Basics

Accha! OK? TK!

One of the most useful words to know is accha. It is both an adjective and interjection. Its meanings include (but are not limited to!): good, excellent, healthy, well, OK, really?, awesome!, hmm.., a-ha!, etc.! If you learn no other word, remember this one.

Another common all-purpose word is hik hai, pronounced and occasionally even spelled out as "TK". It is used in the same manner, meaning: OK/all right, yes/understood (affirmation), right/correct, etc. Sometimes shortened to just hik

Hello (used esp. when answering the phone) helo
Hello/Goodbye namaste
Hello/Goodbye namaskar
Hello/Goodbye (Hindu, respectful) pranam
Hello/Goodbye (Hindu, colloquial) ram ram
Hello/Goodbye (Sikh) sat sri akal
Hello/Goodbye (Sikh, formal) vaheguru ji ka khalsa
Hello/Goodbye (Sikh, reply vaheguru ji ki fateh
See you later phir milenge
How are you ap kaise/kaisi haiⁿ?
How are you ap khairiyat se haiⁿ?
I am fine hik huⁿ
OK/fine colloq. hik hai
Fine, and you? (more formal reply) hik, ap sunaiye
What is your name? apka nam kya hai?
My name is ___ mera nam ___ hai.
Nice to meet you (formal) apse milkar bahut Ananda hui
Nice to meet you too (reply) mujhe bhi
Yes haaⁿ
No/not nahiⁿ
Do you speak English? apko angrezi ati hai?
Is there someone here who speaks English? kya kisi ko angrezi ati hai?
I don't speak Hindi. mujhe hindi nahiⁿ ati hai.
I can't speak Hind maiⁿ hindi nahiⁿ bol sakta huⁿ.
I speak some Hindi. mujhe kuch hindi ati haià
I don't understand. maiⁿ samjha/samjhi nahiⁿ
Speak more slowly dhire dhire boliye
Come again? firse?
What does ".." mean? ".." ka artha/matlab kya hai?
How do you say ".."? ".." kaise kehte haiⁿ?
Where are you from? ap kahaⁿ se haiⁿ?
I'm from.. maiⁿ.. se huⁿ
Please krp-ya
Thank you dhanyavad
Thank you thainkyu
Thank you very much bahut bahut..
You're welcome apka svagat hai
You're welcome (lit. don't mention it) koi bat nahiⁿ
Excuse me (getting s.o.'s attention) suniye
Pardon me ksama kijiye
Pardon me/I'm sorry kShamyA karo
Where is the toilet? ayale kahaⁿ hai?
Where is the toilet? saucalay kahaⁿ hai?
Good!, really?, nice, etc. accha
Just one minuteà ek mina

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