Real home talk is full of vague words. Someone rang the bell. Is there something to eat? In this episode: • Koi: someone, anyone, any • Kuchh: something, some • Kahin and kabhi: somewhere and sometime • Any at all, and one or another • Around ten: rough numbers • Scene: the missing keys • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key Hindi from this episode: कोई आया है (koi aaya hai) = Someone has come. दरवाज़े पर कोई है (darwaaze par koi hai) = There's someone at the door. कोई है (koi hai) = Is anyone there? Said when you walk into a quiet house. कोई बात नहीं (koi baat nahin) = No problem, never mind. Literally: not any matter. आस-पास कोई दुकान है (aas-paas koi dukaan hai) = Is there any shop nearby? घर पर कोई नहीं है (ghar par koi nahin hai) = There's no one at home. किसी को बुलाओ (kisi ko bulaao) = Call someone. किसी से पूछ लो (kisi se poochh lo) = Ask someone. ये किसी का फ़ोन है (ye kisi ka phone hai) = This is somebody's phone. किसी ने घंटी बजाई (kisi ne ghanti bajaayi) = Someone rang the bell. कुछ खाओगे (kuchh khaaoge) = Will you eat something? कुछ चाहिए (kuchh chaahiye) = Do you need anything? कुछ नहीं (kuchh nahin) = Nothing. Also the everyday answer to "what's up?". कुछ लोग आ रहे हैं (kuchh log aa rahe hain) = Some people are coming. कुछ दिन (kuchh din) = a few days. कुछ पैसे बचे हैं (kuchh paise bache hain) = A little money is left. कुछ और लोगे (kuchh aur loge) = Will you have something else? कहीं (kahin) = somewhere. Notice the humming nasal at the end, as in Episode 172. कहीं नहीं (kahin nahin) = nowhere. आज हम कहीं नहीं जा रहे (aaj ham kahin nahin ja rahe) = We're not going anywhere today. कहीं और (kahin aur) = somewhere else. 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.