Learn some phrases you'll need to ask for the time
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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 55 |
| Be on time with this Hindi phrase. |
| No matter where you are, you will always have some place to be. In this lesson, we'll look at a question that will give you the tools to ask how much time you have left to get there. We'll also give you the tools to understand the answer. |
| In Hindi, "What time is it?" is kya samay hai? |
| kya samay hai? |
| Let's break it down by syllable: kya samay hai? |
| Now, let's hear it once again: kya samay hai? |
| The first word, kya, means, "what." |
| Let's break down this word and hear it once again: kya, and kya. |
| Next, we have samay, which in English is "time." |
| samay, |
| samay. |
| Then we have hai, which means "is." |
| All together, we have kya samay hai? This means, "What is the time?" |
| Let's go over hours here. "Hours" in Hindi is GHanta. GHanta. However, you will never hear this word while asking for the time. When talking about hours, or o'clock, you just have to say the number and that's it. |
| Let's go over the hours here. In Hindi, "o'clock" is baje. |
| baje. |
| baje. |
| 1 o'clock ek baje |
| 2 o'clock Do baje |
| 3 o'clock Tiin baje |
| 4 o'clock CHaar baje |
| 5 o'clock paanCH baje |
| 6 o'clock CHHe baje |
| 7 o'clock saaT baje |
| 8 o'clock aaTH baje |
| 9 o'clock nau baje |
| 10 o'clock Das baje |
| 11 o'clock gyaarah baje |
| 12 o'clock baarah baje |
| Let's cover how to answer the question, kya samay hai? in Hindi. First, you have time, that is baje. |
| Let's hear it once again: baje. And hai, which means "is." |
| Let's try it with six o'clock. "It's six o'clock" in Hindi is CHHe baje hain. |
| Let's break it down by syllable: CHHe baje hain. |
| Now, let's hear it once again: CHHe baje hain. |
| The first word, CHHe means, "six." And then, you have the baje, which comes from the verb bajna, which is used with reference to time. And next is hai, which means "is". |
| So, all together, we have CHHe baje hain. |
| Let's go over minutes now. "Minutes" in Hindi is minat. minat. |
| Let's break it down by syllable: minat. |
| In Hindi, first you say the number for "hours" followed by the conjunction bajkar, which comes from the verb bajana, and then the number for "minutes. |
| For example, "It's 3:20." In Hindi is Tiin bajkar biis minat. |
| Tiin bajkar biis minat. |
| "It's 5:55." In Hindi is paanCH bajkar paCHpan minat. |
| Here, we are literally saying, "five hours, fiftyfive minutes". |
| "Its 8:34." In Hindi is aaTH bajkar CHaunTTiis minat. |
| aaTH bajkar CHaunTTiis minat. |
| Even Hindi has words for the set times of the day: |
| "Midday" in Hindi is Dopahar. |
| Dopahar |
| Dopahar |
| "Midnight" is aadhi raaT. |
| Aadhi raaT. |
| Aadhi raaT. |
| Lastly, "quarter" in Hindi is savaa. Therefore, "It's 2:15" in Hindi is Savaa Do. |
| Savaa Do. |
| Savaa Do. |
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. |
| "What time is it?" - kya samay hai? |
| kya samay hai? |
| kya samay hai? |
| "It's 3:20." - Tiin bajkar biis minat. |
| Tiin bajkar biis minat. |
| Tiin bajkar biis minat. |
| "It's 5:55." - paanCH bajkar paCHpan minat. |
| paanCH bajkar paCHpan minat. |
| paanCH bajkar paCHpan minat. |
| "Its 8:34." - aaTH bajkar CHaunTTiis minat. |
| aaTH bajkar ChaunTTiis minat. |
| aaTH bajkar CHaunTTiis minat. |
| "Midday" - Dopahar. |
| Dopahar |
| Dopahar |
| "Midnight" - aadhi raaT. |
| Aadhi raaT. |
| Aadhi raaT. |
| "It's 2:15." - Savaa Do. |
| Savaa Do. |
| Savaa Do. |
| 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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