印地语学习1

मत – don’t
मन – heart, mind, soul
मदर – peas
मगर  - if not; (m) crocodile
महक – good smell; fragrance

In the Middle
मलमल – muslin/fine fabric
कमल – lotus flower
अमक  – glimmer
अमल – peace
अमर– immortal
अमल – action, clear, pure

At the End
आम – mango
कम – less
गम – worry, sadness
कदम – step
कम – work
शाम – evening

With other vowels
आदमी – man
मिरी – friend
मीठा– sweet

Word Find #13
– long "i" (EE) sound
ई i

खली – empty, vacant, unoccupied,
चीज – thing (f)
मीठा – sweet, pleasant (adj), sweetmeat
– story (f)
– correct, right, true, accurate
– sick (adj)
– marriage (f)
– poor (adj)

– wealthy, rich (adj)
– enough, sufficient (adj)
– to learn
(v.t.)
– sari (f) – type of Indian clothing for women
– back, spine (f)
  – straight, straightforward, simple, right, erect, direct, gentle, naive, good (adj)

Hello/Greetings नमस्ते(na-ma-ste)

This is the first of our “Phrase Focus” episodes where we focus on just learning one phrase. (Ok, ok, today it is really
just a word, but just you wait until next week ) Today’s phase is “नमस्ते  (na-ma-ste)”
“na-ma-ste” (नमस्ते ) can be used to greet someone. It is very similar to “hello” in English (though you will find “Hello”

न– na
म – ma
स्ते  which in itself is a combination of 3 characters.  स (sa) + त (ta) + ए (e). It is actually a “half”  स (sa) because the vowel part gets dropped and combined with the next letter  त (ta) to make a “sta”  स्त and finally that अ “a”  is dropped at the end and replaced with an ए “e” D.
Remember to say “na-ma-ste” (नमस्ते ) to people you meet.