Hello - नमस्कार (namaskar) or namaste (नमस्ते) Goodbye -अलविदा (Alvida), चलता हूँ (chaltā hūn) Please enter. - पधारिये। (Padhāriye.) See you again. - फिर मिलेंगे। (Phir milenge.) Thank you - धन्यवाद (dhanyavād), शुक्रिया (śukriyā) It is nice to meet you, I felt good meeting you. - आप से मिल के ख़ुशी हुई, आप से मिल के अच्छा लगा। (Āp se mil ke ḫuśī huī, āp se mil ke acchā lagā.) Please take me to my hotel. - कृप्या मुझे मेरे होटल ले ___। (kripyā mujhe mere hoṭel le CH-LI-YE.) Where is the bathroom? - शौंचालय किधर है? (Śauncālay kidhar hai?) How much does this cost? - यह कितने का है? (Yeh kitne kā hai?) How is your health? How is it? What is going on? - क्या हाल है? कैसे हो/हैं? क्या चल रहा है? (Kyā hāl hai? Kaise ho/hain? Kyā chal rahā hai? Where's the phone? - फ़ोन कहाँ है? (Fon kahān hai?) Where are you? - किधर हो तुम? / कहाँ हो तुम? / कहाँ हैं आप? (Kidhar ho tum? / Kahān ho tum? / Kahān hain āp?) Can I sit here? (speaker is male) - क्या मैं यहाँ बैठ सकता हूँ? (Kyā main yahān baiṭ saktā hūn?) Can I sit here? (speaker is female) - क्या मैं यहाँ बैठ सकती हूँ? (Kyā main yahān baiṭ saktī hūn?) I need a (taxi, car, telephone, pen). - मुझे एक (टैक्सि, कार/गाड़ी, फ़ोन, क़लम/पेन) चाहिये। (Mujhe ek (ṭāksi, kār/gaṛī, fon, qalam/pen) cāhiye.) I need to go - मुझे जाना है mujhe jaana hai / मुझे जाना पड़ेगा mujhe jaana padega / मुझे जाना होगा mujhe jaana hoga You need/have to go - आपको जाना है aap ko jaana hai / आपको जाना पड़ेगा aap ko jaana padega / आपको जाना होगा aapko jaana hoga / तुम्हें जाना है tumhe jaana hai / तुझे जाना है tujhe jaana hai Translation Phrase Transliteration Hindi हिन्दी hindī hello/goodbye (Hindu, north) नमस्ते namaste hello/goodbye (Hindu, south) नमस्कार namaskār hello/goodbye (Sikh) सत श्री अकाल sat śrī akāl hello (Muslim) अस्सलाम अलैकुम assalām alaikum hello (Muslim reply) वालैकुम अस्सलाम vālaikum assalām goodbye (Muslim) ख़ुदा हाफ़िज़ khuda hāfiz please* (Urdu) मेहरबानी करके mehrbānī karke please* कृपया kṛipaya thank you* (Sanskrit origin) धन्यवाद dhanyavād thank you* (Arabic origin) शुक्रिया śukriyā thank you very much बहुत बहुत धन्यवाद/शुक्रिया bahut bahut dhanyavād/śukriyā you're welcome (don’t mention it) कोई बात नहीं koī bāt nahīn excuse me, sorry, please forgive me माफ़ कीजिये māf kījiye excuse me (lit. please listen) ज़रा सुनिये zarā suniye yes जी हाँ jī hān no/not जी नहीं jī nahīn good!/awesome!/oh.../really?!/well! अच्छा! acchā! (all-purpose adj./interj.) How are you? आप कैसे/कैसी हैं? āp kaise/kaisī hai? (male/female respondent) Okay! ठीक है! ṭhīk hai! one minute! (“just a sec”; interj.) एक मिनट ek minaṭ I don’t understand मैं नहीं समझा/समझी main nahīn samjha/samjhī (m/f) I don’t know मैं नहीं जानता/जानती हूँ main nahīn jāntā/jāntī hun (m/f) English अंग्रेज़ी angrezī what is your name? आप का नाम क्या है? āp kā nām kyā hai? my name is ... मेरा नाम ... है mera nām ... hai It was nice to meet you आप से मिलकर बहुत ख़ुशी हुई āp se milkar bahut khuśī huī It was nice to meet you too (lit. to me also) मुझे भी mujhe bhī Do you speak English? क्या आप अंग्रेज़ी बोलते/बोलती है? kyā āp angrezī bolte/boltī (m/f) hain? *These are not used nearly as casually in Hindi and Urdu as they are in western languages. कृपया especially is used only in cases of true importance or urgency, and using it otherwise would sound incredibly stilted and formal. Instead, politeness is achieved by proper address and verb forms and body language/tone of voice. Actions To make a phone call: PHONE KAR-NAA. Hindi uses two forms of address. One is honoring and the other is common. Honoring address is used when talking to first acquaintances, unfamiliar people, and to elders (relations and age).... Examples include Where are you? => aap kahan hain What is your name? => aapka naam kya hai , aapka naam jaan sakta hoon? Please have a seat. => kripya baithiye, virajiye