Learn useful phrases to use at the post office
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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. |
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Lesson focus |
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| Survival Phrases Lesson 39 |
| Using the Post Office in India Part 1 |
| My dear listeners, today, we are going to take a trip to the post office. |
| Now, the "post office" in India is daak Ghar. |
| daak Ghar |
| The corporate color is red, and the post box color is red too. |
| Today, we're going to work on getting your postcards, letters, and packages home. The expression we are going to need to accomplish this is "I'd like to send this to," and the desired destination. For today's lesson, we'll use Italy. |
| In Hindi, "I would like to send this to Italy" is muJHe yah itlii BHejna hai. |
| muJHe yah itlii BHejna hai |
| Let's break it down by syllable: muJHe yah itlii BHejna hai |
| Now, let's hear it once again: muJHe yah itlii BHejna hai |
| The first words, muJHe yah mean "I would like." |
| Let's break them down and hear them one more time: muJHe yah |
| muJHe yah |
| Next, we have the name of the country you are sending it to, that is, itlii. |
| Next is BHejnaa hai, which, in English, is "to send." |
| Now, altogether, we have muJHe yah italii BHejnaa hai. Literally, this means "I would like to send this to Italy." |
| Let's look at the other words. We were talking about packages, letters, and postcards, so let's try to send a postcard. |
| "Postcard" in Hindi is post-kaard. |
| post-kaard |
| Let's break it down by syllable: post-kaard |
| Now, let's hear it again: post-kaard |
| "I would like to send this postcard to Italy" in Hindi is muJHe yah post-kaard itlii BHejna hai. |
| muJHe yah post-kaard itlii BHejna hai |
| Let's break it down by syllable: muJHe yah post-kaard itlii BHejna hai |
| Now, let's hear it once again: muJHe yah post-kaard itlii BHejna hai |
| Notice the position of yah post-kaard, which means "this postcard." |
| Now let's try "letter," which in Hindi is paTra. |
| paTra |
| "I would like to send this letter to Italy" in Hindi is muJHe yah paTra itlii BHejna hai. |
| muJHe yah paTra itlii BHejna hai |
| As you can notice, we substituted the word for "card," post-kaard, which is feminine, with the word for "letter" or PaTr, which is a neutral adjective. |
| Now, let's try to send a package. In Hindi, "I would like to send this package to Italy" is muJHe yah parsal itlii BHejnaa hai. |
| muJHe yah parsal itlii BHejnaa hai |
| "Package" in Hindi is parsal. |
| Let's break it down by syllable and hear it once more: parsal |
| And parsal |
| So altogether, we have muJHe yah parsal itlii BHejnaa hai. |
| Now, the package requires a closer look, which we'll do in the next lesson. |
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 have a few seconds before I give you the answer, so गुड लक! (guud Lak!), which means "good luck" in Hindi. |
| "I would like to send this to Italy." - muJHe yah itlii BHejna hai |
| muJHe yah itlii BHejna hai |
| muJHe yah itlii BHejna hai |
| "I would like to send this postcard to Italy." - muJHe yah post-kaard itlii BHejna hai |
| muJHe yah post-kaard itlii BHejna hai |
| muJHe yah post-kaard itlii BHejna hai |
| "I would like to send this letter to Italy." - muJHe yah paTra itlii BHejna hai |
| muJHe yah paTra itlii BHejna hai |
| muJHe yah paTra itlii BHejna hai |
| "I would like to send this package to Italy." - muJHe yah parsal itlii BHejnaa hai |
| muJHe yah parsal itlii BHejnaa hai |
| muJHe yah parsal itlii BHejnaa 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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