Lesson #58: Where Do You Live?
Today we’re going to learn how to ask the question ‘Where do you live?’ in Hindi and see several example responses. This, along with all the other phrases we’re learning in the Conversational Hindi section, is going to mean that you have another thing to talk about whenever meeting someone in India!
The question is different when directed to males and females, so here it is;
When asking a male
आप कहाँ रहते हैं? aap kahaan rahte hain
- Where do you live?
And when asking a female
आप कहाँ रहती हैं? aap kahaan rahtee hain
- Where do you live?
We’ve seen some of these words many times already; आप aap - you, कहाँ kahaan - where, and then we have रहते / ती rahte / tee, simply the Present Tense form (more details on Present Tense in Lesson #28) of the verb रहना rahnaa - to live / to stay, as mentioned in Lesson #56.
Let’s see some examples using this question; (We learnt the names of some countries in Lesson #45, it might be useful for you to revise over them)
मैं लंदन में रहता हूँ main landan men rahtaa hoon - I live in London (Male).
हम दिल्ली में रहते हैं ham dillee men rahte hain - We live in Delhi.
क्या आप मुंबई में रहती हैं? kyaa aap mumbaee men rahtee hain - Do you live in Mumbai? (Asking a female)
जी हाँ, मैं मुंबई में रहती हूँ jee haan, main mumbaee men rahtee hoon - Yes (polite), I live in Mumbai (female).
गीता कहाँ रहती है? geetaa kahaan rahtee hai - Where does Gita live?
वह जयपुर में रहती है voh jaypur men rahtee hai - She lives in Jaipur.
You now know one more conversational phrase so practice it and use it whenever you have the chance!
