Hindi · Real conversations
Repairing a conversation: Hindi conversation practice
Check a meaning and leave with something you can use. Read the exchange, reveal the translations when you need them, then try your part before looking at the sample answers.
A2 · Read and rehearse
Your role: A learner asking a patient conversation partner for clarification.
Goal: Check a meaning and leave with something you can use.
Read the conversation
Partner
यह नाम लिखना थोड़ा मुश्किल है।yah naam likhna thoda mushkil hai.
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The name is a little difficult to spell.
You
क्या आप इसे लिख सकते हैं?kya aap ise likh sakte hain?
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Could you write it down?
Partner
ज़रूर। यह शब्द नियमित काम को बताता है।zaroor. yah shabd niyamit kaam ko bataata hai.
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Of course. This word describes a regular action.
You
क्या आप मुझे एक उदाहरण दे सकते हैं?kya aap mujhe ek udaaharan de sakte hain?
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Could you give me an example?
Partner
जैसे, हम कामकाजी हफ्ते के आखिर में मिलते हैं।jaise, ham kaamkaaji hafte ke aakhir mein milte hain.
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For example, we meet at the end of the working week.
You
क्या आपका मतलब शुक्रवार है?kya aapka matlab shukravaar hai?
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Do you mean Friday?
Partner
हाँ, शुक्रवार। हम स्टेशन के बाहर मिलते हैं।haan, shukravaar. ham station ke baahar milte hain.
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Yes, Friday. We meet outside the station.
You
मैं देख लूँ कि मैंने ठीक समझा है: हम शुक्रवार को मिलेंगे।main dekh loon ki maine theek samjha hai: ham shukravaar ko milenge.
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Let me check that I understood: we meet on Friday.
Partner
सही है। उस जगह का शब्द अपने नोट्स में लिखिए।sahi hai. us jagah ka shabd apne notes mein likhiye.
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That's right. Write the word for that place in your notes.
You
क्या यह सही शब्द है?kya yah sahi shabd hai?
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Is this the right word?
Try your part first
Partner says: The name is a little difficult to spell. Your goal: Could you write it down?
Reveal a sample reply
क्या आप इसे लिख सकते हैं?kya aap ise likh sakte hain?
Could you write it down?
Partner says: Of course. This word describes a regular action. Your goal: Could you give me an example?
Reveal a sample reply
क्या आप मुझे एक उदाहरण दे सकते हैं?kya aap mujhe ek udaaharan de sakte hain?
Could you give me an example?
Partner says: For example, we meet at the end of the working week. Your goal: Do you mean Friday?
Reveal a sample reply
क्या आपका मतलब शुक्रवार है?kya aapka matlab shukravaar hai?
Do you mean Friday?
Partner says: Yes, Friday. We meet outside the station. Your goal: Let me check that I understood: we meet on Friday.
Reveal a sample reply
मैं देख लूँ कि मैंने ठीक समझा है: हम शुक्रवार को मिलेंगे।main dekh loon ki maine theek samjha hai: ham shukravaar ko milenge.
Let me check that I understood: we meet on Friday.
Partner says: That's right. Write the word for that place in your notes. Your goal: Is this the right word?
Reveal a sample reply
क्या यह सही शब्द है?kya yah sahi shabd hai?
Is this the right word?
Make it your own
- Ask for an example about your own day.
- Check a second possible meaning.
- Ask the person to write a different word.
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.
