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| INTRODUCTION |
| Maya: "Namaste," I'm Maya, and welcome back to HindiPod101.com’s Beginner Series. This is Season 1, Lesson 8 - A Special Hindi Request. |
| Udita: "Namaste, I’m Udita in Hindi". In this lesson, you’ll learn how to make special requests using the verb tense associated with requests. |
| Maya: The conversation takes place at the entrance of a house. |
| Udita: It’s between a lady living in the house, and a milkman - a person who delivers milk. |
| Maya: Since they are strangers, the speakers will be using formal Hindi. |
| Udita: Let’s listen to the conversation. |
| DIALOGUE |
| Delivery Staff:नमस्ते दीदी, दूध ले लीजिये. (NamaSTe DiiDii, DuuDH Le Liijiye.) |
| Lady:हाँ इस बर्तन में दे दीजिये. (haan iS barTaN mein De Diijiye.) |
| Delivery Staff:जी। लीजिये, आपका दूध. (jii ye Liijiye aapkaa DuuDH.) |
| Lady:ये रहे आपके पैसे. अगले तीन दिन हम घर में नहीं होंगे तो तीन दिन बाद आईएगा. (ye rahe aapke paiSe. agLe TiiN DiN ham ghar mein Nahiin hoNge To TiiN DiN baaD aaiiegaa.) |
| Delivery Staff:तीन दिन, तो शनिवार से वापस आऊं? (TiiN DiN, To saNivaar Se vaapaS aauun?) |
| Lady:जी, शनिवार से आईए. (jii saNivaar Se aaiie.) |
| Maya: Now, let’s listen to the same conversation at a slow speed. |
| Delivery Staff:नमस्ते दीदी, दूध ले लीजिये. (NamaSTe DiiDii, DuuDH Le Liijiye.) |
| Lady:हाँ इस बर्तन में दे दीजिये. (haan iS barTaN mein De Diijiye.) |
| Delivery Staff:जी। लीजिये, आपका दूध. (jii ye Liijiye aapkaa DuuDH.) |
| Lady:ये रहे आपके पैसे. अगले तीन दिन हम घर में नहीं होंगे तो तीन दिन बाद आईएगा. (ye rahe aapke paiSe. agLe TiiN DiN ham ghar mein Nahiin hoNge To TiiN DiN baaD aaiiegaa.) |
| Delivery Staff:तीन दिन, तो शनिवार से वापस आऊं? (TiiN DiN, To saNivaar Se vaapaS aauun?) |
| Lady:जी, शनिवार से आईए. (jii saNivaar Se aaiie.) |
| Maya: Let’s now listen to the conversation with the English translation. |
| Delivery Staff:नमस्ते दीदी, दूध ले लीजिये. (NamaSTe DiiDii, DuuDH Le Liijiye.) |
| Delivery Staff: Hello, please take your milk. |
| Lady:हाँ इस बर्तन में दे दीजिये. (haan iS barTaN mein De Diijiye.) |
| Lady: Yes, please pour it into this bowl. |
| Delivery Staff:जी। लीजिये, आपका दूध. (jii ye Liijiye aapkaa DuuDH.) |
| Delivery Staff: Okay, here it is. |
| Lady:ये रहे आपके पैसे. अगले तीन दिन हम घर में नहीं होंगे तो तीन दिन बाद आईएगा. (ye rahe aapke paiSe. agLe TiiN DiN ham ghar mein Nahiin hoNge To TiiN DiN baaD aaiiegaa.) |
| Lady: Here is the money. We won’t be at home the next three days, so please come again after three days. |
| Delivery Staff:तीन दिन, तो शनिवार से वापस आऊं? (TiiN DiN, To saNivaar Se vaapaS aauun?) |
| Delivery Staff: Three days, so should I come back on Saturday? |
| Lady:जी, शनिवार से आईए. (jii saNivaar Se aaiie.) |
| Lady: Yes, please come again on Saturday. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Maya: Let’s talk about the Milkman in India. He’s commonly called “DooDHvaaLaa”. |
| Udita: Yes, that’s the person who goes from house to house every morning delivering milk. |
| Maya: The Milkman comes from the farms early each morning then? |
| Udita: Right. Traditionally, farmers would have small family businesses that produced and delivered milk. Early every morning, the people from these families would deliver fresh milk to homes in nearby towns and cities. |
| Maya: Recently, other options have become available. There is packaged milk for sale at stores now, and also milk storage stations. People go to these and purchase milk by putting in coins and filling up their containers. |
| Udita: That’s true. But the milkman hasn’t fully disappeared either. The image of a DooDHvaaLaa, going about his milk-round on a bicycle, with large cans of milk strapped on, is still iconic. |
| Maya: Listeners, look out for them when you visit India! Ok, now let’s move on to the vocab. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Maya: Let's take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. |
| Udita: दूध (Doodh) [natural native speed] |
| Maya: milk |
| Udita: दूध (Doodh) [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Udita: दूध (Doodh) [natural native speed] |
| Udita: बर्तन (barTaN) [natural native speed] |
| Maya: bowl (steel containers) |
| Udita: बर्तन (barTaN) [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Udita: बर्तन (barTaN) [natural native speed] |
| Udita: पैसे (paiSe) [natural native speed] |
| Maya: money, coins |
| Udita: पैसे (paiSe) [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Udita: पैसे (paiSe) [natural native speed] |
| Udita: अगले (agLe) [natural native speed] |
| Maya: next |
| Udita: अगले (agLe)[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Udita : अगले (agLe) [natural native speed] |
| Udita: घर (ghar) [natural native speed] |
| Maya: house, home |
| Udita: घर (ghar) [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Udita: घर (ghar) [natural native speed] |
| Udita: नहीं होना (Nahiin hoNaa) [natural native speed] |
