Learn 49 everyday Hindi words and phrases for greetings, leave-taking and small talk. Each word is spoken slowly, repeated, explained in English and used in a natural Hindi sentence, then reviewed in a quick-fire recap. Take the matching 50-question quiz after listening to lock the words in. Words in this episode: राम-राम (Ram-Ram) – hello — the village greeting सत श्री अकाल (Sat Sri Akal) – the Sikh greeting आदाब (aadaab) – the Urdu-style greeting सलाम (salaam) – hello — the Muslim greeting जय श्री कृष्ण (Jai Shri Krishna) – the Vaishnav greeting खम्मा घणी (khamma ghani) – the Rajasthani greeting हैलो (hello) – hello — on the phone and everywhere हाय (hi) – hi बाय (bye) – bye ओके (OK) – OK क्या नाम है आपका? (kya naam hai aapka) – what's your name? कहाँ के रहने वाले हो? (kahaan ke rehne waale ho) – where are you from? मैं ... से हूँ (main ... se hoon) – I'm from ... क्या करते हो? (kya karte ho) – what do you do? कहाँ रहते हो? (kahaan rehte ho) – where do you live? शादी हो गई? (shaadi ho gayi) – are you married? — asked within minutes बच्चे कितने हैं? (bachche kitne hain) – how many children? मौसम कैसा है? (mausam kaisa hai) – how's the weather? बहुत गर्मी है (bahut garmi hai) – it's very hot आज तो बहुत ठंड है (aaj to bahut thand hai) – it's really cold today बारिश हो रही है (baarish ho rahi hai) – it's raining खाना हो गया? (khaana ho gaya) – have you eaten? हाँ, हो गया (haan, ho gaya) – yes, done अभी नहीं हुआ (abhi nahin hua) – not yet क्या बना है? (kya bana hai) – what's cooked? तबीयत कैसी है? (tabiyat kaisi hai) – how's your health? अब ठीक है (ab theek hai) – better now बधाई हो (badhaai ho) – congratulations बहुत-बहुत बधाई (bahut-bahut badhaai) – many congratulations मुबारक हो (mubaarak ho) – congratulations अफ़सोस हुआ (afsos hua) – I'm sorry to hear it बहुत दुख हुआ (bahut dukh hua) – I was very sad to hear आराम करो (aaraam karo) – rest थैंक्स (thanks) – thanks इसमें क्या है (ismein kya hai) – it's nothing …and more in the episode