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A Door Into Hindi
Lesson
15
Vocabulary
Character's Names:
रानी
चाची
(aunt, specifically father's brother's
wife)
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बातचीत
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noun
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conversation
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बोलना
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verb
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to speak
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ख़ाली
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adj. (doesn't
change)
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free, empty
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मैंने
/ मैं ने
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pronoun +
postposition
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I (as actor
with perfect form of transitive verb = "ergative case")
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के
बाद
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postposition
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after
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सहेली
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noun f.
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girlfriend
(but only female friend of a female)
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समोसा
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noun m.
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samosa (a
deep fried vegetable or meat dumpling)
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बनाना
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verb
(causative)
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to make
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पैंतीस
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number
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thirty-five
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सीखना
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verb
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to learn
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सिखाना
|
verb
(causative)
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to teach
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पढ़ना
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verb
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to study
(intransitive), to read (transitive)
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पढ़ाना
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verb
(causative)
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to teach
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रसोई
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noun f.
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kitchen
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हरी
मिर्च
|
noun f.
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green pepper
(the small, hot ones)
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प्याज़
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noun f.
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onion
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हरा
धनिया
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noun m.
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green
coriander, cilantro
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अदरक
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noun f.
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ginger
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चाक़ू
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noun
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knife
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काटना
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verb
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to cut
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देसी
|
adj. (doesn't
change)
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Indian, South Asian
(literally "country")
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पकना
|
verb
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to cook
(intransitive)
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पकाना
|
verb
(causative)
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to cook
(transitive)
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इसी
(= इस + ही)
|
emphatic
pronoun (oblique)
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this very one
(oblique)
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इसी
लिये
|
phrase
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For this very
reason..., That's why...
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ये
रहे
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phrase
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Here are...
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इतना
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comparative
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this much
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हीरोइन
|
noun f.
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heroine
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डान्स करना
|
verb
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to dance
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रंग
|
noun
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color
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रंग
लेना
|
verb
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to take
color, to dye
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चुनरिया
|
noun
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scarf
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सजना =
सजनवा
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noun m.
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beloved
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तोरा
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possessive
(dialect)
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your (folk dialect, =तेरा)
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जिया
मेरा चाहे
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phrase
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My heart
wants...
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होली
|
noun f.
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Hindu Holiday
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होली
खेलना
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verb
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to play Holi,
to throw colored water and powders on each other
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ऐसे
- जैसे
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comparative
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as, like
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राधा
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Proper noun
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Radha,
beloved of Krishna
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कन्हैया
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Proper noun
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Epithet
(nickname) of Krishna
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फेंकना
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verb
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to throw
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के
बिना
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postposition
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without
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बिन
तुम्हारे=
तुम्हारे
बिन (बिना)
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phrase
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without you
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इतवार
|
noun
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Sunday
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सोमवार
|
noun
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Monday
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मंगलवार
|
noun
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Tuesday
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बुधवार
|
noun
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Wednesday
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बृहस्ततिवार
|
noun
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Thursday
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शुक्रवार
|
noun
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Friday
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शनिवार
|
noun
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Saturday
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