Learn how to ask for the location of a specific store
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Namaste! Hello and welcome to Hindi Survival Phrases brought to you by HindiPod101.com. This course is designed to equip you with the language skills and knowledge to enable you to get the most out of your visit to India. You’ll be surprised at how far a little Hindi will go. |
| Now, before we jump in, remember to stop by HindiPod101.com and there, you will find the accompanying PDF and additional info in the post. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment. |
Lesson focus |
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| Survival Phrases lesson 30, Finding Places in India. |
| In the previous lesson, we covered how to ask to get something. In this lesson, we'll introduce you to another useful phrase for asking the place where you can find what you’re looking for. This lesson’s phrase is, "Is there a (place) near here?" First, we need a place. Let's use the word farmesii फार्मेसी, which means "pharmacy," as in English, but we can also translate it as "chemist" or "drugstore." |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: farmesii. |
| Now, let’s hear it once again, farmesii. |
| In Hindi, "Is there a pharmacy near here?" is kya yahaan paas mein farmesii hai? |
| kya yahaan paas mein farmesii hai? |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: kya yahaan paas mein farmesii hai? |
| Now, let’s hear it once again, kya yahaan paas mein farmesii hai? |
| The first word, kya yahaan, means "is here." |
| Let’s break it down and hear it one more time: kya yahaan. |
| And kya yahaan. |
| This is followed by paas mein, which means "nearby," followed by farmesii. Next, we have hai, which is "is." |
| Let’s hear it one more time: kya yahaan paas mein farmesii hai? |
| This literally means "Is there a pharmacy near here?" |
| kya yahaan paas mein farmesii hai? |
| kya yahaan paas mein farmesii hai? |
| To ask for a different place, we can just replace the word farmesii with any other word and the phrase works just fine. Let's imagine you need to withdraw some money from your bank account. In Hindi, "Is there an ATM near here?" is kya yahaan paas mein ATM hai? |
| kya yahaan paas mein ATM hai? |
| The only thing that changes is the thing you are looking for, in this case, the "ATM." |
| Let’s hear the entire phrase one more time: kya yahaan paas mein ATM hai? |
| kya yahaan paas mein ATM hai? |
Outro |
| Okay, to close out this lesson, we'd like you to practice what you've just learned. I'll provide you with the English equivalent of the phrases and you're responsible for shouting it out loud. You'll have a few seconds before I give you the answer, so गुड लक! (guud Lak!), which means "good luck" in Hindi. |
| “Is there a pharmacy near here?” - kyaa yahaan paas mein farmesii hai? |
| kyaa yahaan paas mein farmesii hai? |
| kyaa yahaan paas mein farmesii hai? |
| “Is there an ATM near here?” - kyaa yahaan paas mein ae tee em hai? |
| kyaa yahaan paas mein ae tee em hai? |
| kyaa yahaan paas mein ae tee em hai? |
| All right. That’s going to do it for today. Remember to stop by HindiPod101.com and pick up the accompanying PDF. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment. |
| फिर मिलेंगे (phir milenge), goodbye! |
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