A Door Into Hindi: Lesson 15

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A Door Into Hindi

Lesson 15

Vocabulary

 

Character's Names:

रानी

चाची (aunt, specifically father's brother's wife)


बातचीत

noun

conversation

बोलना

verb

to speak

ख़ाली

adj. (doesn't change)

free, empty

मैंने / मैं ने

pronoun + postposition

I (as actor with perfect form of transitive verb = "ergative case")

के बाद

postposition

after

सहेली

noun f.

girlfriend (but only female friend of a female)

समोसा

noun m.

samosa (a deep fried vegetable or meat dumpling)

बनाना

verb (causative)

to make

पैंतीस

number

thirty-five

सीखना

verb

to learn

सिखाना

verb (causative)

to teach

पढ़ना

verb

to study (intransitive), to read (transitive)

पढ़ाना

verb (causative)

to teach

रसोई

noun f.

kitchen

हरी मिर्च

noun f.

green pepper (the small, hot ones)

प्याज़

noun f.

onion

हरा धनिया

noun m.

green coriander, cilantro

अदरक

noun f.

ginger

चाक़ू

noun

knife

काटना

verb

to cut

देसी

adj. (doesn't change)

Indian, South Asian (literally "country")

पकना

verb

to cook (intransitive)

पकाना

verb (causative)

to cook (transitive)

इसी (= इस + ही)

emphatic pronoun (oblique)

this very one (oblique)

इसी लिये

phrase

For this very reason..., That's why...

ये रहे

phrase

Here are...

इतना

comparative

this much

हीरोइन

noun f.

heroine

डान्स करना

verb

to dance

रंग

noun

color

रंग लेना

verb

to take color, to dye

चुनरिया

noun

scarf

सजना = सजनवा

noun m.

beloved

तोरा

possessive (dialect)

your (folk dialect, =तेरा)

जिया मेरा चाहे

phrase

My heart wants...

होली

noun f.

Hindu Holiday

होली खेलना

verb

to play Holi, to throw colored water and powders on each other

ऐसे - जैसे

comparative

as, like

राधा

Proper noun

Radha, beloved of Krishna

कन्हैया

Proper noun

Epithet (nickname) of Krishna

फेंकना

verb

to throw

के बिना

postposition

without

बिन तुम्हारे= तुम्हारे बिन (बिना)

phrase

without you

इतवार

noun

Sunday

सोमवार

noun

Monday

मंगलवार

noun

Tuesday

बुधवार

noun

Wednesday

बृहस्पतिवार

noun

Thursday

शुक्रवार

noun

Friday

शनिवार

noun

Saturday