Lesson #90: How Are You? Part 2; More Replies
We learnt how to ask ‘How Are You?’ in Hindi a long, long time ago, right the way back in Lesson #17. Can you remember it? That’s right we say आप कैसे हैं? aap kaise hain? to a male and आप कैसी हैं? aap kaisee hain? to a female.
But, you must admit, it gets a little bit boring always replying with मैं ठीक हूँ main theek hoon - I’m ok or मैं अच्छा हूँ main acchaa hoon - I’m good (said by a male). So today we’re going to learn some other common replies. Many of these we’ve actually already seen at some point before, so it should be nice and easy! Ready to get straight into it?
मैं थक गया हूँ main thak gayaa hoon
- I am tired (said by a male) or…
मैं थक गई हूँ main thak gaee hoon
- I am tired (said by a female).
मैं भूखा हूँ main bhookhaa hoon
- I am hungry (said by a male) or…
मैं भूखी हूँ main bhookhee hoon
- I am hungry (said by a female).
Are you starting to get the idea? Can you see how easy this is? Ready for some more?
मैं बीमार हूँ main beemaar hoon
- I am ill (male and female)
We can build up sentences like these to make them a little bit more complicated. And, of course, don’t forget you can always use the words बहुत bahut - Very and थोड़ा thoraa - A Little before any of the adjectives.
क्या वह नाराज़ है?
kyaa voh naaraaz hai
- Is he angry?
हाँ वह बहुत नाराज़ है
haan voh bahut naaraaz hai
- Yes he is very angry!
चिराग क्यों उदास है?
ciraag kyon udaas hai?
- Why is Chirag sad?
क्योंकि वह बहुत अकेला है
kyonki voh bahut akelaa hai
- Because he is very lonely.
Can you remember we covered the word अकेला akelaa back in Lesson #74 when we saw the joke about the lonely banana? Make sure to check it out if you haven’t seen it yet!
Anyway that’s enough of being depressive and sad, are you ready to end on something positive?
क्यों मैं ख़ुश हूँ?
kyon main khush hoon
- Why am I happy?
क्योंकि ज़िंदगी सुन्दर है
kyonki zindagee sundar hai
- Because life is beautiful!
We may have gone off topic a little today, so sorry about that! But hopefully you now know some much more interesting replies to आप कैसे हैं? aap kaise hain? - how are you? Make sure you use them next time!
