Homes are busy places. Someone touches a hot pan, a child slips on a wet floor, a finger meets a knife while chopping onions, and in a second everyone is talking at once. In those moments you need short, fast, clear Hindi: to warn someone before it happens, to say what happened, to ask where it hurts, to comfort, and to call for help if it is serious. In this episode: • Warnings before it happens • Saying what happened: got hurt • Burns and cuts • Falls, slips and bumps • Comforting someone • Gas, electricity and calling for help • Scene: a busy kitchen • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key Hindi from this episode: संभल के! (sambhal ke!) = Careful! Steady yourself! ध्यान से! (dhyaan se!) = Carefully! Pay attention! देख के चलो (dekh ke chalo) = Watch where you're walking. धीरे! (dheere!) = Slowly! रुको! (ruko!) = Stop! Wait! गरम है, हाथ मत लगाओ (garam hai, haath mat lagaao) = It's hot, don't touch. फ़र्श गीला है (farsh geela hai) = The floor is wet. चाकू से सावधान (chaaku se saavdhaan) = Careful with the knife. बच्चे को चाकू मत दो (bachche ko chaaku mat do) = Don't give the knife to the child. सीढ़ियों पे ध्यान से (seedhiyon pe dhyaan se) = Careful on the stairs. चोट लग गई (chot lag gayi) = I got hurt. Literally: a hurt struck. मुझे चोट लगी है (mujhe chot lagi hai) = I've hurt myself. उसे चोट लगी (use chot lagi) = He got hurt, or she got hurt. कहाँ लगी? (kahaan lagi?) = Where did it hurt? Where did you get hurt? ज़्यादा तो नहीं लगी? (zyaada to nahin lagi?) = It didn't hurt too much, did it? सिर पे लगी (sir pe lagi) = I hit my head. घुटने पे लगी (ghutne pe lagi) = I hurt my knee. 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.