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Basic Hindi Learning in 30 Minutes

Namaste Namaste welcome to watch and learn Hindi this video will get you up and running with Hindi in 30 minutes we will start with some basic but essential Hindi words and then learn everyday phrases and sentences travel related sentences will help you travel more confidently in a Hindi speaking region and in case you need to ask for help learn to do that in getting help in Hindi section additionally learn Hindi fundamentals like verbs and tenses to better understand Hindi at the end I have put a short meet and greet conversation in Hindi which you can use to test your Hindi listening comprehension also throughout this video I will give you some background and tips and tricks to better understand and communicate in commonly spoken Hindi now before we start please subscribe to my channel and after this check out my other videos also don't forget to hit the Bell icon to get notification when a new video is posted if you would like to support the channel you can either buy me a coffee the link is in the description or buy a super thanks which you can find on the screen right below this video let's start essential Hindi words these are basic but essential words to know in order to learn Hindi each Hindi word will be repeated at least twice so that you get the pronunciation right and if you want you can practice along namaste namaste Namaste is a greeting but the interesting thing about it is Namaste can be used both as hello and goodbye so you can say namaste both when you meet somebody and when you're taking leave from them namaste meh stands for I tradition that meh has a nasal sound and that is why I have written an N at the End by spelling it in English that n represents the nasal sound and not the ner sound meh up or two ah or tum both up or tum mean you up is the formal way to address someone is a bit more casual if you are ever in doubt which one to use go with up you cannot go wrong with that or too hum hum it means we in English hum Aaj today Kal Kal Kal is interesting because it can mean either yesterday or tomorrow the only way to know which day is being referred to is by knowing the context and rest of the sentence where corn corn who cub when acha acha good acha is a very versatile word its literal meaning is good but it can also mean fine okay or even really like asking a question as you listen and learn more and more Hindi you will get a better grasp of how to use acha in your conversations so these were some essential Hindi words to start with learn and practice these as they are used frequently in everyday spoken Hindi if you want to learn more Hindi words check out my video 150 Hindi words to hold everyday conversation the link is at the top of the screen and also in the description next up everyday phrases and sentences now that you know some essential basic Hindi words let us move to phrases and short sentences that you can use in everyday conversations each Hindi sentence will be repeated at least twice once at regular conversational pace and then again slowly so you catch pronunciation of each word clearly my name is and then you put your name in Hindi you will say it your name hey here Meera is my and Nam is name so if your name is let's say Maya you will say in English my name is Maya in Hindi you will say similarly let's say if your name is Sam you will say in Hindi Mera Nam Sam hey so you can put any name whether male or female and then you can say Mera Nam your name hey what is your name as you know up is you apka is your Nam is name is what Nam hey what is your name thank you bless you here the literal translation of jiterahu is actually keep living but just like in English language when somebody sneezes we say bless you in Hindi we say keep living there is one more thing about jiterahu that is slightly different from bless you you usually say raho to people who are younger or closer to you in age or relationship for example grandparents will say to their children or grandchildren but usually not the other way around bless you what happened is what Hua is happened what happened any news koi samachar here koi is any samachar is news koi samachar any news I am busy who is I am and West is busy this I am busy this is difficult foreign is difficult hey this is difficult this is easy is the proper Hindi word but asan is frequently used in everyday Hindi so you can use either one of them foreign this is easy very good acha here is very and as you know means good but you also know that acha is a very versatile word another thing about acha is that acha is the masculine version of the word the corresponding female version is Achi acha very good so these were some Hindi phrases and sentences useful in everyday conversations if you want to learn more Hindi phrases and sentences check out my video 100 Hindi phrases and sentences for everyday conversation the link is at the top of the screen and also in the description next up travel in this section I have Hindi sentences that you will find useful while traveling through Hindi speaking region all sentences have English translation but I will also tell meanings of specific words in the sentences so that you can better understand and feel comfortable using them I am a tourist s who most of the time when I am is used in English in Hindi it is and then whatever is the rest of the sentence here parietak means tourist so I am a tourist is also in Hindi you don't have articles such as a and the so a tourist is just Party attack man who I am a tourist I want or need a cab Taxi here chahi means want but in everyday spoken Hindi you can use it for need also the literal translation for need is our shakta mujhe Taxi I want a cab or I need a cab I have to go to this address I have to go is to this address Muji is pate but Jana hey I have to go to this address do you know the way here again since there are no articles in Hindi the way is just Rasta in Hindi hey do you know the way how much is the fare here is how much and kiraya is the fair kiraya hey how much is the fair when will this verse leave yeah here yaha is this and Cub is when will this bus leave what time is it kidney hang what time is it I want one room or I need one room foreign can be used for both want or need and a camera is one room I want one room or I need one room I lost my passport there is a Hindi word for passport but it is used in more formal official settings in everyday spoken Hindi people just use the word passport Mera passport Co ya I lost my passport where is the embassy here you can put the name of a country before the word Embassy if you're speaking in Hindi you will first put the name of the country and then say hey also just like passport people usually use the word Embassy but in formal setting the word is used so if you want to use it you will say name of the country hey there is the embassy now you know some Hindi sentences that you will find useful while traveling if you want to learn more such Hindi sentences check out my video hundred Hindi sentences to get you through a travel day the link is at the top of the screen and also in the description next up getting help in Hindi in this section I will tell you few easy