Background Review
Let’s review these sentences:
Sita khush hai = Sita is happy
Sita roti kha-ti hai = Sita eats roti
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Anita is a singer = Anita…
Priya watches a movie (dekh) =
Yes/No Questions
To ask a question, we simply add a question inflection:
Sita khush hai? = Sita is happy?
Sita roti kha-ti hai? = Sita eats roti?
Textbook-style question:
kya Sita roti kha-ti hai? = Does Sita eat roti?
…sounds very formal
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Anita is ok? = Anita…
Radha speaks Hindi (bol) =
Answering with Yes/No
ha OR ha ji = yes
nahi = no
For negation, just add a nahi after the word:
Sita roti nahi kha-ti hai = Sita does not eat roti
mai French nahi bol-ti hu = I don’t speak French
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Radha does not watch movies (dekh) = Radha…
I don’t play tennis (khel) =
Also
bhi = also
Similarly, we can add bhi after the word to get:
vo roti bhi kha-ti hai = She also eats roti
vo sandwich bhi banaa-ti hai = She also makes a sandwich
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I speak Hindi also = mai…
She makes tea also =
