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    Say It in Hindi
    Say It in Hindi
    Say It in Hindi
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    Say It in Hindi

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    Contains over 1,000 useful sentences and phrases for travel or everyday living abroad: food, shopping, medical aid, courtesy, hotels, travel, and other situations. Gives the English phrase, the foreign equivalent, and a transliteration that can be read right off. Also includes many supplementary lists, signs, and aids. All words are indexed.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDover Publications
    Release dateMay 4, 2012
    ISBN9780486137919
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      Say It in Hindi - Dover

      LISTEN & LEARN CASSETTES

      Complete, practical at-home language learning courses for people with limited study time—specially designed for travelers.

      Special features:

      • Dual-language—Each phrase first in English, then the foreign-language equivalent, followed by a pause for repetition (allows for easy use of cassette even without manual).

      • Native speakers—Spoken by natives of the country who are language teachers at leading colleges and universities.

      • Convenient manual—Contains every word on the cassettes—all fully indexed for fast phrase or word location. Each boxed set contains one 90-minute cassette and complete manual.

      Listen & Learn French .....Cassette and Manual

      99914-9

      Listen & Learn German .....Cassette and Manual

      99915-7

      Listen & Learn Italian .....Cassette and Manual

      99916-5

      Listen & Learn Japanese .....Cassette and Manual

      99917-3

      Listen & Learn Modern Greek .....Cassette and Manual

      99921-1

      Listen & Learn Modern Hebrew Cassette and Manual

      99923-8

      Listen & Learn Russian .....Cassette and Manual

      99920-3

      Listen & Learn Spanish .....Cassette and Manual

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      Listen & Learn Swedish .....Cassette and Manual

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      This volume in the Dover Say It series was prepared under the editorial supervision of Nancy D. Gross.

      Special thanks to Mr. Martin Tytell, of Tytell Typewriters, N.Y.C., for his painstaking preparation of the Hindi typewriter used in this book.

      Copyright © 1981 by Dover Publications, Inc.

      All rights reserved under Pan American and International Copyright Conventions.

      Say It in Hindi is a new work, first published by Dover Publications, Inc., in 1981.

      9780486137919

      International Standard Book Number: 0-486-23959-4

      Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 80-65376

      Manufactured in the United States of America

      Dover Publications, Inc.

      31 East 2nd Street

      Mineola, New York 11501

      Table of Contents

      LISTEN & LEARN CASSETTES

      Title Page

      Acknowledgements

      Copyright Page

      INTRODUCTION

      NOTES ON THE USE OF THIS BOOK

      PRONUNCIATION

      EVERYDAY PHRASES

      SOCIAL PHRASES

      BASIC QUESTIONS

      TALKING ABOUT YOURSELF

      MAKING YOURSELF UNDERSTOOD

      DIFFICULTIES & MISUNDERSTANDINGS

      CUSTOMS

      BAGGAGE

      TRAVEL DIRECTIONS

      BOAT

      AIRPLANE

      TRAIN

      BUS AND STREETCAR

      TAXI AND RICKSHAW

      RENTING AUTOS

      AUTO: DIRECTIONS

      AUTO: HELP ON THE ROAD

      AUTO: GAS STATION & REPAIR SHOP

      PARTS OF THE CAR

      MAIL

      TELEGRAM

      TELEPHONE

      HOTEL

      HOTEL STAFF

      RENTING AN APARTMENT

      APARTMENT: USEFUL WORDS

      CAFÉ AND BAR

      RESTAURANT

      SEASONINGS AND SPICES

      BEVERAGES AND BREAKFAST FOODS

      SOUPS AND SALAD

      MEATS

      POULTRY

      FISH AND SEAFOOD

      VEGETABLES

      GRAINS AND CEREALS

      FRUITS AND NUTS

      DESSERTS

      INDIAN FOODS

      SIGHTSEEING

      WORSHIP

      ENTERTAINMENTS

      SPORTS AND GAMES

      HIKING AND CAMPING

      BANK AND MONEY

      SHOPPING

      CLOTHING AND ACCESSORIES

      COLORS

      MATERIALS

      BOOKSHOP, STATIONER & NEWSDEALER

      PHARMACY

      DRUGSTORE ITEMS

      CAMERA SHOP AND PHOTOGRAPHY

      GIFT AND SOUVENIR LIST

      TOBACCO SHOP

      LAUNDRY AND DRY CLEANING

      REPAIRS AND ADJUSTMENTS

      BARBER SHOP

      BEAUTY PARLOR

      STORES AND SERVICES

      BABY CARE

      HEALTH AND ILLNESS

      AILMENTS

      DENTIST

      ACCIDENTS

      PARTS OF THE BODY

      TIME

      WEATHER

      DAYS OF THE WEEK

      HOLIDAYS

      DATES, MONTHS AND SEASONS

      NUMBERS: CARDINALS

      NUMBERS: ORDINALS

      QUANTITIES

      FAMILY

      COMMON SIGNS & PUBLIC NOTICES

      INDEX

      Precise, to-the-point guides for adults with limited learning.time - ESSENTIAL GRAMMAR SERIES

