Learn how to talk about sending a package
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Eric: Hi everyone, and welcome back to HindiPod101.com. This is Lower Intermediate Season 1 Lesson 12 - How Easy is Sending a Package in India? Eric here. |
| Udita: नमस्ते I'm Udita. |
| Eric: In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask “How much something will take…,” for example, time or money. The conversation takes place at the post office. |
| Udita: It's between the postal company attendant and Julia. |
| Eric: The speakers have a client-server relationship, so they’ll be using formal Hindi. Okay, let's listen to the conversation. |
Lesson conversation |
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| Julia: नमस्ते। मुझे यह पैकेज विलायत भेजना है। |
| Attendant: अच्छा। इसे तुला पर रखिये। माप के हिसाब से दो सौ पच्चीस रुपये लगेंगे। |
| Julia: अच्छा । और समय कितना लगेगा? |
| Attendant: दस से पंद्रह दिन लग सकते हैं। |
| Julia: और अगर जल्दी भेजना हो तो? |
| Attendant: तेज़ी से भेजना हो तो, पांच सौ पंद्रह रुपयों में यह सात दिनों में पहुँच जायेगा। और तुरंत पहुँचाना हो - दो या तीन दिन में, तो आप डी.एल.एफ़. से कुरियर कर सकती हैं, उस में करीब ग्यारह सौ रुपये लगेंगे। |
| Julia: अच्छा, सात दिन के पोस्ट में भेज दीजिये। |
| Eric: Listen to the conversation one time slowly. |
| Julia: नमस्ते। मुझे यह पैकेज विलायत भेजना है। |
| Attendant: अच्छा। इसे तुला पर रखिये। माप के हिसाब से दो सौ पच्चीस रुपये लगेंगे। |
| Julia: अच्छा । और समय कितना लगेगा? |
| Attendant: दस से पंद्रह दिन लग सकते हैं। |
| Julia: और अगर जल्दी भेजना हो तो? |
| Attendant: तेज़ी से भेजना हो तो, पांच सौ पंद्रह रुपयों में यह सात दिनों में पहुँच जायेगा। और तुरंत पहुँचाना हो - दो या तीन दिन में, तो आप डी.एल.एफ़. से कुरियर कर सकती हैं, उस में करीब ग्यारह सौ रुपये लगेंगे। |
| Julia: अच्छा, सात दिन के पोस्ट में भेज दीजिये। |
| Eric: Listen to the conversation with the English translation. |
| Julia: Hello, I would like to send this package to England. |
| Attendant: Okay, please place it on the scale. (pause) According to the weight, it will be 225 rupees. |
| Julia: Okay, and how much time will it take? |
| Attendant: It can take up to 10-15 days. |
| Julia: And if I want to send it faster? |
| Attendant: It’s 515 rupees to send it quickly, and it will arrive within 7 days. To send it even faster you can courier it through DLF, which takes 2-3 days and will cost around 1100 rupees. |
| Julia: Okay, please send it by 7-day post. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Eric: Udita, I've heard that the postal service in India has a really long history. |
| Udita: It does! Before modern transportation, postmen walked for days and nights to deliver letters across villages and towns. Today the postman in his khaki-coloured uniform delivers letters and mail. |
| Eric: Are there some particular letters that are common only in India? |
| Udita: Yes. For example,“inland letters.” These are long blue sheets of paper, made for writing a one page-long letter. There are markings for folding, and it’s folded into the size of a small, light envelope. The address is written on the back, and the flaps close it - it’s like a postcard that can open up into a page. |
| Eric: These letters are cheap to send and made specially for people who frequently write home or to their relatives across the country. Okay, now onto the vocab. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Eric: Let’s take a look at the vocabulary from this lesson. The first word is.. |
| Udita: विलायत [natural native speed] |
| Eric: England |
| Udita: विलायत [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Udita: विलायत [natural native speed] |
| Eric: Next we have.. |
| Udita: भेजना [natural native speed] |
| Eric: to send |
| Udita: भेजना [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Udita: भेजना [natural native speed] |
| Eric: Next we have.. |
| Udita: तुला [natural native speed] |
| Eric: weighing scale |
| Udita: तुला [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Udita: तुला [natural native speed] |
| Eric: Next we have.. |
| Udita: माप [natural native speed] |
| Eric: measurement |
| Udita: माप [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Udita: माप [natural native speed] |
| Eric: Next we have.. |
| Udita: एक सौ पचीस [natural native speed] |
| Eric: 125 |
| Udita: एक सौ पचीस [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Udita: एक सौ पचीस [natural native speed] |
| Eric: Next we have.. |
| Udita: तेज़ी [natural native speed] |
| Eric: fast, rapid |
| Udita: तेज़ी [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Udita: तेज़ी [natural native speed] |
| Eric: Next we have.. |
| Udita: तीन सौ पंद्रह [natural native speed] |
| Eric: 315 |
| Udita: तीन सौ पंद्रह [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Udita: तीन सौ पंद्रह [natural native speed] |
