The first ten minutes with a new Indian family follow a pattern. Someone offers you tea, and then the questions come, warm and fast: Where are you from? How long have you been here? In this episode: • Your name and a first greeting • Where you are from • How long you have been here: the se pattern • What you do • Family and hindi • Politely sidestepping personal questions • Ending the conversation warmly • Scene: meeting the new neighbours • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key Hindi from this episode: नमस्ते जी (namaste ji) = Hello, with respect. मेरा नाम सैम है (mera naam Sam hai) = My name is Sam. मैं सैम हूँ (main Sam hoon) = I'm Sam. Shorter and very common. आपका नाम क्या है? (aapka naam kya hai?) = What is your name? Polite. तुम्हारा नाम क्या है? (tumhaara naam kya hai?) = What's your name? To a child. हाँ जी (haan ji) = Yes, respectfully. जी, मेरा नाम सैम है (ji, mera naam Sam hai) = Yes, my name is Sam. मुझे सैम बुलाइए (mujhe Sam bulaaiye) = Please call me Sam. मैं अमेरिका से हूँ (main America se hoon) = I'm from America. मैं कनाडा से हूँ (main Canada se hoon) = I'm from Canada. मैं इंग्लैंड से हूँ (main England se hoon) = I'm from England. मैं ऑस्ट्रेलिया से हूँ (main Australia se hoon) = I'm from Australia. आप कहाँ से हैं? (aap kahaan se hain?) = Where are you from? मैं अभी-अभी आया हूँ (main abhi-abhi aaya hoon) = I've only just arrived. मैं यहाँ नई हूँ (main yahaan nayi hoon) = I'm new here. Said by a woman. मैं यहाँ नया हूँ (main yahaan naya hoon) = The same, said by a man. मैं टीचर हूँ (main teacher hoon) = I'm a teacher. मैं इंजीनियर हूँ (main engineer hoon) = I'm an engineer. 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.