      INTRODUCTION

      Say It in Hindi is based on the form of Hindi spoken in the north central part of India, which encompasses the capital city of New Delhi, Agra (the city of the Taj Mahal) and Lucknow, a city with many literary and historical associations. Hindi is the most prevalent of India’s fourteen official languages, being the native tongue of almost 40% of the population. Hindi is the native language of much of north and central India, but it is taught on a nationwide basis and understood almost everywhere. It is the official language of all government business, broadcasting and notices in the part of India visited by tourists and business people most often.

      Hindi is written in a syllabic script called Devanagari from left to right, as is English. The script is based on an ancient classical language, Sanskrit, as are the technical and literary words in pure Hindi.

      There is a very closely related North Indian language called Urdu, which is spoken by Indian Muslims, educated, upper class North Indians and is the official language of Pakistan. Urdu is written from right to left in a script derived from the Arabic and Persian alphabets, and these two languages are the source of its learned vocabulary.

      The grammar, everyday vocabulary and language of Hindi and Urdu are for all practical purposes identical. Therefore, this book is designed to facilitate oral communication with a large majority of the inhabitants of the Indian subcontinent. With almost 300 million native speakers of Hindi/Urdu (sometimes referred as Hindustani) and many millions more who use Hindi as a secondary language, Say It in Hindi will enable you to reach more people than any other language in the world with the exception of Chinese.

      NOTES ON THE USE OF THIS BOOK

      This book is divided into sections which cover the various situations and topics encountered by the traveller. While the entries in most sections of this book follow English alphabetical order, the list of Indian food specialties is alphabetized according to the Hindi words to allow for easy reference and quick recognition in restaurants.

      An index is provided at the end of the book which forms an instant English-Hindi glossary. It can refer the user to the necessary consecutively numbered entry immediately.

      It is not the purpose of the present book to explain the points of Hindi grammar. But it is impossible to write a Hindi phrasebook which is of wide practical application without taking several major features of the Hindi language into account.

      Nouns in Hindi are either masculine or feminine. The verb and adjective endings agree in gender with the grammatical subject of the sentence. We have indicated, wherever necessary, both the masculine and feminine verb forms thusly:

      I want to see [your superior].

      [aap ké afsar] sé milnaa [chaahataa (M.)]

      .

      In the above sentence, the (M.) indicates that the verb form which precedes it in brackets should be used along with a masculine subject, while the one followed by (F.) should be used for a feminine subject. In this case, the subject is identical with the speaker and the form would be determined by the sex of the speaker.

      Adjectives also alternate in the same manner. This book has been designed so that if the format of the phrases and substitutions is followed, the agreement of adjectives with the nouns will automatically be correct. Inanimate nouns, which can be either masculine or feminine, have also been provided with proper verb and adjective forms in the context of the sentences. For variant forms of nouns, verbs and adjectives, consult the index.

      The material in this book has been selected chiefly to teach you many essential phrases, sentences and questions for travel. It will serve as a direct and interesting introduction to the spoken language if you are beginning your study. The sentences will be useful to you whether or not you go on to further study. With the aid of a dictionary, many sentence patterns included here will answer innumerable needs, for example: She has lost [her handbag]. The brackets indicate that substitutions can be made for these words with the use of a bilingual dictionary. In other sentences, for the words in square brackets you can substitute the words immediately following (in the same sentence or in the indented entries below it). For example, the entry

      Turn [left] [right] at the next corner.

      provides two sentences: Turn left at the next corner and Turn right at the next corner. Three sentences are provided by the entry

      Give me a seat [on the aisle].

      —by a window.

      —by the emergency exit.

      As your Hindi vocabulary grows, you will find that you can express an increasingly wide range of thoughts by the proper substitution of words in these model sentences.

      Please note that whereas brackets always indicate the possibility of substitutions, parentheses have been used to indicate synonyms or alternative usage for an entry, such as:

      How are you (OR: How do you do)?

      The alternate usage is preceded by (OR: ).

      Parentheses within brackets have been used to indicate different forms of the same verb which vary according to gender (as described above). Different forms of nouns for male and female

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