Hindi · Real conversations
Cafés: Hindi conversation practice
Order a drink and clarify a small detail. Read the exchange, reveal the translations when you need them, then try your part before looking at the sample answers.
A1 · Read and rehearse
Your role: A customer ordering at a café.
Goal: Order a drink and clarify a small detail.
Read the conversation
Partner
आप कॉफी में क्या लेंगे / लेंगी?aap coffee mein kya lenge / lengi?
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What would you like in your coffee?
You
क्या मुझे यह बिना चीनी के मिल सकता है?kya mujhe yah bina cheeni ke mil sakta hai?
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Could I have it without sugar?
Partner
यह यहीं के लिए है या साथ ले जाना है?yah yahin ke liye hai ya saath le jaana hai?
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Is this for here or to take away?
You
पैक कर दीजिए, कृपया।pack kar dijiye, kripya.
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To take away, please.
Partner
ज़रूर। क्या आपको सामान्य कॉफी चाहिए?zaroor. kya aapko saamaanya coffee chaahiye?
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Certainly. Would you like regular coffee?
You
क्या आप इसे बिना कैफ़ीन के बना सकते हैं?kya aap ise bina caffeine ke bana sakte hain?
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Could you make it decaf?
Partner
हाँ, ऐसा कर सकते हैं। पीने के लिए कुछ और चाहिए?haan, aisa kar sakte hain. peene ke liye kuchh aur chaahiye?
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Yes, we can do that. Anything else to drink?
You
क्या मुझे नल का पानी मिल सकता है?kya mujhe nal ka paani mil sakta hai?
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Can I have tap water?
Partner
यह रहा आपका पानी। कुल रकम यहाँ लिखी है।yah raha aapka paani. kul rakam yahan likhi hai.
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Here's your water. The total is shown here.
You
क्या सर्विस चार्ज शामिल है?kya service charge shaamil hai?
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Is service included?
Try your part first
Partner says: What would you like in your coffee? Your goal: Could I have it without sugar?
Reveal a sample reply
क्या मुझे यह बिना चीनी के मिल सकता है?kya mujhe yah bina cheeni ke mil sakta hai?
Could I have it without sugar?
Partner says: Is this for here or to take away? Your goal: To take away, please.
Reveal a sample reply
पैक कर दीजिए, कृपया।pack kar dijiye, kripya.
To take away, please.
Partner says: Certainly. Would you like regular coffee? Your goal: Could you make it decaf?
Reveal a sample reply
क्या आप इसे बिना कैफ़ीन के बना सकते हैं?kya aap ise bina caffeine ke bana sakte hain?
Could you make it decaf?
Partner says: Yes, we can do that. Anything else to drink? Your goal: Can I have tap water?
Reveal a sample reply
क्या मुझे नल का पानी मिल सकता है?kya mujhe nal ka paani mil sakta hai?
Can I have tap water?
Partner says: Here's your water. The total is shown here. Your goal: Is service included?
Reveal a sample reply
क्या सर्विस चार्ज शामिल है?kya service charge shaamil hai?
Is service included?
Make it your own
- Change the drink.
- Ask for a different ingredient to be left out.
- Stay at the café instead of taking the order away.
Keep the useful expression and change the detail. There can be several appropriate answers; the revealed replies are examples to learn from.
This rehearsal in other languages
A note on speaking Hindi
These examples generally use respectful आप (aap). Familiar तुम (tum) changes the verb ending, and तू (tu) can sound too intimate or disrespectful in the wrong relationship. Where gender changes a first-person form, choose the version that describes the speaker.
Read the Devanagari alongside the romanization. Romanization is a reading aid rather than an exact description of every sound. Everyday Hindi can use familiar loanwords, while a literal English word order may sound unnatural.
