A Door Into Hindi: Lesson 11

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11.1

Requests

प्रार्थना or गुज़ारिश


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“I would like you to come to my house.”

There is no equivalent construction in Hindi for the above sentence. This idea would be expressed as:

“My request is that you come to my house.”

मेरी प्रार्थना है कि आप मेरे घर आएँ / आइये ।

मेरी गुज़ारिश है कि वह हिन्दी बोले।

Note that the verb at the end should be in the subjunctive (optative) tense, or you may use the polite imperative if the person after कि is आप .

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