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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 will 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

Survival Phrases lesson 50
Explaining symptoms in Hindi.
Once you are in the pharmacy, you will need to explain how you feel in order to let the pharmacist give you the right medicine. In this lesson, we'll work on explaining symptoms so you can get the proper treatment and any medicine you may need.
Let's try to make a list of all the possible things you might need.
In Hindi, "cold medicine" is sarDii ki Dava.
sarDii ki Dava
Let's break it down by syllable and hear it one more time: sarDii ki Dava
sarDii ki Dava
"A cold medicine please," in Hindi, is Kripaya, ek sarDii ki Dava.
Kripaya, ek sarDii ki Dava
Let's break it down by syllable: Kripaya, ek sarDii ki Dava.
Kripaya, ek sarDii ki Dava
The first word Kripaya mean "please."
Next is the work ek, which means "one."
And then, you have sarDii, which means, "cold."
sarDii.
sarDii.
Next, we have ki, the preposition for "for." Let's hear it once again, ki.
Finally, we have Dava or "medicine."
Let's break it down by syllable and hear it once again: Dava
Dava.
All together, we have Kripaya ek sarDii ki Dava, kripya, which means, "A medicine for the cold, please."
Let's see how to explain your symptoms.
In Hindi, "I have a headache" is sir DarD hai.
sir DarD hai.
Let's break it down by syllable: sir DarD hai.
Let's hear it one more time: sir DarD hai.
Next, we have DarD, which literally means, "aching." Or in other words, "a headache" is sir DarD and hai means, "is."
All together, we have sir DarD hai, which means, "I have a headache."
A different way to say you are in pain, for example, your stomach, is pet DarD hai.
pet DarD hai.
Let’s break it down by syllable and hear it once again: pet DarD hai.
pet DarD hai.
This is a very straightforward sentence. It's the same as the previous one. The only change is pet in place of sar. Pet means, "stomach."

Outro

Okay, to close out today's lesson, we'd like for you to practice what you've just learned. I'll provide you with the English equivalent of the phrase and you're responsible for saying it aloud. You'll have a few seconds before I give you the answer, so गुड लक! (guud Lak!), which means "good luck" in Hindi.
"A cold medicine please." - Kripaya, ek sarDii ki Dava.
Kripaya, ek sarDii ki Dava.
Kripaya, ek sarDii ki Dava
"I have a headache." - sir DarD hai.
sir DarD hai.
sir DarD hai.
"I have a stomachache." - pet DarD hai.
pet DarD hai.
pet DarD hai.
All right. That’s is 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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