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INTRODUCTION
Eric: Hi everyone, and welcome back to HindiPod101.com. This is Lower Intermediate, Season 1 Lesson 24 - Do You Like Indian Music? Eric here.
Udita: नमस्ते I'm Udita.
Eric: In this lesson, you’ll learn how to talk about your interests in Hindi. The conversation take places at an office.
Udita: It's between Julia and Pranav.
Eric: The speakers are colleagues who know each other well, so they’ll be using Familiar Hindi. Okay, let's listen to the conversation.

Lesson conversation

Udita, please record all lines.
Julia: तुम्हारा सबसे पसंदीदा संगीतकार कौन है?
Pranav: मौसम के साथ साथ मेरी पसंद बदलती रहती है, लेकिन अभी ग़ज़ल बहुत पसंद है। तुमने जगजीत सिंह का नाम सुना है?
Julia: नहीं मैंने नहीं सुना है।
Pranav: जगजीत सिंह एक कमाल के गायक थे, जो ग़ज़ल की दुनिया में शायद सबसे जाने माने गायक होंगे। उनकी आवाज़ में एक ख़ास मिठास थी।
:मेरे ख्याल में उनके जैसा कोई दूसरा गायक हो नहीं सकता।
Julia: वह अभी जीवित नहीं है?
Pranav: नहीं हालही में उनकी मृत्यु हुई है। वह बहुत सालों से गाते चले आ रहे थे, ओर बहुत ही लोकप्रिय रहे है।
Eric: Listen to the conversation one time slowly.
Julia: तुम्हारा सबसे पसंदीदा संगीतकार कौन है?
Pranav: मौसम के साथ साथ मेरी पसंद बदलती रहती है, लेकिन अभी ग़ज़ल बहुत पसंद है। तुमने जगजीत सिंह का नाम सुना है?
Julia: नहीं मैंने नहीं सुना है।
Pranav: जगजीत सिंह एक कमाल के गायक थे, जो ग़ज़ल की दुनिया में शायद सबसे जाने माने गायक होंगे। उनकी आवाज़ में एक ख़ास मिठास थी।
: मेरे ख्याल में उनके जैसा कोई दूसरा गायक हो नहीं सकता।
Julia: वह अभी जीवित नहीं है?
Pranav: नहीं हालही में उनकी मृत्यु हुई है। वह बहुत सालों से गाते चले आ रहे थे, ओर बहुत ही लोकप्रिय रहे है।
Eric: Now, listen to the conversation with the English translation.
Julia: Who’s your favorite musician?
Pranav: My taste changes like the weather, but right now I'm liking the Ghazal style of music a lot. Do you know Jagjit Singh?
Julia: No I haven't heard of him.
Pranav: Jagjit Singh was an incredible singer; he must be the most famous singer in the world of Ghazal.
: His voice was extremely melodious, and also had a melancholy to it. In my opinion there can be no other singer like him.
Julia: He’s no longer alive?
Pranav: No, he passed away recently. He has been singing for many years, and has been very popular.
POST CONVERSATION BANTER
Eric: Udita, what exactly is Ghazal?
Udita: Ghazal is a style of music that's popular in North India and Pakistan, and is well known as a special school of classical vocal performance.
Eric: Basically, Ghazal is a poetic form made up of rhyming couplets and a refrain, where each line shares the same meter. It was born from the Arabic-Persian world and became popular in Asia as well. Udita, what is the main theme of ghazals?
Udita: Typically, love is the main theme, especially an unconditional and superior love, that is divine, sometimes full of beauty and loss, and often has a melancholy quality. The music is always highly melodic, and the vocal performance is both intricate and difficult, but still smooth and light.
Eric: Wow, it sounds great! Okay, now onto the vocab.
VOCAB LIST
Eric: Let’s take a look at the vocabulary from this lesson. The first word is..
Udita: पसंदीदा [natural native speed]
Eric: liked, favorite
Udita: पसंदीदा [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Udita: पसंदीदा [natural native speed]
Eric: Next we have..
Udita: संगीतकार [natural native speed]
Eric: musician
Udita: संगीतकार [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Udita: संगीतकार [natural native speed]
Eric: Next we have..
Udita: मौसम के साथ साथ बदलना [natural native speed]
Eric: to change like the weather (to change frequently)
Udita: मौसम के साथ साथ बदलना [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Udita: मौसम के साथ साथ बदलना [natural native speed]
Eric: Next we have..
Udita: ग़ज़ल [natural native speed]
Eric: classical style of Urdu-Hindi music
Udita: ग़ज़ल [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Udita: ग़ज़ल [natural native speed]
Eric: Next we have..
Udita: दुनिया [natural native speed]
Eric: world
Udita: दुनिया [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Udita: दुनिया [natural native speed]
Eric: Next we have..
Udita: जाना माना [natural native speed]
Eric: well known
Udita: जाना माना[slowly - broken down by syllable]
Udita: जाना माना [natural native speed]
Eric: Next we have..
Udita: आवाज़ [natural native speed]
Eric: voice, sound
Udita: आवाज़ [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Udita: आवाज़ [natural native speed]
Eric: Next we have..
Udita: मिठास [natural native speed]
Eric: sweetness, melodiousness
Udita: मिठास [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Udita: मिठास [natural native speed]
Eric: Next we have..
Udita: जीवित [natural native speed]
Eric: living
Udita: जीवित [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Udita: जीवित [natural native speed]
Eric: And last..
Udita: मृत्यु [natural native speed]
Eric: death
Udita: मृत्यु [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Udita: मृत्यु [natural native speed]
KEY VOCAB AND PHRASES
Eric: Let's take a closer look at the usage of some of the words and phrases from this lesson. The first phrase is..
Udita: मौसम के साथ बदलना
Eric: which means “to change frequently”
Udita: This phrase is made of three parts - “mauSam”, “ke SaaTH” and “baDaLNaa”. “mauSam” means “weather” or “season”, “ke SaaTH” means “with” and “baDaLNaa” is a verb which means “to change”.
Eric: So, altogether, this phrase literally means “to change with the weather”. However, in Hindi it’s often used as a figurative expression that describes something that changes often.
Udita: That’s right. मौसम के साथ बदलना means that someone's tastes change often, like the weather and seasons.
Eric: Can you give us an example using this phrase?
Udita: Sure. For example, you can say.. तुम्हारी पसंद तो मौसम के साथ बदलती हैं - इसलिए मुझे याद नहीं रहता।
Eric: ..which means “I can't keep track of your interests, because they change like the weather.” Okay, Udita, what's the next phrase?
Udita: जाने माने
Eric: which means “well known” or “famous”
Udita: जाने माने consists of two words - the word “jaaNe” which comes from the verb “jaaNNaa” meaning “to know”, and the word “maaNe” which is a form of the verb “maaNNaa” meaning “to acknowledge”.
Eric: Together they mean “well known and respected”.
Udita: जाने माने is an adjective. You can use it to talk about people who are well known and respected as authorities in their respective fields.
Eric: Can you give us an example using this phrase?
Udita: Sure. For example, you can say.. मुझे पता नहीं था की आपके मामाजी एक जाने माने कवि हैं।
Eric: .. which means “I didn't know that your uncle is a well known poet.” Okay, now onto the lesson focus.