| Maya: to not be |
| Udita: नहीं होना (Nahiin hoNaa) [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Udita: नहीं होना (Nahiin hoNaa) [natural native speed] |
| Udita: बाद (baaD) [natural native speed] |
| Maya: after, later |
| Udita: बाद (baaD) [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Udita: बाद (baaD) [natural native speed] |
| Udita: वापस (vvaapaS) [natural native speed] |
| Maya: return, back |
| Udita: वापस (vvaapaS) [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Udita: वापस (vvaapaS) [natural native speed] |
| KEY VOCAB AND PHRASES |
| Maya: Let’s take a closer look at the usage of some of the words and phrases from this lesson. |
| Udita: The first word is “agLe”. अगले ‘agLe’ means ‘next, upcoming’ and is a preposition used for time. |
| Maya: It is placed before a noun. “अगला agLaa” and “अगली agLii” are the singular masculine and feminine forms, but it’s normal to use “अगले agLe” for single time units too. |
| Udita: For example, ‘अगले साल हम यहा नहीं होंगे agLe saaL ham kahiin aur hoNge’. This means “Next year we’ll be in another place.” |
| Maya: The opposite of “अगले agLe” is “पिछले pichLe”, which came up in our previous lesson. |
| Udita: The next word is “बाद baaD”. |
| Maya: बाद ‘baaD’ means “after, later” and also works as a preposition for time. |
| Udita: The word itself comes after a noun for time, and always before the main action verb. |
| Maya: For example, if you wanted to say “They have met after four years” in Hindi, you’d say ये चार साल बाद मिलें हैं “ye caar SaaL baaD miLen hai”. |
| Udita: Right. The next verb phrase is नहीं होना “Nahiin hoNaa”. |
| Maya: नहीं होना ‘Nahiin hoNaa’ means “to not be”. You can use this in 3 ways. One meaning is “to not exist”. |
| Udita: For example यहाँ हाथी नहीं होते ‘yahaan haaTii Nahiin hoTe’. This means “There aren’t any elephants here”. |
| Maya: Yes. The second meaning is “To not be” but only for talking about behaviour, such as ‘to not be mad”, “not get angry” or “to not be rude’’. Here is an example sentence इतनी ज़िद्दी नहीं होना चाहिए ‘iTNii ziDDii Nahiin hoNaa caahie’ |
| Udita: That would mean “It’s not good to be so stubborn”. This is used when talking about acting or behaving a certain way. |
| Maya: The third meaning is “to not be present”. For example, if we were to say “वो अपने कमरे में नहीं है ‘vo apNe kamre mein Nahiin hai’ it would mean “He’s not in his room”. |
| Udita: That’s right. Okay, let’s go to the grammar now. |
Lesson focus |
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| Maya: In this lesson, you’ll learn how to make formal requests. |
| Udita: We’ll discuss this using the word आईएगा "aaiegaa" meaning 'please come', which comes from the verb अाना “aaNaa”. |
| Maya: The word आना aaNaa means 'to come', and आईये "aaiiye" addressed to a person means "come" in the imperative form. आईएगा "aaiiegaa" is the most formal form of an instruction. |
| Udita: Right, so in meaning it’s both a suggestion and a command, but in the most polite form. In common speech, this is the most formal and polite way to make a request. |
| Maya: As we heard in the conversation earlier, तीन दिन बाद आईएगा "TiiN DiN baaD aaiegaa" means “please come again after 3 days”. |
| Udita: In impersonal situations such as in offices, government services, banks and so on, verbs in this tense may be combined with कृपया करके "kripayaa karke" meaning 'please', to make detached instructions. |
| Maya: For example, you may hear or read this at an office counter - कृपया करके दो बजे के बाद आईयेगा “kripayaa karke Do baje ke baaD aaiiyegaa”. |
| Udita: That means “Please come after 2pm”. |
| Maya: Right, but in regular speech between individuals you would never use कृपया करके “kripaya karke”. That would make it sound too detached for people who know each other, and are speaking from the position of their job role. |
| Udita: Let’s look at some examples. |
| Maya: अगले तीन दिन मत आईएगा "agle TiiN DiN maT aaiegaa". |
| Maya: This means “Please don't come for the next 3 days”. |
| Udita: Here’s another - जब चाहे आईएगा "jab caahe aaiegaa" |
| Udita: That means “Please come whenever you like.” |
| Maya: That’s right. And it works the same way for all verbs. You add -iiegaa to the verb root to get this form. |
| Udita: For example, the verb खाना “khaaNaa” means ‘to eat’ and has the verb root खा “khaa”. This will become खाईएगा “khaaiiegaa”. |
| Maya The verb रखना “rakhNaa” means ‘to keep or to place’. This will become रखीएगा “rakhiiegaa”. |
| Udita: That’s right. |
Outro |
| Maya: Well, that’s the end of this lesson, but here’s a sentence you can try making in Hindi “Please come back next month.” |
| Udita: Write it in a comment for us at HindiPod101.com. |
| Maya: And be sure to read the lesson notes for more examples! Thanks for listening! |
| Udita: We hope you enjoyed the lesson. Until next time! |
| Maya: “Sukriyaa aur aLviDaa!” |
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