Page 70 - The Rough Guide Phrasebook - Hindi & Urdu

lemon nībū
lift (in building) lift
lemonade lemaned
lemon tea nībū vālī chāy life jacket jān bachāne kī jāket
could you give me a lift?
lend udhār denā mujhe savārī dege?
English
will you lend me your ... ? āp would you like a lift? āpkō
š
mujhe āpnā ... udhār dege? savārī karnī ha?
lens (of camera) lans light (noun) rōshnī
lesbian lasbiyan (not heavy) halkā
less kam do you have a light? (for
less than se kam cigarette) āpke pās māchis ha?
Hindi/Urdu
less expensive kam mahangā light green halkā harā
lesson sabak, pāth (H) light bulb bijlī kā lattū
let (allow) karne denā I need a new light bulb mujhe
will you let me know? (to man/ nayā lattū chāhiye
woman) āp mujhe batā dege/ lighterr (cigarette) lāitar
degī? lightning bijlī
I’ll let you know (said by man/ like (things) pasand karnā
woman) mA āpkō batā dūgā/ (people and things) acchhā lagnā
dūgī I like it mujhe ye pasand ha
let’s go for something to eat I like going for walks mujhe
chaliye, kuchh khāne chale ghūmne jānā pasand ha
let off: will you let me off at ...? I like you (to a man) mujhe āp
āp mujhe ... par chhōr dege? acche lagate hA
letter chitthī, patr (H) (to a woman) mujhe āp acchī
do you have any letters for lagtī hA
me? mere liye kōī chitthī I don’t like it mujhe ye
ha? pasand nahī
letterbox dāk baks do you like ...? āpkō ...
lettuce salād pasand ha?
ABCDEFGHIJKLLe
leverr (noun) kamānī I’d like a beer mujhe bīyar
library laibrerī, pustakālay (H) chāhiye
licence lāisans I’d like to go swimming (said
lid dhaknā by man/woman) mA tarne jānā
lie (verb: tell untruth) jhūth bōlnā chāhtā/chāhtī hū
lie down letnā would you like a drink? āpkō
life zindagī, jīvan (H) pīne ke liye kuchh chāhiye?
lifebelt jān bachāne kī petī would you like to go for
lifeguard (man/woman) jān a walk? (to man/woman) āp
bachāne vālā/vālī ghūmne jānā chāhte/
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