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Useful Hindi Phrases





EnglishHindiTransliteration
Hello (used esp. when answering the phone)हेलोhelo
Hello/Goodbye नमस्तेnamaste

Hello/Goodbye नमस्कारnamaskār
Hello/Goodbye (Hindu, respectful)प्रणामpraņām
Hello/Goodbye (Hindu, colloquial)राम रामrām rām
Hello/Goodbye (Sikh)सत श्री अकालsat śrī akāl
Hello/Goodbye (Sikh, formal)वाहिगुरू जी का खाल्सvāhegurū jī ka khālsa
Hello/Goodbye (Sikh, reply)वाहिगुरू जी की फ़तहvāhegurū jī kī fateh

See you laterफिर मिलेंगेphir milenge
How are you?आप कैसे/कैसी हैं?āp kaise/kaisī hain?
How are you? आप ख़ैरियत से हैँ?āp khairiyat se hain?

I am fineमैं ठीक हूँmain ṭhīk hūn
OK/fine (colloq.)ठीक हैṭhīk hai
Fine, and you? (more formal reply)ठीक, आप सुनाइयेṭhīk, āp sunāiye
What is your name?आपका नाम क्या है?؟āpka nām kya hai?
My name is ___ .मेरा नाम ___ है।mera nām ___ hai.
Nice to meet you (formal).आपसे मिलकर बहुत ख़ूशी हुई।āpse milkar bahut khushi huī

Nice to meet you too (reply).मुझे भीmujhe bhī
Yesहाँhaan
No/notनहींnahīn

Do you speak English?आपको अंग्रेज़ी आती है?āpko angrezī ātī hai?
Is there someone here who speaks English?क्या किसी को अंग्रेज़ी आती है?kya kisī ko angrezī ātī hai?
I don't speak Hindi.मुझे हिन्दी नहीं आती है।mujhe hindī nahīn ātī hai.

I can't speak Hindiमैं हिन्दी नहीं बोल सकता हूँ।main hindī nahīn bol sakta hūn.
I speak some Hindi.मुझे कुच हिन्दी आती है।mujhe kuch hindī ātī hai

I don't understand.मैं समझा/समझी नहीं।main samjha/samjhī nahīn
Speak more slowlyधीरे धीरे बोलियेdhīre dhīre boliye
Come again?फिरसे?phirse?
What does "..." mean?"..." का मतलब कया है?"..." ka artha/matlab kya hai?
How do you say "..."?"..." कैसे कहते हैं?"..." kaise kahate hain?
Where are you from?आप कहाँ से हैं?āp kahan se hain?
I'm from ...मैं ... से हूँmain ... se hūn

Please कृपयाkṛp-ya
Thank you धन्यवाद / शुक्रिया dhanyavād/shukriya (Hindustani/Urdu)
Thank youथैंक्यूthainkyū
Thank you very muchबहुत बहुत ...bahut bahut ...
You're welcomeआपका स्वागत हैāpka svāgat hai
You're welcome (lit. don't mention it)कोई बात नहींkoī bāt nahīn
Excuse me (getting s.o.'s attention)सुनियेsuniye
Pardon me क्षमा कीजियेkṣama kījiye
Pardon me/I'm sorryमाफ़ कीजियेmaaf kijiye
Where is the toilet?टॉयलेट कहाँ है?ṭāyaleṭ kahan hai?

Where is the toilet? शौचालय कहाँ है?śaucālay kahan hai?
Good!, really?, nice, etc.अच्छाaccha
Just one minuteएक मिनटek minaṭ


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