Hindi Conversation Part #3 (Beginners)

Hi, learners! Today's conversation is based on regarding asking a dinner date. I know you have read all my previous article and my last article was based on Time(samay) समय. So I have created this conversation because after reading this it will be a revision for asking the time in Hindi.

How to ask about a dinner date?

Deepak: Hi, Monika! 

             Namaste, Monika. नमस्ते मोनिका।  

Monika: Hi.

             Namaste. नमस्ते। 

Deepak: What are you planning to do today?

             Aaj aap kya karne ki yojna bana rahi hai? आज आप क्या करने कि योजना बना रही हो?

Monika:  I haven't thought about it now. 

              Maine abhi is baarein main sochan nahin hai. मैंने अभी इस बारें मैं सोचा नहीं है। 

Deepak: Would you like to have dinner with me?

             Kya aap mere saath raat ka bhojan karna chahengi? क्या आप मेरे साथ रात का भोजन करना चाहेंगी? 

Monika:  Why not. When?

              Kyon nahi. Kab? क्यों नहीं, कब? 

Deepak: Is 8:30 PM. OK?

             Kya raat ke 8:30 baje sahi rahenge? क्या रात के साढ़े आठ बजे सही रहेंगे? 

Monika:  Oh, I am busy then. Can we meet a little later?

              Oh, Tab to main vyast hoon, kya hum thodi der baad mil sakte hai?

              ओह! तब तो मैं  व्यस्त हूँ, क्या हम थोड़ी देर बाद मिल सकते हैं?  

Deepak: Ok, Then how about 9:30 PM.

              Theek hai, raat ke 9:30 baje kaisa rahega. ठीक है, रात के साढ़े नौ बजे कैसे रहेंगे? 

Monika:  Ok, Where?

              Theek hai, Kahan? ठीक है, कहाँ?

Deepak: How about Hotel Taj?

             Hotel Taj kaisa rahega? होटल ताज़ कैसा रहेगा? 

Monika:  Nice choice.

             Achhi pasand hai. अच्छी पसंद है 

Deepak: Ok, I'll meet you there?

             Theek hai, main aapse wahan milunga. ठीक है मैं आपसे वहाँ मिलूँगा। 

Ok, learners! I assure, if you will converse daily on different Hindi topics like above then it will be really beneficial for you and you will see the tremendous changes in your conversation skills.

How To ask Time(समय)?

Hi, Learners! Today we will learn about Time, समय (Samay).If you're visiting India, any other Hindi speaking place or you're talking with a person who can understand only Hindi, then it gets too difficult to talk him/her. So It's a little effort from my side, that after reading this article, it will be easy to talk about time. Let's start it.
                                                                            

Do you have any guess? What's the Time? क्या समय हुआ है? (kya samay hua hai?) 

If somebody asks me this question in Hindi then I'll say, It's 4'O Clock. 4 बजे है, (chaar baje hai) So you can say same for 5'O Clock 5 बजे हैं (paanch baje hai) and for other bells also.

Here are few examples for other bells like :

12'O clock. 12 बजे है (baarah baje hai)

8'O cock. 8 बजे है   (aath baje hai)

I know guys if you have read the previous article regarding 'Hindi Numbers' then it will be very easy to recognize the Hindi numbers which are being used for time also. 

Okay.Now how will you say, if the time is 4:15 AM.

you can say सुबह के, सवा चार बजे है, (subah ke sava chaar baje hai). here is (Subah,सुबह for Morning, Shaam,शाम for Evening, Raat,रात for night)  

If the time is 4:30 PM.                                                                              

Then you can say शाम के साढ़े चार बजे है (shaam ke saade chaar baje hai). Same as in English, it is half past four(4:30 PM.), Please remember one thing if you see the time is half past four or something else then always use साढ़े (saade) for every half past, like (साढ़े पाँच बजे है) for 5'O clock.

Same as you can use for  पौने (pauney) like 4:45 PM. your answer would be शाम के पौने पाँच बजे है (shaam ke paune paanch baje hai).

I think you got my point,you can use same for 5:45 PM. शाम के पौने छ: बजे है (shaam ke paune che baje hai).

Here I am repeating again
15 min. means in Hindi सवा (sava)
30 min. means in Hindi साढ़े (saade)
45 min. means in Hindi पौने (paune)   

If you have any question regarding Hindi. Please feel free to ask, you can submit your queries in the comment section.

Genders(लिंग) in Hindi

Hi, learners! I am back with new topic. Today I am going to tell you about ‘Genders'(लिंग) in Hindi’. I know it is difficult to determine the gender of Hindi words. So I have collected some information about genders in Hindi. After reading this, it will be easy for you to determine the gender of Hindi words..

There are two types of Gender in Hindi, first is Masculine(पुल्लिंग) and second is Feminine(स्त्रिलिंग) same as in English. The Hindi gender system is partly natural (based on sex) and partly grammatical (based on usage).

In the case of living things, we can easily identify the gender of the word like boy, king, father, dog, brother, man etc. are naturally masculine.