Hindi sentences that you can use to ask for help in Hindi the first one is I need help and for this you can say in Hindi foreign foreign I need help I am lost now this sentence has two versions in Hindi one masculine and one feminine so if the gender of the speaker is masculine then it is and if the gender is feminine then it is as you can see it is just the highlighted words Gaia and gai that are different and rest of the words in both sentences are same irrespective of the gender so for the masculine version May a hmm and for the feminine version meh KO gai hmm I am lost I am hurt lucky here lucky I am hurt where is the hospital here aspatal is Hospital Kahan is where is the hospital and if you don't remember the word aspatal just use the word hospital and say Hospital kaha Hai and people will understand so it's either or where is the hospital if you want to buy medicine you might want to ask where is the pharmacy is medicine is shop so is medicine shop and that is how Pharmacy is frequently referred to as in Hindi hey there is the pharmacy if you want to learn more sentences to get help in Hindi check out my video learn to get help in Hindi during medical emergency the link is at the top of the screen and also in the description now that you know how to get help in Hindi next up verbs here I have 10 frequently used Hindi words with English translation that you will find very useful to understand and learn Hindi faster I will repeat each verb in Hindi choice and also speak it once very slowly so that you can learn proper pronunciation to walk is chalna cha Le na to run is dharna the hurdle na dodana to sit now bear now to get up utna oh na utna to give is Dana they na Dana to take Lena lay nah Lena to sleep is Sona so na Sona to see is dekhna they na dekhna to eat is Kana Ka na Kana to drink is Pina p na Pina now you know some Hindi words to start with learn and practice these as they are frequently used in day-to-day conversations in Hindi if you want to learn more verbs check out my video hundred Hindi verbs to get you through a day the link is at the top of the screen and also in the description next up tenses learning about tenses is very important in order to understand any language in Hindi tense is called called so present tense is past tense is bhutkal and future tense is bhavishikal and just like in English in Hindi also tenses are usually manifested by the use of specific forms of verb so what I'm going to do here is first I will tell you the root of the verb so that you can see how it changes depending on the tense in Hindi root of the verb is called dhatu then I will tell you the simple present past and future tense forms of that verb also in Hindi all these tense forms are gender specific which means for each tense the verb changes form depending on the gender I will tell you that too as an example verb let us take a verb that you learned earlier to walk which in Hindi is chalna now here the root or dhatu is chal so keep in mind the root is chal and now let us see how it changes in different tenses first is simple present tense which in English will be I walk in Hindi remember it's gender specific first masculine gender foreign foreign I walk for feminine gender it will be who chalti me who I walk simple past tense in English will be I walked in Hindi for masculine gender it will be Chala Joe plus r May Chala I walked meh chali chal plus e challie May I walked for simple future tense in English is I will walk and in Hindi for masculine it will be plus I will walk foreign so this was for chal that is walk but you can apply this rule to other verbs that you have learned let me give you the dhatu or root of two more verbs and you can then practice tenses with them on your own the first one is to run daughter now and here the dhatu is door and just like I walk for I run in Hindi it will be for masculine and so on the next verb is to sit back now and thatu here will be bad this was an introduction to figure out tenses for different verbs in Hindi if you want to learn more about tenses check out my video tenses in Hindi simple present past and future the link is at the top of the screen and also in the description next up meet and greet now that you have learned Hindi words various types of sentences verbs and tenses let us listen to a short meet and greet conversation between two people Mohan and Maya first the conversation will be in Hindi only and at a regular conversational pace hopefully you will be able to follow most of it if not the whole conversation but in case you don't or if you want to confirm that you got it right after the Hindi version I will explain the whole conversation sentence by sentence in English let's start Mohan will start the conversation namaste namaste or apka Mirana acha share foreign hope you like this conversation now let's go through each sentence in the conversation one by one Mohan starts a conversation with namaste which you know by now is a greeting in Hindi to this Maya responds by saying Namaste that is greeting Mohan and then saying here you must have guessed means my name is Maya or apka means and yours or is and up is you and apka is yours to this Mohan responds by saying which you must have again guessed means my name is Mohan and then he asked the question how are you here up is you and Casey is how so how are you Maya says which means I am fine tea can be fine or okay so it can also mean I'm okay and then she asks which means how are you here you will notice that both Mohan and Maya ask the same question how are you but in Hindi it's slightly different when Mohan asks the question to Maya he uses the word Cassie which is feminine and when Maya uses the same word she uses the masculine gender Cassie both mean how are you to Maya's question Mohan responds by saying as you know one of the meanings the literal meaning is good I am good and then his question is where are you from up is you is there and say is from where are you from Maya says I am from Chicago and then she asks or up again or means and an up is you so or up means and you it is the same as asking and where are you from so Mohan says which means I am from India because India in Hindi is called Bharat Maya responds by saying acha here acha means more like really or or really you're from India and then her question is means City and say is from so from which city foreign which you must have guessed that it means I am from rohtak for those who don't know rohtak is the name of a city in the northern part of India Maya says acha this acha means more like okay oh okay you are from which means it was nice to meet you here acha is used in the sense of nice it was nice to meet you to this Mohan says here bhi means to or means also it was nice to meet you to Maya and then Mohan says Namaste which here means goodbye and Maya responds the same namaste thanks for watching hope you found this video helpful in your journey to learn Hindi let me know your thoughts and suggestions in the comments section if you're interested to learn any of the topics from this video in more detail check out my Channel watch and learn Hindi also please subscribe to my channel and don't forget to hit the Bell icon to get notification when a new video is posted