Hindi in everyday situations · Grammar review

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Hindi in everyday situations

Reviews practise both sides: wherever Lukas and Lena would say something differently, you do it once as each.

मेरा बेटा · मेरी बेटी

Possessives come before the noun: , , . means his or her; Hindi does not distinguish his and her in this pattern.

For age use : , . Polite male uses , and polite female uses .

Kinship words are often more specific than English: is a mother’s mother and her daughter’s daughter. The shared concept cards also show , the father’s-side pair. Kamala and Meera use the maternal pair in the story.

दस जुलाई · मेरा जन्मदिन

Calendar dates usually use the ordinary number: , . To say on that date, add : . Do not mechanically translate English tenth into an ordinal here.

and both ask age. asks when. is feminine; masculine.

states that I have siblings; names the pair. For parents and several relatives use plural verbs: .

उसकी आँखें · उसके बाल

and describe features. Feminine plural takes ; masculine plural takes . Both use .

and agree with their noun. , . , , do not change their shape.

A brief phone follow-up can be , Hindi naturally omits words already clear from the conversation. Keep the full pattern available for a first introduction.

आधे पैसे · मुझे दीजिए

When the noun is understood, its adjective can stand alone: means we will take the large one, with feminine understood. asks the small one’s price.

is a natural abbreviated way to split a cost. means from me as a gift; means from both of us.

Recipients can be , , : . Polite is give. Use the familiar recipient form; a new ending table is unnecessary here.

था · थी · थे · थीं

Past be changes for gender and number: , , , . With the speaker chooses . A respectful woman uses .

A past routine uses -ता/-ती/-ते plus past be: . It describes how things used to be, not a single finished action. Completed events are taught later.

Personal status can stay simple: , . Learn the first as a common status phrase; do not turn the greeting and marriage expressions into an advanced tense lesson.

Tap a word to hear itTap a word to hear it
Past descriptionExample
Masculine singular
Feminine singular
Masculine plural/respectful
Feminine plural/respectful
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