LESSON TRANSCRIPT

Absolute Beginner S1 #21

Which Do You Like in Hindi?

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION
LESSON CONVERSATION
POST CONVERSATION BANTER
VOCAB LIST
KEY VOCABULARY AND PHRASES
LESSON FOCUS

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INTRODUCTION
Neha: "Namaste," I'm Neha. and welcome to the Absolute Beginner Series, Lesson 21, Which do you
like?

Maya: "Namaste," I'm Maya In this lesson you'll learn how to ask the "which" questions.

Neha: The conversation takes place in a cafe.

Maya: It's between Manasi and Rita.

Neha: Rita is Manasi's aunt, so Manasi will be talking formally with her.

Maya: Let's listen to their conversation.

LESSON CONVERSATION
मना स: आपको कौन सी फ़ म पसंद है?

रीता: मुझे दे वदास ब त पसंद है।

मना स: मने अभी तक नह दे खी है। कौनसा सनेमाघर यह दखा रहा है?

रीता: म नह जानती।

Neha: Now let's listen to the same conversation at a slow speed.

Manaasi: Aapko kaunsee film pasand hai?

Reetaa: Mujhe devdaas bahut pasand hai.

Manaasi: Maine abhee tak naheen dekhee hai. Kaunsaa sinemaaghar yeh dikhaa rahaa hai?

Reetaa: Main naheen jaantee.

Maya: Let's now listen to the conversation with English translation.

मना स: आपको कौन सी फ़ म पसंद है?

Neha: "Which film do you like?"

रीता: मुझे दे वदास ब त पसंद है।

Maya: "I really like Devdas."

मना स: मने अभी तक नह दे खी है। कौनसा सनेमाघर यह दखा रहा है?

Neha: "I haven't watched it yet. Which cinema hall is showing it?"

रीता: म नह जानती।

Maya: "I don't know."

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POST CONVERSATION BANTER
Neha: You know most people are familiar with Bollywood these days.

Maya: Yes, the Indian movie industry is huge!

Neha: It is. But what most people might not know is that Indian movies are not only those that are
spoken in Hindi but also include those that are spoken in other regional languages like Marathi and
Tamil as well.

Maya: And out of all these, the one that is popular all over India and nowadays even in the world outside
of India is Bollywood, which is the Hindi language-based film industry.

Neha: If you haven't ever watched Bollywood movies before, well you'll be in for a lot of music and
dancing.

Maya: And they occur not only during happy and festive moments during the movie, but also during sad
moments.

Neha: Usually, the lyrics of the song play an important role in moving the story forward.

Maya: And you also have to set about three hours aside for the movies, that's like the average length of
one movie.

Neha: I am a huge fan of those movies!

Maya: Me too!

VOCAB LIST
Neha: Okay then, let's look at some of the words that came up in the conversation.

Maya: We'll first say the words at natural speed, then a bit slower, and finally we'll give you the meaning.

Neha: Our first word is आपको, "aapko," "aap-ko," "aapko."

Maya: Which means "to you."

Neha: Next, we have कौनसी, "kaunsee," "kaun-see," "kaunsee."

Maya: Which means "which."

Neha: Then is फ़ म, "film," "film," "film."

Maya: Which means "film."

Neha: Next is पसंद, "pasand," "pa-sand," "pasand."

Maya: Which means "like."

Neha: Then is अभी तक नह , "abhee tak naheen," "abhee tak naheen," "abhee tak naheen."

Maya: Which means "not yet" or "not till now."

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Neha: Next is दे खी है, "dekhee hai," "dekhee hai," "dekhee hai."

Maya: Which means "seen" when said by a female or about a female.

Neha: Then we have कौनसा, "kaunsaa," "kaun-saa," "kaunsaa."

Maya: Which means "which."

Neha: Next is दखा रहा, "dekhaa rahaa," "dekhaa rahaa," "dekhaa rahaa."

