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Days of the week

आज  (aag) – today इतवार (itvaar)  / रविवार (ravivaar) – Sunday सोमवार (somvaar) – Monday मंगलवार (mangalvaar) – Tuesday बुधवार (buudhvaar) – Wednesday गुरुवार (guuruuvaar) – Thursday शुक्रवार (shuukravaar) – Friday शनिवार (shanivaar) शनीचर (sanichar) – Saturday

Numbers

0 — शून्य SHOONYA 1 — एक EK ( Sounds like, “k” pronounced in reverse) 2 — दो DO (D spoken with tongue touching the back of your incissor teeth) 3 — तीन TEEN (T spoken with tongue touching the back of your incissor teeth) 4 — चार CHAR (CH as in “cherry”,AR as “r”) 5 — पांच PAANCH (PAA as in “papa” and N is nasalized) 6 — छः CHHE 7 — सात SAAT 8 — आठ AATH 9 — नौ NAU 10 — दस DUS 11 — ग्यारह GYAARAH 12 — बारह BAARAH 13 — तेरह TERAH 14 — चौदह CHAUDAH 15 — पन्द्रह PANDRAH 16 — सोलह SOLAH 17 — सत्रह SATRAH 18 — अठारह ATHAARAH 19 — उन्नीस UNNEES 20 — बीस BEES

Months of the year

जनवरी (janvari) – January फरवरी (farvari) – February मार्च (marc) – March अप्रैल (aprail) – April मई (mai) – May जून (jun) – June जुलाई (julai) – July अगस्त (agast) – August सितम्बर (sitambar) – September अक्तूबर (aktubar) – October नवम्बर (navambar) – November दिसम्बर (disambar) – December  

Question Words

Who?  – कौन (kaun) What? – क्या (kyaa) Why? – क्यों (kyon) How? – कैसा  (kaisaa) When? – कब (kab) Where? – कहाँ  (kahaan) How many? – कितने  (kitne) Whose? – किसका (kiskaa) How much? – कितना (kitnaa)

Colours

Red – लाल laal Green – हरा ha-raa Black – काला kaa-laa White – सफेद safed Blue – नीला niila Orange – नारंगी Naa-rangii or संतरी sun-tha-rii]]>

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Some Everyday Expressions in Hindi

English	Hindi
Hello	नमस्ते – Namastē
Good evening	नमस्ते – Namastē
See you again	फिर मिलेंगे – Phir milēṅgē
See you later	फिर मिलेंगे – Phir milēṅgē
Yes	हाँ – Hām̐
No	नहीं – Nahīṁ
Please Listen!	सुनिए – Suni’ē
Excuse me	माफ़ कीजिए – Māfa kīji’ē
Thanks	शुक्रिया – Śhukriyā
Thanks a lot	शुक्रिया – Śhukriyā
Thank you for your help	मदद के लिए शुक्रिया – Madad kē li’ē śhukriyā
Please	कृपया – Krḁpayā
Ok	ठीक है – Ṭhīk hai
How much is it?	इसकी कीमत क्या है? – Iskī kīmat kyā hai?
Sorry!	माफ़ कीजिए – Māf kīji’ē
I don’t understand	मेरी समझ में नहीं आ रहा है – Mērī samajh mēṁ nahīṁ ā rahā hai
I understand it	मैं समझ गयी – Maiṁ samajh gayī
I don’t know	मुझे नहीं पता – Mujhē nahīṁ patā
Forbidden	मना है – Manā hai
Excuse me, where are the toilets?	शौचालय कहाँ है – Śaucālay kahām̐ hai
Happy New Year!	नए वर्ष की शुभकामनाएँ – Na’ē varṣ kī śubhkāmnā’ēm̐
Happy birthday!	सालगिरह मुबारक – Sālgirah mubārak
Congratulations!	मुबारक हो – Mubārak hō

 Hindi Numbers

The days of the week in Hindi

Monday	सोमवार
Tuesday	मंगलवार
Wednesday	बुधवार
Thursday	बृहस्पतिवार
Friday	शुक्रवार
Saturday	शनिवार
Sunday	रविवार
Spring	वसंत
Summer	गर्मी
Autumn	पतझड़
Winter	ठंड

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