Page 65 - The Rough Guide Phrasebook - Hindi & Urdu

dialogues
idea khayal, vichār (H)
idiot buddhū
how are you? (to man/ ice lolly chūsne vālī āiskrīm English
woman) āp kase/kasī hA? if agar
fine, thanks, and you? mA ill bīmār š
thīk hū, shukriyā, awr āp I feel ill merī tabiyat thīk nahī
thīk hA? illness bīmārī
imitation (leather etc) naklī Hindi/Urdu
how much is it? is kī kīmat immediately fawran, turant (H)
kyā ha? important zarūrī
100 rupees sau rupaye it’s very important ye bahut
I’ll take it (said by man/woman) zarūrī ha
mA ise le lūgā/le lūgī it’s not important ye zarūrī
nahī
humid sīlā impossible nāmumkin,
hungry bhūkhā asambhav (H)
are you hungry? (kyā) āpkō impressive rōbdār, prabhāv
bhūkh lagī ha? shālī (H)
hurry (verb) jaldī karnā improve behtar banānā
I’m in a hurry mujhe jaldī ha I want to improve my Hindi
there’s no hurry jaldī kī kōī mA apnī hindī behtar banānā
bāt nahī chāhtā/chāhtī hū
hurry up! jaldī karō! in: it’s in the centre ye bīch
hurt (injure) chōt lagnā me ha ABCDEFGHIJKLIn
it really hurts ye dard kartā in my car merī kār me
ha in Kanpur kānpur me
husband pati (H), khāvind (U) in two days from now dō din
bād
I in five minutes pāch minat
me
in May mayī me
I mA in English angrezī me
ice barf in Hindi hindī me
with ice barf ke sāth is he in? kyā vō yahā ha?
no ice, thanks barf nahī, inch ‘inch’
shukriyā include shāmil
ice cream āiskrīm does that include meals?
ice-cream cone āiskrīm kōn (kyā) is me khānā bhī shāmil
iced tea barfīlī chāy ha?
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