Similarly girl, queen, mother, bitch, woman etc. are naturally feminine.

But the problem of identify the gender arises when the noun is life less or non living thing like pen, house, bottle, mountain and carrot etc.

In this case, there are some general rules to identify the gender.

1. By form: to decide the last letter of the word:

Aa (आ) ending denotes masculine like कमरा(room), कपड़ा(cloth), पंखा(fan) etc.

i (इ) ending denotes feminine  like रोटी(bread), लकड़ी(wood), गाड़ी(car) etc.

2. By imagination on the basis of meaning:

पहाड़(mountain), पेड़(tree), जहाज(ship), पत्थर(pebble), आकाश(sky) etc. are masculine as they are big, hard, terrible or powerful. माला (garland), नाव(boat), कली(bud), चिड़िया(bird) etc. भाषा is also a feminine.

3. Some noun do not come under any rule. It is difficult to decide whether it is masculine or feminine. We can remember their gender by only practice like

कान, मार्ग, नयन, सिर, रास्ता (masculine)

आँख, नाक, कमर, सड़क, दीवार, छत (feminine)

4. If we talk about any group (collective noun) some groups always remember as masculine gender- झुंड(herd), दल(team), संघ(organisation) etc. and भीड़(crowd), सेना(army), फौज(troop), सरकार(government), प्रजा(public) always consider as feminine.

5. As far as living things concern, some are consider as masculine as शेर(lion), कुत्ता(dog), चीता(tiger), हाथी(elephant), मच्छर(mosquito), खरगोश(rabbit) etc.

चींटी(ant), कुतिया(bitch), चिड़िया(bird), मक्खी(fly) and बिल्ली(cat) etc. Feminine gender

6. Some examples of formation from masculine to feminine

As कुत्ता-कुतिया, शेर-शेरनी, हाथी-हथिनी, नायक-नायिका etc.  

   

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knowledge of Hindi numbers (अंक)

Knowledge of Hindi numbers

Learners!! We have completed Hindi Vowels, Hindi Consonants and moving on to basic conversation section but I think we should increase our knowledge with some important things such as Hindi numbers. So today We will learn about Hindi numbers. All the Hindi numbers have no specific standardization. I know there is no particular pattern but don't worry. After some practice you will learn it soon. We will learn all these numbers in a group. So it will be very easy to memorize.

First Group             0-10
Second Group       11-30

Third Group           31-50
Fourth Group         51-100
Fifth Group            100 and above

First Group (0-10) 

English	Hindi	Pronouciation
Zero (0)	शुन्य (०)	shunya
One (1)	एक (१)	ek
Two (2)	दो (२)	do
Three (3)	तीन (३)	teen
Four (4)	चार (४)	chaar
Five (5)	पांच (५)	paanch
Six (6)	छः (६)	cha
Seven (7)	सात (७)	saat
Eight (8)	आठ (८)	aath
Nine (9)	नौ (९)	nau
Ten (10)	दस (१०)	dus

Second Group (11-30) 

English	Hindi	Pronounciation
Eleven (11)	ग्यारह (११)	gyarah
Twelve (12)	बारह (१२)	barah
Thirteen (13)	तेरह (१३)	terah
Fourteen (14)	चौदह (१४)	chaudah
Fifteen (15)	पंद्रह (१५)	pandrah
Sixteen (16)	सोलह (१६)	solah
Seventeen (17)	सत्रह (१७)	satrah
Eighteen (18)	अट्ठारह (१८)	aṭṭharah
Nineteen (19)	उन्निस (१९)	unnis
Twenty (20)	बीस (२०)	bees
Twenty one (21)	इक्किस (२१)	ikkis
Twenty two (22)	बाईस (२२)	bais
Twenty three (23)	तेईस (२३)	teis
Twenty four (24)	चौबिस(२४)	chaubis
Twenty five (25)	पच्चीस(२५)	pachchis
Twenty six (26)	छब्बीस(२६)	chabbis
Twenty seven (27)	सत्ताईस (२७)	sattais
Twenty eight (28)	अट्ठाईस (२८)	aṭṭhais
Twenty nine (29)	उनतीस (२९)	Unatis
Thirty (30)	तीस (३०)	Tīs

Third Group (31-50)

English	Hindi	Pronounciation
Thirty one (31)	इकतीस (३१)	Ikatis
Thirty two (32)	बत्तीस (३२)	Battis
Thirty three (33)	तैंतीस (३३)	Taintis
Thirty four (34)	चौंतीस (३४)	Chauntis
Thirty five (35)	पैंतीस (३५)	Paintis
Thirty six (36)	छ्त्तीस (३६)	Chattis
Thirty seven (37)	सैंतीस (३७)	Saintisas
Thirty eight (38)	अड़तीस (३८)	Aṛatis
Thirty nine (39)	उनतालीस (३९)	Unchalis
Forty (40)	चालीस (४०)	Chalis
Forty one (41)	इकतालीस (४१)	Ikatalis
Forty two (42)	बयालीस (४२)	Bayalis
Forty three (43)	तैंतालीस (४३)	taintalis
Forty four (44)	चौवालीस (४४)	Chauvalis
Forty five (45)	पैंतालीस (४५)	Paintalis
Forty six (46)	छियालीस (४६)	Chiyalis
Forty seven (47)	सैंतालीस (४७)	Saintalis
Forty eight (48)	अड़तालीस (४८)	Aṛatalis
Forty nine (49)	उन्चास (४९)	Unachas
Fifty (50)	पचास (५०)	Pachas