Maya: Which means "showing."

Neha: And finally, we have जानती, "jaantee," "jaan-tee," "jaantee."

Maya: Which means "know" when said by a female or about a female.

KEY VOCABULARY AND PHRASES

Neha: Let's now look at some of these words in more detail.

Maya: The word for "seen" in Hindi is…

Neha: दे खी है. which means ‘seen’

Maya: And it comes from the verb दे खना, which means "to see."

Neha: Now you have to be careful with this verb since it changes according to the gender and the
number of the subject.

Maya: For example, if you are a female and want to say "I have seen," you say…

Neha: मने दे खी है.

Maya: On the other hand, if you are a male speaker, then you would say…

Neha: मने दे खा है. Notice that दे खी changed into दे खा when used for a male speaker.

Maya: If you are a group of males then you'd say…

Neha: ह ने दे खे ह.

Maya: Which means "we have seen."

Neha: If you're talking about another female and you want to say "she has seen," you say उसने दे खी है.

Maya: Yes, you use the same दे खी as you did when you were a female speaker.

Neha: Similarly, if you're talking about another male and you want to say "he has seen," you say उसने दे खा
है.

Maya: Again, the same दे खा that you used when you were a male speaker.

Neha: Now the next word is जानती.

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Maya: It means "know" and comes from the verb जानना, which means "to know." So if you are a female
speaker and you want to say "I know," you say…

Neha: म जानती ँ.

Maya: If you are a male speaker, you say…

Neha: म जानता ँ.

Maya: And if you are a group of people, you say…

Neha: हम जानते ह, which means "we know."

LESSON FOCUS
Maya: Let's learn how to ask questions using "which."

Neha: "Which" in Hindi is not as straight forward as in English. It changes according to the gender and
the number of the nouns.

Maya: For singular masculine nouns, it is…

Neha: कौनसा.

Maya: For plural masculine nouns, it is…

Neha: कौनसे.

Maya: And for both singular and plural feminine nouns, it is…

Neha: कौनसी.

Maya: By now, you know that all Hindi nouns are either masculine or feminine. Let's look at the general
rule once again.

Neha: Words that end with आ ("-aa") are usually masculine.

Maya: And words that end with ई ("-ee") are usually feminine.

Neha: And you also know that this is not always the case, so the best way to learn is to memorize the
new ones if they don't fit the rule.

Maya: Now in lesson 19 on likes and dislikes, we learned how to say "I like this" and "I don't like this" in
Hindi. We'll now learn how to ask "Which ____ do you like?” type of questions in Hindi.

Neha: The format you have to remember is आपको कौनसा/कौनसे/ or कौनसी ____ पसंद है? and you insert the
subject after कौनसा/कौनसे/ or कौनसी.

Maya: Here, आपको means "to you," कौनसा/कौनसे/ or कौनसी is "which," and पसंद means "like."

Neha: Let's listen to some examples.

Maya: Okay, how do you say "Which hero do you like?" in Hindi?

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Neha: Well, the word for "hero" in Hindi is also हीरो and it is a masculine singular noun so you have to
use कौनसा for "which." The sentence then is आपको कौनसा हीरो पसंद है.

Maya: This is a formal way of asking the question. Next, let's ask "Which flowers do you like?" in Hindi.

Neha: "Flowers" in Hindi is फूल and it is a masculine plural noun. So you need to use कौनसे for "which."
The sentence then is अापको कौनसे फूल पसंद है?

Maya: How about one final example. "Which book do you like?"

Neha: Okay, so here, "book" in Hindi is पु तक and it is a feminine singular noun. So you have to use कौनसी
for "which."

Our sentence is आपको कौनसी पु तक पसंद है?

Maya: Well, that's all we have for our lesson.

Neha: Also, please don't forget to look at the lesson notes for more examples and explanations on this
topic.

Maya: Thank you for listening. Until next time!

Neha: "Shukriyaa aur fir milenge!"

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