Learn the question "What's wrong?" in Hindi and how to answer it
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| A: Top 25 Hindi Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 19: What's wrong? in Hindi (In each lesson of this 25 part series, you'll master a common question for Hindi learners, and then learn how to answer it like a native. You'll learn how these key phrases work by breaking them down into each component. Then through repetition and new vocabulary, you'll expand your understanding of the question, its answers, and any variations.) |
| In this lesson, you'll learn how to respond to the common question ""What's wrong?"" In Hindi this is |
| B: क्या गड़बड़ है? |
| The first word in the question is |
| B: क्या |
| A: ""meaning what "" in English. |
| B: (Slow, by syllable) क्या |
| A: Listen again and repeat. |
| B: क्या |
| {Pause} |
| A: This pattern of first introducing a word at natural speed, providing the translation, breaking it down, and then giving it again at natural speed will be repeated throughout the series. Try to speak aloud as often as possible. The next word in the question is |
| B: गड़बड़ |
| A: meaning wrong. |
| B: (Slow, by syllable) गड़बड़ |
| A: Now repeat. |
| B: गड़बड़ |
| {Pause} |
| Listen to the first 2 words of the question and repeat. |
| B: क्या गड़बड़ |
| {pause} |
| And next |
| B: है |
| A: meaning is. |
| B: (Slow, by syllable) है |
| A: Now repeat. |
| B: है |
| {Pause} |
| Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| B: क्या गड़बड़ है |
| {pause} |
| A: (You will hear this common question again and again throughout your studies.) Master the following pattern and responses to the question What's wrong?? |
| B: मै थक गया हूँ |
| A: ""I'm tired.. Again, slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| B: (Slow) मै थक गया हूँ |
| {pause} |
| A: Let's break it down from the beginning. The first word: |
| B: मै |
| A: meaning I. |
| B: (Slow, by syllable) मै |
| A: Now repeat |
| B: मै |
| {Pause} |
| A: And after that |
| B: थक गया |
| meaning tired. |
| B: (Slow, by syllable) थक गया |
| A:Now repeat. |
| B: थक गया |
| {Pause} |
| A: And next |
| B: हूँ |
| meaning am . |
| B: (Slow, by syllable) हूँ |
| A:Now repeat. |
| B: हूँ |
| {Pause} |
| A: Listen to the speaker say, I'm tired., and then repeat. |
| B: मै थक गया हूँ |
| {pause} |
| A: To expand on the pattern, replace tired with anxious. |
| B: चिन्तित |
| A: anxious |
| B: (slow) चिन्तित (regular) चिन्तित |
| A: Listen to the phrase again, this time with anxious |
| B: मै चिन्तित हूँ |
| A: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace tired. Say I'm anxious. |
| {pause} |
| B: मै चिन्तित हूँ |
| A: To make another phrase, replace anxious with scared. |
| B: डरा हुआ |
| A: scared |
| B: (slow) डरा हुआ (regular) डरा हुआ |
| A: Listen to the phrase again, this time with scared |
| B: मै डरा हुआ हूँ |
| A: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace anxious. Say I'm scared. |
| {pause} |
| B: मै डरा हुआ हूँ |
| A: To expand on the pattern, replace scared with embarrassed. |
| B: शर्मिंदा |
| A: embarrassed |
| B: (slow) शर्मिंदा (regular) शर्मिंदा |
| A: Listen to the phrase again, this time with embarrassed |
| B: मै शर्मिंदा हूँ |
| A: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace the {lang} for scared. Say I'm embarrassed. |
| {pause} |
| B: मै शर्मिंदा हूँ |
| Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you are visiting India and someone asks you what's wrong. You want to answer I'm tired.. Respond to the question. |
| B: क्या गड़बड़ है? (five seconds) मै थक गया हूँ |
| A: Now you want to say I'm anxious. Respond to the question. |
| B: क्या गड़बड़ है? (five seconds) मै चिन्तित हूँ |
| A: You want to say I'm scared.. . Answer the speaker's question. |
| B: क्या गड़बड़ है? (five seconds) मै डरा हुआ हूँ |
| A: Imagine you're embarrassed. Respond to the question. |
| B: क्या गड़बड़ है? (five seconds) मै शर्मिंदा हूँ |
| A: Now you want to ask someone what's wrong. Ask the question |
| (5 seconds) |
| B: क्या गड़बड़ है? |
| {pause} |
| A: This is the end of Lesson 19 |
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