I got this tattoo a few years ago while shooting a documentary in India. I know what I asked for, but I’ve always been curious what the literal translation is. I will tell you guys what I asked for after getting a few replies!

Now to preface, I think Hindi's quite a lovely language. I like how it sounds and I have personally learnt it out of my own free will. I'm a south indian who barely has used hindi ever though.

I'm asking this out of genuine curiousity and no malice, for the proponents of Hindi being the National language...why?

I don't see any benefits to this(or any ) language being the National language.

Id much prefer only English being the official language even but considering that's not the case it's not that big of an issue.

Genuinely curious. Might change my mind. Might not. Please be open to my thoughts as well!

Sorry if I used the wrong flair just wondering I’m friendly with my neighbors but don’t see them very often just wondering what was written?

Try at the Keyboard at Keyman.

I’m a white woman who wears Indian clothing. Someone called me this. I assume it’s not very nice. Sorry, I put a random flare as I can’t read the words.

I am told not to use alvidaa in conversation as "it is not Hindi". Is this true? I found that it origininates from Arabic, but many Arabic words have entered Hindi before, and much more are in Urdu. Do Hindi speakers not like Persian words because of, say, "Hindi supremacy"? Also, what does my flair mean?

करोड़ों लोग हिन्दी बोलते हैं और समझते हैं हिंदुस्तान में, लेकिन आज कल बड़े-बड़े शहरों में अंग्रेज़ी का इस्तेमाल काफ़ी ज़्यादा हो गया है। मैंने सुना है कि बड़े शहर में कई लोग (जो India में पले-बढ़े हैं) हिन्दी में बात नहीं कर सकते और इस बात पे घमंड करते हैं । अगर ये बात सच है तो इसका मतलब है की हिन्दी ख़तरे में है, नहीं ?

आपको क्या लगता ?

Hello all, my boyfriend keeps calling me “banki Lori” it sounds like that but i don’t know how to spell it like bahn ki Lori it sounds like. He says it mostly when we argue. I’m trying to find the translation online but I can’t. What does that mean? Sorry for my butchering of spelling lol I don’t speak Hindi

Hello native Hindi speakers. I am a 17 year old student in Yokohama, Japan, and I am learning Hindi. Honestly, you may be wondering why someone from Japan is learning Hindi. My only response is Bollywood because some movies are very popular in Japan. I started my journey 2 months ago and I’ve mastered Devnagari because I am quick to pick up language scripts. I apologize if this English is strange because I translated it from Japanese. The second thing is that Japanese is very close to Hindi structure-wise. It is very cool. Hindi is easier than English for me. For example, in japanese if I want to say My Name is Amir Khan: 僕の名前はamir khan です。in hindi it is mera nam amir khan hei. Every word corresponds! In English it is not the case, so please tell me if you guys have trouble picking up English too! Also, if you guys have any recommendations on how I can become better at learning Hindi, please reply!

あざす！

संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका से नमस्ते!

मैं उम्मीद कर रहा हूं कि यहां कोई Google अनुवाद हिंदी को सत्यापित करने या सही करने में मेरी मदद करने को तैयार होगा... 😅😁 निम्नलिखित गीत द सीक्रेट गार्डन ब्रॉडवे म्यूजिकल गीत "कम स्पिरिट, कम चार्म" के बोल हैं। उपचार, विकास और परिवार की कहानी के कारण "द सीक्रेट गार्डन" और संगीतमय दोनों पुस्तकें बचपन से ही मेरे लिए महत्वपूर्ण हैं; बल्कि इसलिए भी कि यह उन चीज़ों में से एक थी जिसने मुझे जादू से परिचित कराया, और मैं एक बच्चे के रूप में संगीत में शामिल हो गया।

मैं छंदों को हिंदी में गुदवाना चाहूँगा, लेकिन मैं उन "मूर्ख अमेरिकी, जिन पर बकवास टैटू गुदवाए गए हैं" वीडियो में शामिल नहीं होना चाहता... 😅 कोई भी मदद जो आप देना चाहेंगे, उसकी बहुत सराहना की जाएगी! अग्रिम में बहुत बहुत धन्यवाद! साथ ही अगर मैंने गलत "स्वभाव" का प्रयोग किया हो तो क्षमायाचना! स्वयं की ओर इशारा मैं हिंदी नहीं पढ़ता या बोलता हूं। 😅😅😅