Lesson focus

Eric: In this lesson, you’ll learn how to talk about interests in Hindi.
Udita: For this purpose, you can use the word पसन्द paSaND, which means “like”.
Eric: There are several grammar structures used with this verb. The first one is…
Udita: पसन्द होना paSaND hoNaa. होना hoNaa means “to be”. Attaching this to पसन्द paSaND, gives us the phrase पसन्द होना paSaND hoNaa, which means “to like”.
Eric:Listeners, keep this important rule in mind though.
Udita: The simple present tense of the phrase पसन्द paSaND hai simply means “like”.
Eric: However, if you use it in the past or future tenses it has a different nuance.
Udita: Right. In these tenses its meaning shifts to a passive form of “liking”, similar to the English phrase meaning “to come to like”.
Eric: This is important to note, especially compared to usage with the other verbs. Udita, can you give us some sample sentences?
Udita: Sure. क्या तुम्हे पसन्द हुआ? kyaa Tumhe paSaND huaa?
Eric: It literally means “ Did you come to like it?”, but of course, you can translate it in English as “Did you like it”?. Here’s another example..
Udita: मुझे लगता है मेरे बॉस को यह पसंद नहीं होगा।
Eric: “I think my boss won’t like this.” Alright then, our second grammar structure is…
Udita: पसन्द paSaND karNaa. करना karNaa means “to do”. Unlike our previous phrase, पसन्द होना paSaND hoNaa, the phrase पसन्द paSaND karNaa is closer to “actively liking” something.
Eric: However, there is also a nuance here indicating choice, as if to say that you choose to like something.
Udita: Right. That’s why पसन्द paSaND karNaa sometimes also means “to select”.
Eric: Udita, can you give us some sample sentences?
Udita: Sure. आप क्या लेना पसंद करेंगे? aap kyaa LeNaa paSaND kareNge?
Eric: “What would you like to have?”
Udita: तुमने कौनसे रंग की टोपी पसंद की?
Eric: “Which colour hat did you go for?”. Great! And our last grammar pattern is…
Udita: पसन्द paSaND aaNaa. आना aaNaa is an intransitive verb which means “to come”.
Eric: It’s intransitive because there’s no separate subject when used in a sentence, and the object is the same as the subject. So, the actor applies the action on himself or herself.
Udita: Therefore पसन्द paSaND aaNaa is also an intransitive phrase.
Eric: The object of liking in this phrase becomes the object of the sentence, as well as the subject.
Udita: पसन्द आना paSaND aaNaa is an indirect form of liking. It means “to become appealing”.
Eric: For example…
Udita: मुझे पसंद आया mujhe paSaND aayaa
Eric: which literally means “It became appealing to me”.
Udita: आधा किताब पढ़ने के बाद भी मुझे पसन्द नहीं आया|
Eric: “Despite reading half the book, it didn’t appeal to me.”

Outro

Eric: Okay, that’s all for this lesson. Thank you for listening, everyone, and we’ll see you next time! Bye!
Udita: अलविदा

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