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I met up with a Servas host today - Ramesh. Some of his friends
were also there: Chandra Pal from Calcutta, Krishna from Agra and
Ragendra Singh who lives and works in the Alwar
district of Rajasthan
Hindi lesson number 1.
I've been sitting in lectures given exclusively in Hindi for five
hours. They were given by Ragendra Singh, winner of a prize equivalent
(so I've been told) to the Nobel, but on a regional basis, for the
South-East Asia area. I thought that I'd share a little of the Hindi
that I picked up:
| English |
Hindi |
| Hello | Nam-eh-ste |
| How do you do | Kai ha-hi | | Goodbye / See you | Bye / Phir merengi |
| Food | Khana (or bhojan) |
| I would like some food |
Mu-jai khana khana hai |
| What is your name? | Aapka nam kya hai? |
| My name is ... | Mera nam ... hai |
| How long is it until ... | ... kitni door hai |
Rajendra Singh, Chandra Pal, Krishna
and I
will be travelling to a village in Alwar tonight.
To tomorrow...
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