Basic Hindi phrases
for travelers
with pronunciations
About 400 million Indians speak Hindi, which is several times as many as the second leading Indian language (Bengali).
Below is my basic Hindi phrase list.
To make it easy for you, I list the Hindi words in English-Hindi, not in Hindi
script. Example: For hello, I use Namaste instead
of " 
".
Basic Hindi phrases
for travelers
Social courtesies
Hello / goodbye
Namaste nah-mah-STAY
Please
Kripya KRIP-yah
Thank you
Shukriya SHUK-kree-yah
Quick questions
Who?
Kauna? kwon
What?
Kya? KEY-yah
Why?
Kyon? key-OWN
When?
Jab? zhab
Which?
Jo? joe
How?
Kaise? KAI-sih
Numbers
One
Ek eek
Two
Do doh
Three
Teen teen
Directions
Where
Jaha zuh-HAHT
Here
Yahan yah-HAHT
There
Vahan vah-HAHT
Left
Chora diya CHOH-dee-yah
Right
Sahi see-hee
Up
Upara oo-pahr
Down
Nice nee-chey
Money
How much?
Kitna? KEET-nah
Bill
Bila BILL-uh
Inexpensive
Sasta suhs-tah
Expensive
Mahanga mah-HENG-gah
Other phrases
Yes
Haan hah
No
Nahi NEH-heen
Okay
Accha ah-chah
Stop
Roka Rowk
Delicous
Svadista swah-disht
Beautiful
Sundara soon-deht
Insights on Hindi
and Indian languages
Linguistically diverse
Nearly two dozen languages plus numerous dialects are spoken in India.
Many IndiansS
speak English
This is especially true in big cities and in the small, high-tourism urban areas. This is a British colonial legacy.
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