🇮🇳 Hindi
हिन्दी • Devanagari
Pattern: “I don’t understand” (negation in real life)
A survival phrase — and your first reliable negative sentence.
The pattern
Memorize this as a chunk. Then swap one word at a time.
- Say the positive and negative back‑to‑back (understand ↔ don’t understand).
- Keep the negation placement exactly like native sentences.
मैं नहीं समझता।
main nahi samajhta
I don't understand. (masc. speaker; use समझती for fem.)
More examples
These are close patterns you can reuse. Read them aloud, then change one word.
मैं नहीं जानता।
main nahi jaanta
I don't know. (masc. speaker; use जानती for fem.)
मत जाओ!
mat jao
Don't go!
मैं यहाँ हूँ।
main yahan hoon
I am here.
मुझे पानी चाहिए।
mujhe paani chahiye
I want/need water.
क्या आप अंग्रेज़ी बोलते हैं?
kya aap angrezi bolte hain
Do you speak English? (formal; verb may change by gender)
शौचालय कहाँ है?
shauchalay kahan hai
Where is the bathroom/toilet?
Drills
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main nahi samajhta
I don't understand. (masc. speaker; use समझती for fem.)
Your sentence
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Which sentence matches “I don't understand. (masc. speaker; use समझती for fem.)”?