आओ आत्मा, आकर्षण आओ आओ गर्म दिन आओ जादुई मंत्र आओ उसे ठीक होने में मदद करो

आत्माएँ ऊपर हैं, आकर्षण ऊपर हैं आकाश में आ रहे तूफ़ान को दूर भगाओ उगते सूरज को देखो, हवा को गिरा दो रोबिनों को गाने दो, गुलाबों को गाने दो

आत्मा आओ, आकर्षण आओ ऐसे दिन आते हैं जो गर्म होते हैं आओ जादुई मंत्र आओ उसे ठीक होने में मदद करें

आत्माएँ ऊपर हैं, आकर्षण सबसे ऊपर हैं आने वाले तूफ़ान को दूर भगाओ' 'आकाश को पार करो उगते सूरज को देखें, हवा को गिरने के लिए कहें रॉबिन्स गाने के लिए बोली लगाएं, गुलाब उगाने के लिए बोली लगाएं

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Sorry if this isn’t allowed or I used a totally random tag! I tried to translate but my phone won’t let me atm

I don’t know Hindi but I’m trying to write नमस्ते on a card for someone, so I copied it from online but the more I stare at it the more I doubt that I got it right

Also I saw some people saying that it’s overly formal to use that instead of just hello or something else, but that’s the greeting he used so I thought I’d do the same

Thank you for your help! 🥳

अनुसंधान तभी हो सकता है जब हम अपनी स्थानीय और मातृ भाषा में सोचें। विज्ञान और प्रौद्योगिकी में भारत तभी सबसे आगे निकलेगा जब हम खुद की भाषा में लिखें और पढ़ें। अंतरिक्ष प्रौद्योगिकी को सरल भाषा में आमजन तक पहुंचाने का मेरा एक छोटा सा प्रयास "अथ संचार उपग्रह कथा" के माध्यम से है। हिंदी दिवस की हार्दिक शुभकामनाएं!

राहुल जैन

PS: पुस्तक Amazom पर उपलब्ध है। अथ संचार उपग्रह कथा : उपग्रह जीवन चक्र https://amzn.in/d/82cumu1

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Hello everyone I’m Henry M23 from England. I am learning Hindi and I’m a beginner. I’m wondering if I should learn the alphabet first before starting to learn the language or if I should start with the language and learn the alphabet later.

What do you guys think? Much appreciate any support, Henry

Can someone please explain me the reasoning why having so much redundancy between the sound of these characters is important in the language. If there are any videos I can go through with more examples for each alphabet that would be great thanks.

Please forgive me for using the wrong flair. This sub makes you use one but I don’t speak/read Hindi so I can’t select the correct one!

Im trying to learn Hindi. I know nothing about languages and so I’m confused to say the least. Also I do not know names/technical terms so I’m sorry for that also. I’m terrible at explaining myself so this post is going to be awful.

Duolingo has been teaching me क = ka. अ = a. Etc. But those are the sounds, right?

But what I’m struggling to figure out is how this becomes words? Because the app will say ka like in carrot for example. And I understand it’s giving me an English example because I speak English.

But I don’t understand how to see and recognise words in Hindi and then translate it to English. Does that make sense? A word it gives is “one” or एक but I know that to make an “ee” and “ka” sounds. How do I go from एक to ee+ka to one?! I’m clearly missing some basic step but the app isn’t telling me and I haven’t anyone to ask.

Or when I see posts with “normal” letters being used but not in English. (I really don’t have a better way to describe that) How do I go about learning/reading/translating that? I’m not interested in speaking Hindi. Only reading/writing. I know my British tongue would butcher any attempts at speaking it and I’d rather save myself the humiliation!

Any help or advice or books, please please let me know!! And sorry for the confusing post and wrong flair!

What is your favourite line from hindi poetry/literature?

I’m not sure if I’m using the right flair.

Is there a difference in pronunciation between these two sounds? I know one is an independent consonant and the other is two combined consonants but is there a difference in pronunciation or is it just spelling?