Listen to any Indian family for five minutes and you will hear words said twice, or a word followed by a rhyming nonsense word: चाय-शाय (chai-shai), खाना-वाना (khaana-vaana), धीरे-धीरे (dheere-dheere). To a new learner it can sound like a stutter or baby talk. It is neither. In this episode: • Echo words: and stuff • Tone of echo words • Doubling for manner and intensity • Doubling for "each" and "which all" • Partner pairs • Sound words • Scene: guests arrive • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key Hindi from this episode: चाय-शाय (chai-shai) = tea and snacks and all that. चाय-शाय पियोगे (chai-shai piyoge) = Will you have some tea or something? खाना-वाना (khaana-vaana) = food and everything. खाना-वाना खाया (khaana-vaana khaaya) = Did you eat properly? पानी-वानी (paani-vaani) = water or something to drink. पानी-वानी लो (paani-vaani lo) = Have some water or something. कपड़े-वपड़े (kapde-vapde) = clothes and things. कपड़े-वपड़े पैक कर लो (kapde-vapde pack kar lo) = Pack your clothes and stuff. काम-वाम (kaam-vaam) = work and all. काम-वाम कैसा चल रहा है (kaam-vaam kaisa chal raha hai) = How's work and everything going? चाय पियोगे (chai piyoge) = Will you drink tea? This is fine but plain. धीरे-धीरे (dheere-dheere) = slowly, little by little. धीरे-धीरे सीख जाओगे (dheere-dheere seekh jaaoge) = You'll learn little by little. जल्दी-जल्दी (jaldi-jaldi) = quickly, hurry hurry. गरम-गरम (garam-garam) = piping hot. गरम-गरम पकौड़े (garam-garam pakaude) = Piping hot fritters. ठंडा-ठंडा (thanda-thanda) = nice and cool. ठंडा-ठंडा पानी (thanda-thanda paani) = Lovely cool water. घर-घर (ghar-ghar) = every house, house after house. Season 3 · Spoken Hindi at Home: the complete self-study course for English speakers. Every Hindi item is given in Devanagari, Hinglish and English. Take the 52-question quiz after listening. Audio voiced with AI from an original script by Dr. Rashmi R Nair.