Page 93 - The Rough Guide Phrasebook - Hindi & Urdu

slow dhīmā
sock mōzā
slow down! raftār kam kījiye!
socket bijlī kā sāket
slowly dhīre dhīre (H), āhistā sober (not drunk) hōsh me English
āhistā (U) soda (water) sōda vātar
very slowly bahut dhīre sofa sōfā š
small chhōtā soft (material etc) mulāyam
smell: it smells (smells bad) is soft-boiled egg halkā ublā
me badbū ārahī ha andā Hindi/Urdu
smile (verb) muskarānā soft drink thandā
smoke (noun) dhuā soft lenses sawft lans
do you mind if I smoke? mere sole (of shoe, of foot) talī
sigret pīne me āpkō kōī could you put new soles on
etrāz hA? these? in me nayī talī lagā
I don’t smoke mA sigret nahī dege?
pītā some: can I have some water/
do you smoke? āp sigret pīte rolls? mujhe thōrā pānī/
ha? thōrī gōl dabal rōtī
snack: just a snack sirf halkā chāhiye
khānā can I have some? (said by
snake sāp man/woman) kyā mA thōrā le
sneeze (noun) chhīk saktā/saktī hū?
snorkel pānī ke andar sās lene somebody, someone kōī
kī nalī something kuchh
snow (noun) barf something to eat khāne ke ABCDEFGHIJKLSo
it’s snowing barf gir rahī ha liye kuchh
so: it’s so good ye bahut sometimes kabhī kabhī
acchhā ha somewhere kahī
it’s so expensive ye bahut son betā
mahangā ha song gānā
not so much itnā zyādā nahī son-in-law dāmād
not so bad itnā burā nahī soon jaldī
so am I mA bhī asā hī hū I’ll be back soon (said by man/
so do I (said by man/woman) mA woman) mA jaldī vāpas āūgā/
bhī ase hī kartā/kartī hū āūgī
so-so asā-vasā as soon as possible jitnī jaldī
soaking solution (for contact hōsake
lenses) bhigōne kā ghōl sore: it’s sore is me dard ha
soap sābun sore throat galā kharāb ha
soap powder chūredār sābun sorry: (I’m) sorry māf kījiye
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