Listen to any Hindi-speaking family for ten minutes and you will hear the same short phrases again and again: someone spills tea and hears "koi baat nahin", someone asks how the day went and hears "theek-thaak", someone leaves the house and hears "sambhal ke". These are set phrases, ready-made blocks that people do not build fresh each time. They carry a lot of feeling: comfort, surprise, agreement, care. In this episode: • Calming things down • Surprise and praise • Agreeing and checking • Chatting: how are things? • Care when someone leaves • A scene at the front door • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key Hindi from this episode: बस (bas) = Enough, that's all. बस इतना ही (bas itna hi) = Just this much. क्या चल रहा है? (kya chal raha hai?) = What's going on? What's new? सब ठीक है (sab theek hai) = All is well. ध्यान से जाना (dhyaan se jaana) = Go carefully, travel safely. जल्दी आना (jaldi aana) = Come back soon, don't be late. पहुँच कर कॉल करना (pahunch kar call karna) = Call when you get there. अपना ख्याल रखना (apna khayaal rakhna) = Take care of yourself. 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.