Can I hear the words in Hindi?
Dec 27th, 2009, 05:54 PM
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Can I hear the words in Hindi?
I've been told how to say Hello, Goodbye, Thank you and Can you make it cheaper (or discount please, it's too much money etc) in Hindi but I need to hear it. I've searched for day for a web site with no luck. Do you know of one?
Dec 27th, 2009, 06:20 PM
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Hindi is pretty easy to pronounce. Much easier than languages such as Chinese or Japanese. If you will be in India, you can learn the first day you are there. Ask someone like the concierge of your hotel or even an Indian flight attendant on your flight, or someone "educated" who will provide you with accurate pronounciation. Hindi is a funny language because there are a lot of variations in the quality of how it is spoken, something you don't as see much in English.
Don't bother trying to find it on the web because you won't get any feedback about how well you are pronouncing it.
Don't bother trying to find it on the web because you won't get any feedback about how well you are pronouncing it.
Dec 27th, 2009, 06:21 PM
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I just did a quick google search and found this site: http://free.lessons.l-ceps.com/learn...-lesson-1.html
Dec 27th, 2009, 06:28 PM
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That's cool Hanuman. I'll check it out and see how the quality is.
To impacked, I want to add that English has infiltrated Hindi in a big way and "thank you" is almost always said in English! Hello/Goodbye are "Namaste" or "Namaskar", but again English for these is widely understood. The shopkeepers will certainly understand "too much money" or "give me a discount" in English (they may try to ACT like they don't understand, but if it's 100 rupees and you hand over only 50 rupees, they'll know exactly what you mean.
Shopkeepers in India are a lot shrewder than they will let on to the average tourist.
To impacked, I want to add that English has infiltrated Hindi in a big way and "thank you" is almost always said in English! Hello/Goodbye are "Namaste" or "Namaskar", but again English for these is widely understood. The shopkeepers will certainly understand "too much money" or "give me a discount" in English (they may try to ACT like they don't understand, but if it's 100 rupees and you hand over only 50 rupees, they'll know exactly what you mean.
Shopkeepers in India are a lot shrewder than they will let on to the average tourist.
Dec 27th, 2009, 06:32 PM
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Hello impacked if you want say hello say nameste and if you want to say goodbya say tata and if you want to say thanks say sukriya and if you want to say give me discount say thoda kum kro and if you want to say its to much money say bhute mhanga hai
Dec 27th, 2009, 06:37 PM
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How did you write that in Hindi Hanuman?
For anyone who is interested he wrote "alvidaa" which means "goodbye", but it is of Urdu orign so you won't hear it much among Hindus who will use "Namaste" or "Namaskar".
P.S. Don't learn Hindi from Bollywood films.
For anyone who is interested he wrote "alvidaa" which means "goodbye", but it is of Urdu orign so you won't hear it much among Hindus who will use "Namaste" or "Namaskar".
P.S. Don't learn Hindi from Bollywood films.
Dec 27th, 2009, 06:40 PM
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Delhibelly, the problem is impacked wants to HEAR how to pronounce. For example, you wrote "sukriya", but it's actually pronouced "shukriya" with the "sh" sound in the beginning.
Shukriya is Urdu and used among Muslims and Dhanyivad is Hindi and used among Hindus.
Shukriya is Urdu and used among Muslims and Dhanyivad is Hindi and used among Hindus.
Dec 27th, 2009, 06:44 PM
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I would advise sticking to English as there is a substantially less chance of being mis-understood. There are subtle differences in pronounciation that can land you up with a totally different word and you won't know the difference.
Bhindi = okra
Bindi = the forehead dot that women wear.
What's the difference? Just a little puff of air in the "bh" of bhindi.
Bhindi = okra
Bindi = the forehead dot that women wear.
What's the difference? Just a little puff of air in the "bh" of bhindi.
Dec 28th, 2009, 01:19 PM
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Thank you all so much...love the web site....it's perfect!
When I traveled to Thailand I learned a few sentences one being "can you make the price less?" Although, it was not necessary to speak English my phrase was a big hit with the shop keepers and sometimes they laughed and sometimes they would answer me in Thai. It was a great ice breaker.
Can't wait!
When I traveled to Thailand I learned a few sentences one being "can you make the price less?" Although, it was not necessary to speak English my phrase was a big hit with the shop keepers and sometimes they laughed and sometimes they would answer me in Thai. It was a great ice breaker.
Can't wait!
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