Shops and hotels in Hindi
Open, closed, a bag, the wifi password: the checkout and the front desk. Play the ten Hindi words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 Hindi phrases in this lesson
- क्या आपके पास ... है?kya AAP-kay paas ... hai
- Do you have...?
- कहाँ है?ka-HAAN hai
- Where is...?
- खुलाKHU-la
- Open
- बंदband
- Closed
- थैली चाहिए?THAI-lee CHAA-hi-yeh
- A bag?
- बहुत महँगा हैba-HUT ma-HAN-ga hai
- Too expensive
- मेरी बुकिंग हैMAY-ree BOO-king hai
- I have a reservation
- क्या नाश्ता शामिल है?kya NAASH-ta SHAA-mil hai
- Is breakfast included?
- वाईफ़ाई का पासवर्ड क्या है?WAI-fai ka PAAS-ward kya hai
- What's the wifi password?
- क्या मैं ... सकता हूँ?kya main ... SAK-ta hoon
- Can I...?
The shop question. Shorter street version: just name the thing with rising tone, "doodh hai?" (milk, have?). The kirana, the tiny corner shop that stocks everything and delivers, will find it either way.
Attach to anything: station kahaan hai? ATM kahaan hai? The answer comes with a wonderfully vague hand wave; ask twice more along the way, triangulation is the system.
Also the word for a general strike, when everything shuts.
Chaahiye (needed/wanted) is the key word here and everywhere: X chaahiye means I want X. Mujhe paani chaahiye: I need water. Learn chaahiye and you can request anything in India.
The opening line of every bargain.
A woman says सकती (SAK-tee).