The common type of address is used with friends and those of the same age group with whom one is familiar.... Examples include Where are you? => kahan ho? What is your name? => tumhara naam kya hai, Have a seat. => baitho, baith. For Hindi learners, it is better to stick to the first type of address. Hindi speakers normally use 'namaste' or 'namaskar' for all occasions (meaning good morning/afternoon/day/evening/night) especially with honorific use, although these may also be used: good morning => su-pra-bhaa't good evening => shubh-sun-dhyaa good night => shubh raat-ri Simple words Help: मदद (madad), सहायता (sahāyata) Doctor: डाक्टर (ḍākṭar), चिकित्सक, (cikitsak) Police: पोलिस (polis) Pharmacy: दवाख़ाना (davāḫānā), चिकित्सालय (cikitsālaya) Taxi: टैक्सी (ṭaiksī) Train: ट्रेन (ṭren), रेल (rel), रेलगाड़ी (relgāṛī) Subway: सबवे (sabwe), भूमिगत पैदल पार पथ (bhūmigat paidal pār path) Bus: बस (bas) Street: सड़क (saṛak) Way: रास्ता (rāstā), राह (rāh), मार्ग (mārg) Left: बायाँ (bāyān) To the left: बाएँ (bāen) Right: दायाँ (dāyān) To the right: दाएँ (dāen) Middle: बीच (bīc), मध्य (madhya) In the middle: बीच में (bīc men), बीचों बीच (bīcon bīc) Under, below: नीचे (nīce) (pronounced NEE-CHE, not like English "nice") Beef: गाए का गोश्त (gāe kā gośt) Chicken: चिकन (cikan), मुर्ग़ (murġ) Fish: मछली (machlī) Pork: सुअर का गोश्त (suar kā gośt) Veal: बछडे (bachde) Broil: भूनना (bhūnnā) Bake (v.): सेकना (seknā) Baked: सिका (sikā), सेंका (senkā) Boil (v.): उबालना (ubālnā) Boiled: उबला (ublā) Fry (v.): तलना (talnā) Fried: तला (talā) Vegetable: सबज़ी (sabzī) Salad: सलाद (salād) Bread: रोटी (roṭī) Cheese: पनीर (panīr) (A fresh cheese, closer to curd. True, cured cheeses are rare in India.) Rice: चावल (cāwal) Potato: आलू (ālū) Chick peas: चना (canā) Pickle: अचार (acār) Soup: सूप (sūp) Chocolate: चाकलेट (cākaleṭ) Dessert: मिठाई (miṭhāī) Coffee: काफ़ी (kāfī) Tea: चाय (chāi) Milk: दूध (dūdh) Water: पानी (pānī), जल (jal) Phrases नमस्ते (namaste) - a standard greeting (literally means "I bow to you") नमस्कार (namaskār) - a standard greeting आप कैसे हैं? (Āp kaise hain?) - How are you? आप का नाम क्या है? (Āp kā nām kyā hai?) - What is your name? आप कहाँ जा रहे हैं? (Āp kahān jā rahe hain?) - Where are you going? शुक्रिया (shukriyā) - thanks बहुत बहुत शुक्रिया (bahut bahut shukriyā) - thanks a lot आपका बहुत बहुत शुक्रिया (āpka bahut bahut shukriyā) - thank you so much प्रणाम (pranām) - a greeting, similar to नमस्ते (namaste) but used for much older or respectful people सही (sahī) - nice, right, good बहुत सही (bahut sahī) - very good आप की उम्र (āp kī umr) - your age आप का नाम (āp kā nām) - your name आप का पता (āp kā patā) - your address आज कैसा मौसम है? (Āj kaisā mausam hai?) - How is the weather today? बैठिये (bathiye) - have a seat और सबज़ी लेंगे? (Aur sabzī lenge?) - Will you have more vegetables? और चावल लीजिये। (Aur chāwal lījiye.) - Have more rice. थोड़ी देर इन्तज़ार कीजिये। (Thoṛī der intzār kījiye.) - Wait for some time. ठहरिये (ṭhahriye) - wait a little समय क्या है? (Samay kyā hai?) - What's the time? Conversation Here's a complete conversation in Hindi: नीरजः मैं स्कूल जा रहा हूँ। (Nīraj: Main skūl jā rahā hūn.) Neeraj: I am going to school. माँः ठीक है बेटा। (Mān: Ṭīk hai beṭā.) Mom: All right son. नीरजः आज टिफ़न में क्या दिया है? (Nīraj: Āj ṭifan men kyā diyā hai?) What have you given me in tiffin? माँः आज मैं ने सैंडविच और कुछ लड्डू दिये हैं। (Mān: Āj main ne sainḍwic aur kuch ladū diye hain.) I have given some sandwich and sweet called ladoo. नीरजः वाह! (Nīraj: Wāh!) Nice! माँः बेटा समय से वापस आ जाना। (Mān: Beṭā samay se wāpas ā jānā.) Son, come back on time. or Honey, come back promptly. नीरजः हाँ माता जी! स्कूल ख़त्म होते सीधा घर आऊँगा। (Nīraj: Hān Mātā-jī! Skūl ḫatm hote sidhā ghar āūngā.) Yes Mom! I'll be back home straight after school ends. Category: Hindi