Page 94 - The Rough Guide Phrasebook - Hindi & Urdu

sorry? (didn’t understand) kyā
kahā?
rahā ha?
sort: what sort of ...? kis kism who’s calling? kawn bōl
it’s Patricia mA Patricia hū
kā ...? I’m sorry, he’s not in, can
English
soup shōrbā I take a message? māf
š
sour (taste) khatta kījiye, vō yahā nahī hA,
south dakshin (H), janūb (U) āpkō kuchh kahnā ha?
in the south dakshin me no thanks, I’ll call back
South Africa dakshin afrīkā later jī nahī, mA phir phōn
(H), janūb afrīkā (U) karūgī
Hindi/Urdu
South African dakshin afrīkā please tell him I called
kā (H), janūb afrīkā kā (U) unse kah dījiye ki mAne
I’m South African (man/woman) phōn kiyā thā
mA dakshin afrīkā kā/kī hū
southeast dakshin-pūrv (H), spectacles chashmā
janūb-mashrik (U) speed (noun) raftār
southern dakshinī (H), janūbī speed limit raftār kī had
(U) spell: how do you spell it? is
southwest dakshin-pashchim ke hijje kase karte hA?
(H), janūb-magrib (U) spend kharch karnā
souvenir yādgār nishānī spice masālā
Spain spen spicy masāle dār
Spanish spenī (hot) mirch masāle vālā
spanner pānā spider makrī
spare part purjā splinter tukrā
spare tyre phāltū tāyar spoke (in wheel) spōk
speak: do you speak English? spoon chammach
(to man/woman) āp angrezī sport khel
bōlte/boltī hA? sprain: I’ve sprained
ABCDEFGHIJKLSo
I don’t speak ... (said by man/ my ... mere ... me mōch
woman) mA ... nahī bōltā/boltī āgayī
can I speak to ...? (said by man/ spring (of car, seat) ‘spring’
woman) kyā ma ... se bāt kar (season) vasant (H), bahār (U)
saktā/saktī hū? in the spring vasant/bahār
me
dialogue square (in town) chawk
Sri Lanka shrī lankā
can I speak to Ashok? Sri Lankan shrī lankā kā
Ashōk jī se bāt karnī ha stairs sīrhiyā
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