Fourth Group (51-100)

English	Hindi	Pronounciation
Fifty one (51)	इक्यावन (५१)	Ikyavan
Fifty two (52)	बावन (५२)	Bavan
Fifty three (53)	तिरेपन (५३)	Tirepan
Fifty four (54)	चउवन(५४)	Chauvan
Fifty five (55)	पचपन (५५)	Pachapan
Fifty six (56)	छप्पन (५६)	Chappan
Fifty seven (57)	सत्तावन (५७)	Sattavan
Fifty eight (58)	अट्ठावन (५८)	aṭṭhavan
Fifty nine (59)	उनसठ (५९)	unasaṭh
Sixty (60)	साठ (६०)	saṭh
Sixty one (61)	इकसठ (६१)	ikasaṭh
Sixty two (62)	बासठ (६२)	basaṭh
Sixty three (63)	तिरेसठ (६३)	tirasaṭh
Sixty four (64)	चौंसठ (६४)	chauṃsaṭh
Sixty five (65)	पैंसठ (६५)	painsaṭh
Sixty six (66)	छियासठ (६६)	chiyasaṭh
Sixty seven (67)	सड़सठ (६७)	saṛasaṭh
Sixty eight (68)	अड़सठ (६८)	aṛasaṭh
Sixty nine (69)	उनहत्तर (६९)	unahattar
Seventy (70)	सत्तर (७०)	sattar
Seventy one (71)	इकहत्तर (७१)	ikahattar
Seventy two (72)	बहत्तर (७२)	bahattar
Seventy three (73)	तिहत्तर (७३)	tihattar
Seventy four (74)	चौहत्तर (७४)	chauhattar
Seventy five (75)	पचहत्तर (७५)	pachahattar
Seventy six (76)	छिहत्तर (७६)	chihattar
Seventy seven (77)	सतहत्तर (७७)	satahattar
Seventy eight (78)	अठहत्तर (७८)	aṭhahattaa
Seventy nine (79)	उन्यासी (७९)	unasi
Eighty (80)	अस्सी (८०)	assi
Eighty one (81)	इक्यासी (८१)	Ikyasi
Eighty two (82)	बयासी (८२)	Bayasi
Eighty three (83)	तेरासी (८३)	Tirasi
Eighty four (84)	चौरासी (८४)	Chaurasi
Eighty five (85)	पिच्चासी (८५)	Pachasi
Eighty six (86)	छियासी (८६)	Chiyasi
Eighty seven (87)	सतासी (८७)	Satasi
Eighty eight (88)	अठासी (८८)	aṭhasi
Eighty nine (89)	नवासी (८९)	navasi
Ninety (90)	नब्बे (९०)	nabbe
Ninety one (91)	इक्यानवे (९१)	Ikyanabe
Ninety two (92)	बानवे (९२)	Banave
Ninety three (93)	तिरानवे (९३)	Tiranave
Ninety four (94)	चौरानवे (९४)	chauranave
Ninety five (95)	पचानवे (९५)	pachanave
Ninety six (96)	छियानवे (९६)	chiyanave
Ninety seven (97)	सत्तानवे (९७)	sattanave
Ninety eight (98)	अट्ठानवे (९८)	aṭṭhanave
Ninety nine (99)	निन्यानवे (९९)	ninyanave
(One) hundred (100)	(एक) सौ (१००)	(eka) sau

Fifth Group ( 100 and above )

English	Hindi	Pronounciation
(One) hundred (100)	(एक) सौ (१००)	(eka) sau
Two hundred (200)	दो सौ (२००)	do sau
Five hundred (500)	पांच सौ (५००)	panch sau

    
    If you want to continue to other numbes, you can understand it like this, as you want to
    write (600) you can assume it as six hundred ( che +sau) means  (छ सौ).

One thousand (1000)	एक हज़ार	ek hazar
Five thousand (5000)	पांच हज़ार	paanch hazar
Ten thousand (10,000)	दस हज़ार	das hazar
Hundred thousand/One lakh (100,000)	एक लाख	ēk lakh
One million/Ten lakh (1,000,000)	दस लाख	das lakh
Ten million/One crore (10,000,000)	एक करोड़	ek karor
Hundred million/Ten crore (100,000,000)	दस करोड़	das karoṛ
One billion (1,000,000,000)	एक अरब	ek  arab
Hundred billion (100,000,000,000)	एक खरब	ek  kharab