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A: Top 25 Hindi Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 20: What's the weather like? in Hindi (In each lesson of this 25 part series, you'll master a common question for Hindi learners, and then learn how to answer it like a native. You'll learn how these key phrases work by breaking them down into each component. Then through repetition and new vocabulary, you'll expand your understanding of the question, its answers, and any variations.)
In this lesson, you'll learn how to respond to the common question ""What's the weather like in New Delhi?"" In Hindi this is
B: नई दिल्ली में मौसम कैसा है?
The first word in the question is
B: नई दिल्ली
A: ""meaning New Delhi"" in English.
B: (Slow, by syllable) नई दिल्ली
A: Listen again and repeat.
B: नई दिल्ली
{Pause}
A: This pattern of first introducing a word at natural speed, providing the translation, breaking it down, and then giving it again at natural speed will be repeated throughout the series. Try to speak aloud as often as possible. The next word in the question is
B: में
A: meaning in .
B: (Slow, by syllable) में
A: Now repeat.
B: में
{Pause}
Listen to the the first 2 words of the question and repeat.
B: नई दिल्ली में
{pause}
And after that
B: मौसम
A: meaning weather .
B: (Slow, by syllable) मौसम
A: Now repeat.
B: मौसम
{Pause}
Listen to the first 3 words of the question and repeat.
B: नई दिल्ली में मौसम
{pause}
And next
B: कैसा
A: meaning how.
B: (Slow, by syllable) कैसा
A: Now repeat.
B: कैसा
{Pause}
Listen to the first 4 words of the question and repeat.
B: नई दिल्ली में मौसम कैसा
{pause}
And after that
B: है
A: meaning is .
B: (Slow, by syllable) है
A: Now repeat.
B: है
{Pause}
Listen to the entire question and repeat.
B: नई दिल्ली में मौसम कैसा है
{pause}
A: (You will hear this common question again and again throughout your studies.) Master the following pattern and responses to the question What's the weather like in New Delhi??
B: धूप है
A: ""It's sunny.. Again, slowly. Repeat the phrase.
B: (Slow) धूप है
{pause}
A: Let's break it down from the beginning. The first word:
B: धूप
A: meaning sunny .
B: (Slow, by syllable) धूप
A: Now repeat
B: धूप
{Pause}
A: And next
B: है
meaning is.
B: (Slow, by syllable) है
A:Now repeat.
B: है
{Pause}
A: Listen to the speaker say, It's sunny., and then repeat.
B: धूप है
{pause}
A: To expand on the pattern, replace sunny with windy.
B: तूफानी
A: windy
B: (slow) तूफानी (regular) तूफानी
A: Listen to the phrase again, this time with windy
B: तूफानी है
A: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace sunny. Say It's windy.
{pause}
B: तूफानी है
A: To expand on the pattern, replace windy with chilly.
B: ठण्डा
A: chilly
B: (slow) ठण्डा (regular) ठण्डा
A: Listen to the phrase again, this time with chilly
B: ठण्डाहै
A: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace the {lang} for windy. Say It's chilly.
{pause}
B: ठण्डाहै
A: To make another phrase, replace chilly with drizzling .
B: बूंदा बांदी
A: drizzling
B: (slow) बूंदा बांदी (regular) बूंदा बांदी
A: Listen to the phrase again, this time with drizzling
B: बूंदा बांदी है
A: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace the {lang} for chilly. Say It's drizzling .
{pause}
B: बूंदा बांदी है
Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you are visiting India and someone asks you What's the weather like in New Delhi?. You want to say it's sunny. Respond to the question.
B: नई दिल्ली में मौसम कैसा है? (five seconds) धूप है
A: Now you want to say it's windy Respond to the question.
B: नई दिल्ली में मौसम कैसा है? (five seconds) तूफानी है
A: You want to say it's chilly. . Answer the speaker's question.
B: नई दिल्ली में मौसम कैसा है? (five seconds) ठण्डाहै
A: You want to say it's drizzling . Respond to the question.
B: नई दिल्ली में मौसम कैसा है? (five seconds) बूंदा बांदी है
A: You want to ask someone what the weather is like. Ask the question
(5 seconds)
B: नई दिल्ली में मौसम कैसा है?
{pause}
A: This is the end of Lesson 20

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