Hindi Nouns

Welcome to the third Hindi lesson about nouns. This time we will first learn about fruits and vegetables, followed by grammar rules, then food items, finally a conversation in Hindi to help you practice your daily phrases. To hear the pronunciation, just click on the sound icon.

potatoes आलू [aalu]

tomatoes टमाटर [tmaatr]

onions प्याज़ [pyaaje]

carrots गाजर [gaaajr]

fruits फल [fl]

apples सेब [seb]

bananas केला [kelaa]

oranges सन्तरा [sntraa]

Nouns Grammar Rules

In general nouns refer to a person, an object, or abstract ideas. For example: a fast runner the noun is [runner] because it refers to a person. The examples below use nouns in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.

Grammar + Rules - Hindi + Pronunciation
do you have milk? [verb + noun] क्या आपके पास दूध है ? [kyaa aapke paas dudh hai ?]
I have milk and coffee [preposition + noun] मेरे पास दूध और काफी हैं | [mere paas dudh aur kaafi hain |]
he has three apples [number + plural noun] उसके पास तीन सेब है | [uske paas tin seb hai |]
she only has one apple [number + singular noun] उसके पास सिर्फ एक सेब है | [uske paas sirf ek seb hai |]
we live in a small house [adjective + noun] हम एक छोटे से घर में रहते हैं | [hm ek chote se ghr men rhte hain |]
I like our breakfast [pronoun + noun] मुझे हमारा नाश्ता पसंद है | [mujhe hmaaraa naashtaa psnd hai |]

The following are nouns of food items that you might be interested in learning and memorizing.

bread रोटी [roti]

milk दूध [dudh]

butter मक्खन [mkkhn]

cheese चीज़ [kije]

coffee कॉफ़ी [kofei]

sandwich सैंडविच [saindvik]

meat मांस [maans]

chicken मुर्गा [murgaaa]

fish मछली [mchli]

breakfast नाश्ता [naashtaa]

lunch दोपहर का खाना [dophr kaa khaanaa]

dinner रात का खाना [raat kaa khaanaa]

Conversation in Hindi

Now we finally reach the fun part, the practice of the daily conversations. These phrases are used to get to know new people, and break the ice.

English - Hindi - Pronunciation
Do you speak (English/ Hindi)? क्या आप अंगरेजी/हिंदी बोलते (m)/ बोलती (f) हैं? [kyaa aap angareji/hindi bolte (m)/ bolti (f) hain?]
Just a little थोड़ा सा [thodeaa saa]
I like Hindi मुझे हिन्दी पसन्द है | [mujhe hindi psnd hai |]
Can I practice with you? मैं आपके साथ अभ्यास कर सकता (m) / सकती (f) हूँ [main aapke saath abhyaas kr sktaa (m) / skti (f) hun]
How old are you? आपकी उम्र क्या है? [aapki umr kyaa hai?]
I'm thirty three years old मैं तैंतीस साल का हूँ | [main taintis saal kaa hun |]
It was nice talking to you आपसे बात करके अच्छा लगा | [aapse baat krke akchaa lgaaa |]

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