. If you have already booked the room, and you want to say, "I have a reservation" in Hindi, it is mera rijarveSHan hai. |
| mera rijarveSHan hai |
| Let's break it down by syllable: mera rijarveSHan hai |
| Now, let's hear it once again: mera rijarveSHan hai |
| The first word, mera, is the masculine form of "my." |
| Next, we have rijarveSHan, which is the same as in the English, "reservation." |
| The last word, hai, means "is." |
| So altogether, we have mera rijarveSHan hai. |
| mera rijarveSHan hai |
| This means, "I have a reservation." |
| Now, this is how you would say if you are a male. |
| If you have not booked the room yet, the phrase, "I would like a room" in Hindi is muJHe ek kamraa CHahiye. |
| muJHe ek kamraa Chahiye |
| Let's break it down by syllable and hear it one more time: muJHe ek kamraa Chahiye |
| muJHe ek kamraa CHahiye |
| The first word, muJHe, means "I would like." |
| Let's break them down by syllable: muJHe |
| Now, let's hear it once again: muJHe |
| Then we have ek or "a" or "one", which we have seen earlier, and then kamraa or "room". |
| Let's break it down by syllable and hear it one more time: kamraa |
| kamraa |
| So altogether, we have MuJHe ek kamraa CHahiye, which literally means "I would like a room." |
| Afterward, they will most likely ask you, "Your name, please." In Hindi, this is aapkaa naam. |
| aapkaa naam |
| Let's break it down by syllable and hear it one more time: aapkaa naam |
| aapkaa naam |
| The first word, aapkaa, is "your," which we have already learned in previous lessons, and which we know by now is a plural or formal of "your." |
| Let's hear it once again: aapkaa |
| Then, you have naam, which means "name." |
| So let's hear the entire phrase now: aapkaa naam |
| This literally means, "Your name, please." |
| You might also be asked, "Can you spell it?" In Hindi, this is kyaa aap naam spel kar sakTe hain? |
| kyaa aap naam spel kar sakTe hain? |
| Let's break it down by syllable and hear it one more time: kyaa aap naam spel kar sakTe hain? |
| Let's hear it one more time: kyaa aap |
| Then, we have naam or "name." |
| Finally, we have the word for "can spell" or spel kar sakTe hain? |
| kyaa aap naam spel kar sakTe hain? |
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. |
| "I have a reservation." - mera rijarveSHan hai |
| mera rijarveSHan hai |
| mera rijarveSHan hai |
| "I would like a room." - muJHe ek kamraa Chahiye |
| muJHe ek kamraa Chahiye |
| muJHe ek kamraa CHahiye |
| "Your name, please." - aapkaa naam |
| aapkaa naam |
| aapkaa naam |
| "Can you spell it?" - kyaa aap naam spel kar sakTe hain? |
| kyaa aap naam spel kar sakTe hain? |
| kyaa aap naam spel kar sakTe 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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