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🇮🇳 Hindi
हिन्दीDevanagari

Start here: build sentences (word order + core patterns)

Learn the default word order and memorize a handful of high‑frequency sentence patterns.

Default word order

Hindi is typically Subject–Object–Verb (SOV). Postpositions often follow nouns (घर में = ‘in the house’).

  • Start with short sentences and keep the pattern consistent.
  • Copy a native pattern, then swap one word at a time.

Core sentences to memorize

These are extremely reusable. Read them aloud, then change one word (water → coffee, bathroom → station…).

मैं यहाँ हूँ।
main yahan hoon
I am here.
मुझे पानी चाहिए।
mujhe paani chahiye
I want/need water.
मैं नहीं समझता।
main nahi samajhta
I don't understand. (masc. speaker; use समझती for fem.)
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?
यह मेरा दोस्त है।
yah mera dost hai
This is my friend.

Drills

Build the sentence
mujhe paani chahiye
I want/need water.
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shauchalay kahan hai
Where is the bathroom/toilet?
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Mini‑quiz

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