Namaste, I'm learning Hindi!

I am all yrs (puts on a teacher cap)

Aap kaise ho ?

Main achha hoon. Shukriyaa.

Kya tum mujhe pyar karte ho ?

I love you, too!

When does the belly dancing start?

i've been dancing all along. Here's a link to my webcam.

- I shoulda figured -

wheee!

Dagmar, tumhari shadi kab hai?

Sawan - sometime before August, I think. Not exactly sure yet (you did ask when will I get married, yes?)

Ham pite rahenge!

Except, no alcoholic drinks I'm afraid. There will have to be a special party for that. Ugh, this is hard. I need to get a book. Looking up things online takes soo ooo oooo long!

... if Sawan is summer... what does saawan mein mean? It's a song that I have....

ah, just bought a book with CDs online. You just wait till it comes! Then there will be no stopping me!

<grin>
Can't wait to hear this!

Sorry for being a nit-picker....

You must say:
Main *achhi* hoon. Shukriyaa.

Acchii cause you're female. accha is when the "Main" is male....

((((huggss))) to Dag

Saawan refers to rain/ rainy season...S'posed to be the season of romance...

Main = Mai (NN) Mai with nasal n
Ah is male; ii or ee is female.

Tumhara = yours (male)
Tumhari = yours (female)

So, "sarah" would be a male form of "saree", purely theoretically speaking

Well u are actually right.... Sarah or Saree means "All"

Saree means all those objects grouped under feminine or Neuter Gender

Saraah means all those objects grouped under masculine gender

If you say "All" in english u cannot guess what is the gender of the group

But in hindi you would either say "Saraa" or "Saree" thus indicating the gender of the things u r referring to.

Dagmar, aap kahan rehti hain aur aap kya kaam karti hain?

(Practice questions, not intended for truthful answers.)

Kahaan? Kyaa?
Main Cambridge main rehti hein. Main peacebuilder hoon.

(hmm, why is "main" there twice?)

Aap kaise hai, Heatwave?


ugh, this will take awhile.

Achcha. (Acknowledging your response to kahan rehti, and kya kaam karti hain.) Main = I. And Main (some write in English as Mein to differentiate from the I) = in.



Main theek hoon. Aap ko aaj kam par nahin jaana hai?



Think of it this way...you could be learning Mandarin...

PS: Your fellow is a lucky guy. You're learning his language already.

PPS: If you have Indian stores where you live, try borrowing Bollywood DVDs - most of them are subtitled. Two titles I can recommend 'Monsoon Wedding' or 'Bollywood/Hollywood' - a little for the entertainment value if you can get into the dance & drama, a lot for the easier-to-follow and well subtitled Hindi.