COMMON HINDI WORDS AND PHRASES FOR FORIGEN TRAVELLERS COMING TO INDIA Namaste! (Hello) So are you planning to travel to India soon, and wondering how you will converse with the locals? You don t have to worry, actually you will be surprised to see how much English is used as a language in India, and so even if you are travelling to different parts of the country you ll mostly find people easily conversing in English with you. Today in most metro cities you will also find people speaking a new language i.e. HINGLISH which is essentially just Hindi and English two most common languages in India being meshed together to form one new way of communication. So to make it easy for you we have compiled a list of some common Hindi words and phrases that will make your conversations with the locals easy and fluent. BASIC WORDS Hello Yes, Yeah, Ya, Yep No You (for elders) You (for youngsters) Us All of Us People Father Mother Brother Sister Today Tomorrow, Yesterday Day after tomorrow Left Right Thanks, Thank You Good Very Good OK Please Please Stop Time Sorry Please excuse me Morning Afternoon Namaste,Pranaam Haan Nahin, Na Aap Tum Hum Hum Sab Log Pita Maa Bhai, Bhaiya Behen Aaj Kal Parson Bayen Dayen Shukriya, Dhanyawaad Accha Bahut Accha Theek Hai Kripiya Kripiya Rukiye Samay Maaf Kijiyega Kripiya suniye Subah Dupeher
Evening Night Money Temple Mosque Thing/Object Clock/Watch Crowd Shaam Raat Paisa Mandir Masjid Cheez, Vastu Ghadi Bheed BASIC GREETING PHRASES How are you? I am Fine We ll meet again/ See you latter What s your name? My Name is <name> I am Going Where are you going? Where are we going? How is your family? Nice to meet you Aap Kaise Hain Main theek Hoon Phir Milenge Aap ka naam kya hai Mera Naam <name> Hai Main Ja Raha Hoon (male), Main Ja Rahi Hoon (female) Aap kahan ja rahe ho? Hum kahan ja rahe hain? Aapka parivaar kaisa hai? Aapse mil kar khushi hui OUT AND ABOUT PHRASES I am coming I need a taxi/ auto Let s go Leave me alone Get lost (in case you need it) I have to go to my hotel I want to go to the airport/railway station Where is the toilet? I don t know Who are you I understood Go away It s very noisy here What are you thinking? Are you free right now? Are you busy? Main aa raha hoon (male), Main aa rahi hoon (female) Mujhe taxi/auto cahiye Chalo Mujhe akela chor do Jaao yahan se Mujhe aapne hotel jana hai Mujhe airport/railway station jana hai Toilet kidhar hai? Mujhe nahin pata/ malum Aap kaun hain? Main Samajh Gaya Jao yahan se Yahan bahut shor hai Aap kya sooch rahe hain? Kya aap abhi khali hain? Kya aap abhi busy/vyast hain?
We will go by the meter How far? How much? Hum meter se jayenge Kitna door? Kitna hua? FOOD RELATED WORDS & PHRASES Food Water Vegetables Tomato Potato Onion Spices Fruits Sugar Tea Indian Bread Rice Breakfast Banana Apple Grapes Orange Spoon We are hungry Can I have the menu please Don t make it too spicy Khana Pani Sabzi Tamatar Aloo Pyaaz Masala Phal Cheeni Chai Roti Chaawal Nashta Kela Seb Angoor Santara Chammach Humein Bhookh lag rahi hai Kripya menu dedijiye Zada mirchi mat daliye ga SHOPPING RELATED WORDS & PHRASES How much does this cost? This is expensive? Any discount? Give a better price Ok.I ll take this I don t want this Bill Please I want to buy a ticket Yeh Kitne ka hai? Yeh bahut mehnga hai Koi Discount hai? Kuch daam kam kar dijiye Theek hai yeh de do Mujhe ye nahin cahiye Kripya isska bill de dijiye Mujhe ek ticket kharidna hai HINDI NUMERICALS
0 Shunya 1 Ek 2 Do 3 Teen 4 Chaar 5 Paanch 6 Cchhai 7 Saat 8 Aath 9 Nau 10 Dus 20 Bees 30 Tees 40 Chaalis 50 Pachaas 60 Saath 70 Sattar 80 Assi 90 Nabhe 100 Sau 1000 Ek hazaar 10,000 Dus hazaar 1 million Dus lakh COMMON ANIMALS Cow Horse Donkey Dog Cat Buffalo Squirrel Elephant Camel Goat Chicken/Cock Gaye Ghoda Gadha Kutta Billi Bhains Gilheri Hathi Oont Bakari Murga * The above mentioned translations are the ones that are used in spoken language and they are not the literal translations of the above mentioned words & phrases.
PS: This list of common Hindi Words & Phrases has been provided by Walks 2 Remember to help people coming to Delhi/India, you are free to print it and/or distribute it freely.