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'How are you?' in Hindi
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Language
Hindi
Hindi, an Indo-Aryan language, is spoken by over 600 million people, primarily in India and parts of Fiji, Nepal, and Mauritius. It uses the Devanagari script, known for its phonetic accuracy. Hindi grammar features gendered nouns (masculine and feminine), verb conjugations based on tense, mood, and person, and a flexible word order (typically subject-object-verb). Its vocabulary draws from Sanskrit, with loanwords from Persian, Arabic, and English due to historical influences. As an official language of India, alongside English, and widely used in Bollywood, media, and literature, Hindi holds significant cultural and political importance in South Asia.
Romanization is enabled for Hindi on this platform in addition to the original script. Romanization is the representation of a non-Latin script language in the Latin alphabet to aid pronunciation and understanding for those unfamiliar with the original script.
Flashcards
अधिक
adhik
more
To a greater extent or degree.
सप्ताह
saptaah
week
A period of seven days.
सुरक्षा
surakṣā
security
The state of being free from danger or threat; safety.
miliyan
miliyan
million
The number 1,000,000.
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Raj
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Software developer
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Student
Cheerful
reading, gaming, cooking
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