On a school morning, a parent in an Indian home speaks in rapid bursts: where is your bag, wear your shoes, take your lunch box, the bus is here. Children answer with their own little phrases, and the whole conversation lasts about fifteen minutes. If you are a parent in a Hindi-speaking family, or an aunt or uncle helping out, this is the Hindi you need most. In this episode: • The school kit • The hurry-up phrases • Homework talk • After school questions • An invented school morning • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key Hindi from this episode: स्कूल (school) = school. Hindi simply uses the English word. बस्ता (basta) = school bag. Many families also say बैग (bag) = bag. टिफ़िन (tiffin) = lunch box, the packed meal itself too. पानी की बोतल (paani ki botal) = water bottle. जूते (joote) = shoes. One shoe is जूता (joota). मोज़े (moze) = socks. यूनिफ़ॉर्म (uniform) = school uniform. किताबें (kitaaben) = books, and कॉपी (copy) = exercise book, notebook. जल्दी करो (jaldi karo) = Hurry up. जूते पहनो (joote pehno) = Put on your shoes. बस आ गई (bas aa gayi) = The bus has come. बस निकल जाएगी (bas nikal jaayegi) = The bus will leave. चलो, चलो (chalo, chalo) = Come on, come on. होमवर्क (homework) = homework. होमवर्क किया? (homework kiya?) = Did you do your homework? पढ़ाई (padhaai) = studies, studying. पढ़ाई कैसी चल रही है? (padhaai kaisi chal rahi hai?) = How are your studies going? याद किया? (yaad kiya?) = Did you learn it by heart? कल टेस्ट है (kal test hai) = There's a test tomorrow. आज स्कूल में क्या हुआ? (aaj school mein kya hua?) = What happened at school today? टिफ़िन खाया? (tiffin khaaya?) = Did you eat your lunch? 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.