Learn 50 everyday Hindi words and phrases for linking, sequencing and joining your thoughts. 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: या फिर (ya phir) – or else अगर ... तो (agar ... to) – if ... then जैसे कि (jaise ki) – such as, as if मानो (maano) – as though जिससे (jisse) – so that, by which चाहे ... चाहे (chaahe ... chaahe) – whether ... or चाहे जो हो (chaahe jo ho) – come what may मतलब यह कि (matlab yah ki) – what I mean is दरअसल (darasal) – actually वैसे तो (vaise to) – generally speaking ख़ैर (khair) – anyway उदाहरण के लिए (udaaharan ke liye) – for example सबसे पहले (sabse pehle) – first of all दूसरी बात (doosri baat) – secondly अंत में (ant mein) – finally साथ ही (saath hi) – along with that फिर चाहे (phir chaahe) – even if तो भी (to bhi) – still, even then नहीं तो क्या (nahin to kya) – what else इसी वजह से (isi wajah se) – for this very reason इसका मतलब (iska matlab) – this means इसी तरह (isi tarah) – in the same way एक तरफ़ (ek taraf) – on one hand कुल मिलाकर (kul milaakar) – all in all सच कहूँ तो (sach kahoon to) – to be honest सीधी बात (seedhi baat) – straight talk बात यह है कि (baat yah hai ki) – the thing is जहाँ तक मुझे पता है (jahaan tak mujhe pata hai) – as far as I know मेरे ख़याल से (mere khayaal se) – in my view मेरे हिसाब से (mere hisaab se) – by my reckoning जैसा कि आप जानते हैं (jaisa ki aap jaante hain) – as you know जैसा मैंने कहा (jaisa maine kaha) – as I said बाक़ी (baaki) – the rest, otherwise वग़ैरह (vagairah) – et cetera आदि (aadi) – and so on — formal इत्यादि (ityaadi) – and so forth और भी (aur bhi) – and more न ... न (na ... na) – neither ... nor या तो ... या (ya to ... ya) – either ... or ऐसे ही (aise hi) – just like that वैसे ही (vaise hi) – in the same way तो क्या हुआ? (to kya hua) – so what? इससे पहले (isse pehle) – before this