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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. |
| Now, before we jump in, remember to stop by HindiPod101.com, and there, you will find the accompanying PDF and additional info in the post. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment. |
Lesson focus |
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| Survival Phrases Lesson 45 |
| Getting an English Information Guide in India |
| In this lesson, we'll introduce you to a crucial phrase for travelers who are interested in learning more about the tourist attractions you are going to visit. Learning about the history and the cultural significance of places you visit can be just as rewarding as seeing them. |
| In this lesson, we'll cover, "Do you have an English information guide?" |
| In Hindi, kyaa aapke paas angrezii jaankaarii paTrikaa hai? |
| kyaa aapke paas angrezii jaankaarii paTrikaa hai? |
| Let's break it down by syllable: kyaa aapke paas angrezii jaankaarii paTrikaa hai? |
| Now let's hear it once again: kyaa aapke paas angrezii jaankaarii paTrikaa hai? |
| The first phrase, kyaa aapke paas, meaning, "do you have," is the formal level of speech. |
| Let's hear it one more time: kyaa aapke paas |
| kyaa aapke paas |
| Next, we have angrezii, which means, "English." |
| Let's break it down by syllable: angrezii |
| angrezii |
| Now, let's look at the next words. We have jaankarii paTrikaa, which, in English is, "information guide." |
| Let's break it down by syllable: jaankarii |
| jaankarii, meaning information |
| and paTrikaa |
| paTrikaa, which means template |
| Now, let's hear it one more time: jaankarii paTrikaa |
| To recap here, we have kya aapke paas angrezii jaankarii paTrikaa hai? Literally, this means, "Do you have an English information guide?" |
| Altogether, we have kya aapke paas angrezii jaankarii paTrikaa hai? This means, "Do you have a guide in English?" |
| Of course, if you have to practice Hindi and buy a Hindi guide, you can simply accomplish this by asking, jaankaari paTrikaa hai? |
| jaankaari paTrikaa hai? |
| To ask for a different language, we can just replace the word for "English" with any other word for a language, and it works just fine. Let's try "French." |
| In Hindi, "Do you have a French information guide?" is kyaa aapke paas frenCH jaankaarii paTrikaa hai? |
| kyaa aapke paas frenCH jaankaarii paTrikaa hai? |
| The only thing that changes is the thing you are looking for. In this case, it's French. |
| Let's try now with a Japanese guide. It's not unlikely for information guides to even be in Japanese because a huge number of Japanese tourists visit India every year and in every time of the year. "Do you have a Japanese information guide?" is Kya aapke pas jaapaanii jaankaarii paTrikaa hai? |
| Kya aapke pas jaapaanii jaankaarii paTrikaa hai? |
| "Japanese" in Hindi is Jaapaanii. |
| Let's break down this word and hear it one more time: Jaapaanii |
| Jaapaanii |
| Altogether, we have kya aapke paas jaapaanii jaankaari paTrikaa hai? Piece of cake, isn't it? |
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. |
| "Do you have an English information guide?" - kyaa aapke paas angrezii jaankaarii paTrikaa hai? |
| kyaa aapke paas angrezii jaankaarii paTrikaa hai? |
| kyaa aapke paas angrezii jaankaarii paTrikaa hai? |
| "Do you have a French information guide?" - kyaa aapke paas frenCH jaankaarii paTrikaa hai? |
| kyaa aapke paas frenCH jaankaarii paTrikaa hai? |
| kyaa aapke paas frenCH jaankaarii paTrikaa hai? |
| "Do you have a Japanese information guide?" - kya aapke paas jaapaanii jaankaari paTrikaa hai? |
| kya aapke paas jaapaanii jaankaari paTrikaa hai? |
| kya aapke paas jaapaanii jaankaari paTrikaa hai? |
| 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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