Hi Andrea, I`m from germany, in the near of Konstanz, learning hindi by pc now. ... _________________________________________________________________ NEU:...
Namaste! I have run into a little trouble when reading "ek hindustaanii aur amariikan kii baatchiit" :-) 1. I don't think I am fully understanding the...
Namaste! I wanted to say thank you Krishan and Agastya (and anyone else:-) for your help with my questions...I am out of town for not one but two weddings so...
"kyaa aap apane bhaii ko mere paas bhej sakte hai.n"
Can you send your brother to me?
bhej=send(verb)
vaigyanik=scientist
derived from vigyan=science...
Hi Friends, At the risk of being "burned at the stake" of linquistics, I wish to introduce my website to you. First, a little about me. I started learning...
Hi all! I just decided to start learning Hindi and I'm doing so on my own, from books and CDs (as well as friends). I don't know enough Hindi to even write...
... Yes it does. To help you with the word by word, here it is :-) ek - one din - day kii - of baat - literally "something said" or talk (baat karna = to talk)...
... ## It seems logically Ok, but not exactly correct. "ek =one din=day kii='s baat=talk/event/story hai=is" It is a story(talk/event) of one day(past) ... ...
Yes, I will 'kind-of' agree with KK Chugh Ji and still not disagree with Agastya :) Once upon a time is actually the closest that it can get to translate 'ek...
namaste, dhanyavaad Agastya, I knew the individual words but just couldn't get "Once upon a time.." out of them. I am reading a bird story here. It has the...
Hello all, I think I can answer my own question. "Aapka shubh naam kya hai", translates to "What is your good name?", I guess it's a polite way to say "What is...
dhanyavaad everyone, I understand it much better now. It doesn't literally translate to "once upon a time", but it means something similar. It's like "one...
... Actually, Shubh means much more than "good". It is used in the sense of "auspicious". I have never seen shubh used to mean "beauty". In India, the first...
dharmatirthakarebhyostu syadvadibhyo namonamah Rsabhadi-Mahavirantebhyah svatmopalabdhaye Dear friends Jaya Jinendra "Once upon a time", could also be...
As an answer to "dhanyavaad", I normally say "nahin, dhanyavaad aapka". It is a response I've developed largely due to western influence, but it just feels...
Namaste, Alan! I have practiced by reading some children's books -- I didn't have to buy them because my county headquarters library has a huge foreign...
Manish bhai, dhanyavaad, dhanyavaad, dhanyavaad for the below explanation. Sometimes I just don't know where to look in the dictionary. I bet now that you've...
namaste, Here is a site I think some of you will enjoy. It is meant to teach English to Hindi speakers. Yet it is interactive and fun to use even when...
Namaste All:-) I am having some minor issues with some of my more recent practice sentences...madad kijie! I am visiting my parents, so sorry, can't put in...
Allow me to contribute mere do paise :) ... Verbs like "can", "should", etc. which modify another verb go -after- the verb they modify in Hindi, not before,...
Alan, Many times in India you will hear people politely ask you in English: "What is your good name?". It is a literal translation. Now that you know the...