Learn how to ask "Where is the bathroom?"
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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 6 - How to Ask "Where Is the Bathroom in Hindi" |
| In today's lesson, we'll cover an extremely important phrase: "Where is the bathroom?" |
| In Hindi, "Where is the bathroom?" is शौचालय किधर है? (SHauCHaalay kiDHar hai?) |
| शौचालय किधर है? (SHauCHaalay kiDHar hai?) |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: शौचालय किधर है? (SHauCHaalay kiDHar hai?) |
| Let's hear it one more time: शौचालय किधर है? (SHauCHaalay kiDHar hai?) |
| Let's look at the components. The last two words, किधर है (kiDHar hai), mean "where is?" |
| Let's break it down and hear it one more time: किधर है (kiDHar hai) |
| किधर है (kiDHar hai) |
| Then we have the first word, शौचालय (SHauCHaalay), which means "toilet." |
| Let’s break this word down as well: शौचालय (SHauCHaalay) |
| शौचालय (SHauCHaalay) |
| So to recap, we have शौचालय किधर है? (SHauCHaalay kiDHar hai?) |
| Literally, this means "Where is the toilet?" |
| There is another similar way to say "toilet," which is शौचघर (SHauCHGHar). |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: शौचघर (SHauCHGHar) |
| शौचघर (SHauCHGHar) |
| There is also another way to say "Where is?", it is कहाँ है? (kahaan hai?) |
| The meaning is practically the same as किधर है (kiDHar hai). |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: कहाँ है? (kahaan hai?) |
| Now let’s hear this variation: शौचघर कहाँ है? (SHauCHGHar kahaan hai?) |
| शौचघर कहाँ है? (SHauCHGHar kahaan hai?) |
| Now, when you finally get to the bathroom, there may be one last hurdle. In some instances, only Hindi words are written on the doors! What to do? Well, you can stop by the website and find the words for men and women there. Find them inside the PDF or if you have an iPhone or iPod Touch, click the center button and you can find them there. |
| The word for "men" is आदमी (aaDmii). The word for "ladies" is महिलाएं (mahilaaen). |
| Now let's hear it once more. The word for "men" is आदमी (aaDmii). |
| आदमी (aaDmii) |
| The word for "ladies" is महिलाएं (mahilaaen). |
| महिलाएं (mahilaaen) |
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. |
| "Where is the bathroom?" - SHauCHaalay kiDHar hai? |
| SHauCHaalay kiDHar hai? |
| SHauCHaalay kiDHar hai? |
| "Where is the bathroom? (Variation)" - SHauCHGHar kahaan hai? |
| SHauCHGHar kahaan hai? |
| SHauCHGHar kahaan 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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