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Conversational Hindi

. Presented by Pro.vashini sharma

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(Conversation )

Aconversationiscommunicationbetween two or more people.

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Conversations are the ideal form of communication in some respects, since they allow people with different views on a topic to learn from each other.

Introducing Yourself in Hindi Talking about home and Family in Hindi Conversation in Hindi While Shopping : Business Talks in Hindi : Conversation in Hindi At Hotel : Travel Related Talk in Hindi

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Conversation in Hindi during Sight-seeing Talking About School in Hindi Talking About Birthday in Hindi Discussing About Hobbies in Hindi Talking About Movies in Hindi

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. - Basics Forms of Address Interrogatives Numbers Time 1 Clock time 2 Duration 3 Days 4 Months Calendar Writing Time and Date

Conversational Hindi Phrases

Colors Transportation 1 Travel Vocabulary 2 Bus and Train 3 Directions 4 Taxi Lodging Money Eating Bars Shopping Problems Authority

: greetingsEnglish Hindi HelloHello/Goodbye Hello/Goodbye Hello/Goodbye (Hindu, respectful)Hello/Goodbye (Hindu, colloquial) Hello/Goodbye (Sikh) Hello/Goodbye (Sikh, formal) Hello/Goodbye (Sikh, reply)

English Hindi How are you? / ?How are you? ?I am fine OK/fine (colloq.) Fine, and you? (more formal reply), What is your name? ?My name is ___ . ___ Nice to meet you (formal). Nice to meet you too (reply).

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YesNo/notDo you speak Hindi ? ?Is there someone here who speaks Hindi ? ?I don't speak Hindi. I can't speak Hindi I speak some Hindi. - I don't understand. /

English Hindi

One moment please!Ek minaT Hold on please! (phone)Ek minaT How much is this?Yeh kaise diyaa? Excuse me ...! (to ask for something)Kshama keejie Excuse me! ( to pass by)Kshama keejie Come with me!Mere saath aaiye!

English Hindi Km. Mrs.Mr. / Mrs. Mr. (Sikh,)Mrs. (Sikh) Sir Dr.

Forms of Address

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InterrogativesEnglish Hindi how/of what kind??how much/many??what??when??where??who??which??why??

Hindi Numerals Roman Numerals Hindi Numerals in wordsHindi Numerals inRoman Words 1ek 2do3teen4chaar 5 paaMch6chhah 7saat8aaTh 9nau10das

Vocabulary of Colours

Color Hindi colorcolorfulcolorlessblackwhiteredpink, rosy

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orangesaffronyellowgreenblueturquoisepurple,

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Use of Idioms

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http://www.linguanaut.com/english_hindi.htm

This page contains a table including the following:Hindi phrases, also called Devanagari expressions and words in Hindi, conversation and idioms, Hindi greetings and survival phrases or simply if you want to knowwhat to say when chatting. Most of thesentencesbelow are used for the everyday life conversations, so they might come handy if you memorize them. Make sure to check Learn Hindi page, which contains several lessons that might help you in your learning process.References :Linguanaut hindi phrases and expressions

Conversation in Hinditutorial is based around developing basic conversation skills in Hindi. The learning outcome ofConversation in Hinditutorial should be that you are able to understand and respond on basic topics and be in a position to communicate in Hindi. http://www.hindilearner.com/hindi_tutorials/ConversationInHindi/conversation_in_hindi.php

References :HindiLearner