| Eric: Next we have.. |
| Udita: पहुँचाना [natural native speed] |
| Eric: to deliver |
| Udita: पहुँचाना [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Udita: पहुँचाना [natural native speed] |
| Eric: And lastly.. |
| Udita: करीब [natural native speed] |
| Eric: close, near |
| Udita: करीब [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Udita: करीब [natural native speed] |
| KEY VOCAB AND PHRASES |
| Eric: Let's have a closer look at the usage of some of the words and phrases from this lesson. The first phrase is.. |
| Udita: तेज़ी से |
| Eric: meaning “speedily, fast.” |
| Udita: Tezii is a noun which means “speed” and Se is the possessive particle which means “from,” but in this case it means “with.” Altogether, तेज़ी से means “with speed” or rather “very quickly.” |
| Eric: You can use this phrase to describe speed, which is one level-higher than... |
| Udita: jaLDi, meaning “quick.” Since Tez, the noun meaning “speed,” is used for fast vehicles like racing cars, the phrase Tezii Se should be used for particularly high speeds |
| Eric: Can you give us an example using this phrase? |
| Udita: Sure. For example, you can say.. लाल रंग की गाडी तेज़ी से आगे बढ़ रही है। |
| Eric: ..which means “The red car is moving ahead speedily.” Okay, what's the next phrase? |
| Udita: करीब आठ सौ रुपये |
| Eric: meaning “around Rs. 800, roughly Rs. 800.” |
| Udita: aath Sau rupaye means “Rs. 800,” and the adjective kariib means “near” or “close.” |
| Eric: So altogether it means “around 800 rupees” or “approximately 800 rupees.” |
| Udita: kariib is a word used for the estimation of quantities, and very often with monetary estimations. You can apply it to any number; just place kariib before the number or amount. |
| Eric: Can you give us an example using this word? |
| Udita: Sure. For example, you can say.. तोहफा खरीदने में करीब आठ सौ रूपये खर्च हो गए। |
| Eric: .. which means “Around Rs. 800 were spent on the present.” Okay, now onto the lesson focus. |
Lesson focus |
| Eric: In this lesson you’ll learn how to ask how much something will take using the word… |
| Udita: लगना LagNaa. |
| Eric: This verb has different meanings. One meaning is “to feel or think” and another one is “to take time or cost money.” |
| Udita: Right. You can use लगना LagNaa to talk about what amount of something will be required for a task. |
| Eric: Udita, how can you ask how much something will cost or how much time something will take in Hindi? |
| Udita: You can use the following sentence structure… First say कितना kiTNaa... |
| Eric: meaning “how much” |
| Udita: then add a noun and finish the sentence with लगेगा Lagegaa... |
| Eric: meaning “will it take or cost?” |
| Udita: कितना kiTNaa_____ लगेगा Lagegaa? To simply ask how much something will cost you can ask kiTNaa Lagegaa? |
| Eric: meaning “How much does it cost?” |
| Udita: If you want to indicate what you are asking about, then you can use a noun plus the possessive particle का Kā. |
| Eric: For example... |
| Udita: इसका कितना लगेगा? iSkaa kiTNaa Lagegaa? |
| Eric: “How much does this cost?” How would you say “How much does the big bottle cost?” |
| Udita: Just replace iS with bade boTaL, meaning “big bottle.” |
| Eric: Altogether it will be.. |
| Udita: बड़े बोतल का कितना लगेगा? |
| Eric: “How much does the big bottle cost?” |
| Udita: Following this rule you can also say...यहां से स्टेशन तक का कितना लगेगा? |
| Eric: “How much will it cost to go to the station from here?” So how we can ask about time? |
| Udita: “Time” in Hindi is vakT or Samay. So, you can simply ask...कितना वक्त लगेगा? |
| Eric: “How much time will it take?” If you want to indicate the task you are asking about, you can use the following structure… |
| Udita: Noun plus के लिए ke Lie, meaning “for.” For example...इस के लिए कितना समय लगेगा? |
| Eric: meaning “How much time will this take?” For things that are not time or money, you can add the noun in after |
| Udita: kiTNaa. |
| Udita: For example, you can say...इस केक के लिए कितना आइसिंग लगेगा? |
| Eric: “How much icing will we need for this cake?” |
| Eric: Let’s review the grammar quickly. Can you give us some sample sentences? |
| Udita: Sure. वीडियो बनाने के लिए क्या सॉफ्टवेयर लगेगा? |
| Eric: “What software will we need to make the video?” |
| Udita: ट्रेन से दिल्ली जाने के लिए पांच घंटे लगेंगे । |
| Eric: “It will take five hours to go to Delhi by train.” |
| Udita: हमें सही कैमरा के पांच हज़ार रुपये लगे । |
| Eric: “It cost us 5000 rupees for the right camera.” |
Outro |
| Eric: Okay, that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check the lesson notes for more examples and explanations. Thank you for listening, everyone, and we’ll see you next time! Bye! |
| Udita: अलविदा |
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