Learn how to ask "Where are you from?"
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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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| Survival Phrases lesson 59 |
| Say where you're from in Hindi. |
| In this lesson, we'll cover a phrase you will be able to use in all those moments in which you are introducing yourself or even your friends and you are talking about your own country and the place you come from. |
| First, let's review how to introduce yourself. In Hindi, "My name is Manasee" is Mera nam Manasee hai. |
| Let's break it down by syllable and hear it one more time: Mera nam Manasee hai. |
| Mera nam Manasee hai. |
| Here we have Mera, which means, "my." And then, nam, which means "name." |
| Next is my name, and then you have hai, which means "is." |
| To recap, we have Mera nam Manasee hai, which means "My name is Manasee." |
| When you are introducing yourself, you just need to replace Manasee with your name. |
| Now, let's go and cover how to say where you're from. In Hindi, "I'm American" or "I'm from America" is Mai amarikan hoo. |
| Mai amarikan hoo. |
| The first word Mai, means "I." Next, we have amarikan, which in English is "American." And hoo means "am." |
| All together, we have Mai amarikan hoo, meaning "I am American." |
| In Hindi, "I'm Spanish" is Mai spenish hoo. |
| Mai spenish hoo. |
| As you can see, the verb doesn't change. You always have hoo "am." Then the only thing that changes is the nationality. Therefore, you have spenish in place of amarikan. |
| This phrase is the way you answer the question, Aap kaha se ae ho? |
| Aap kaha se ae ho? In English, this means, "where do you come from?" |
| Let's break it down by syllable: Aap kaha se ae ho? |
| Aap kaha se ae ho? |
| The first word aap is the formal usage of the word, "you." aap, |
| and, aap. |
| Then you have kaha , which in English is "where." kaha. |
| kaha. |
| Next is se which means "from." |
| se, |
| and, se. |
| To recap here we have kaha se which means, "from where." |
| Now, let's look at the next word aae, which means, "come." |
| And then we have ho meaning "are." |
| So, all together, we have Aap kaha se ae ho? which means, "where do you come from?" |
| The adjective for nationality do not change according to the gender. |
| If you are introducing a friend to someone, the verb changes. Therefore, "He's American" in Hindi is Yah amarikan hai. Yah amarikan hai. |
| Hoo changes to hai as hoo is used in first person only. In case of third person, hoo becomes hai. |
| 1st person: hoo |
| 2nd person: ho |
| 3rd person: hai |
| 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. |
| "My name is Manasee" - Mera nam Manasee hai. |
| Mera nam Manasee hai. |
| Mera nam Manasee hai. |
| "I am American" - Mai amarikan hoo. |
| Mai amarikan hoo. |
| Mai amarikan hoo. |
| "I'm Spanish" - Mai spenish hoo. |
| Mai spenish hoo. |
| Mai spenish hoo. |
| "Where do you come from?" - Aap kaha se ae ho? |
| Aap kaha se ae ho? |
| Aap kaha se ae ho? |
| "He's American." - Yah amarikan hai. |
| Yah amarikan hai. |
| Yah amarikan 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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