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English to Hindi

  English to Hindi Please come in. aaie. आइये. Please sit down. baiThie. बैठिए Plesae wait a moment. ek minat rukie. एक मिनट रुकिये. Repeat, please. phir se bolie. फिर से बोलिये. Please speak slowly. dhire dhire bolie धीरे-धीरे बोलिये. I (f/m.) did’t understand. main  nahiin samjhin/samjhaa. में नहीं समझीं/समझा. Yes. ji haan. जी हाँ. No. ji  nahiin. जी नहीं. Ok: it’s Ok. thik hai. ठीक है. Really? acchaa? अच्छा? I know a little Hindi. mujhe thoRi hindii aati hai. मुझे थोड़ी हिन्दी आती है. Do you know English? Kyaa aap ko angrezii aati hai? क्या आपको अंग्रेजी आती है? Not much. bahut nahiin. बहुत नहीं. Please write it down. likh diijie. लिख दीजिये. What’s  this/that? yah/vah kyaa hai? यह/वह क्या है? What’s this called? Isko kyaa kahte hain? इसको क्या कहते हैं? How much is this? yah kitne kaa hai? यह कितने का हैं? What’s the price of this? iskaa daam kyaa hai? इसका दाम क्या है? I don’t need/w...

English Exercise on Sentence Types

English  Exercise on Sentence Types SIMPLE SENTENCE A simple sentence, also called an independent clause, contains a subject and a verb, and it expresses a complete thought. In the following simple sentences, subjects are in yellow, and verbs are in green.   A. Some students like to study in the mornings. B. Juan and Arturo play football every afternoon. C. Alicia goes to the library and studies every day. The three examples above are all simple sentences. Note that sentence B contains a compound subject, and sentence C contains a compound verb. Simple sentences, therefore, contain a subject and verb and express a complete thought, but they can also contain a compound subjects or verbs.  COMPOUND SENTENCE A compound sentence contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinator. The coordinators are as follows: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so. (Helpful hint: The first letter of each of the coordinators spells FANBOYS.) Except f...