Hindi homes are full of English words, and as you heard in Episode 225, they slot straight into Hindi sentences. But once an English word enters Hindi, it needs a gender, because the words around it must agree. Is a car masculine or feminine? In this episode: • The english words you hear every day • Why they get the gender they do • The full agreement chain • The ne-past: the object decides • Your own gender in the verb • What to do when you are not sure • How much do mistakes matter? • Common mistakes • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key Hindi from this episode: फ़ोन (phone) = phone टीवी (TV) = television फ्रिज (fridge) = fridge लैपटॉप (laptop) = laptop बिल (bill) = bill केक (cake) = cake मैसेज (message) = message कार (car) = car बस (bas) = bus ट्रेन (train) = train लाइट (light) = light, power चॉकलेट (chocolate) = chocolate कॉफ़ी (coffee) = coffee प्लेट (plate) = plate मेरा फ़ोन बज रहा है (mera phone baj raha hai) = My phone is ringing. बस आ गई (bas aa gayi) = The bus has come. फ्रिज खराब हो गया (fridge kharaab ho gaya) = The fridge has stopped working. लाइट चली गई (light chali gayi) = The power has gone out. कॉफ़ी ठंडी हो गई (coffee thandi ho gayi) = The coffee has gone cold. केक बहुत मीठा है (cake bahut meetha hai) = The cake is very sweet. पापा की कॉफ़ी (Papa ki coffee) = Papa's coffee. Feminine, because of the coffee. मम्मी का फ़ोन (Mummy ka phone) = Mummy's phone. Masculine, because of the phone. नेहा के जूते (Neha ke joote) = Neha's shoes. Plural masculine, because of the shoes. फ़ोन बजता है (phone bajta hai) = The phone rings. फ़ोन बजा (phone baja) = The phone rang. फ्रिज चल रहा है (fridge chal raha hai) = The fridge is running. 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.