Hindi · Beginner (A1) · Chapter 10 of 12
Likes and dislikes
पसंद और नापसंदpasand aur naapasand
Say what you like and don't like in Hindi with मुझे … पसंद है, make sentences negative with नहीं, and talk about food.
In this chapter you'll learn to
- Say what you like and don't like
- Ask someone what they like
- Make a sentence negative with नहीं
Listen
At lunch in the office canteen, Arjun and his colleague Jyoti talk about food. Listen to the whole dialogue first, then line by line.
Arjun
ज्योति जी, आपको क्या पसंद है, चाय या कॉफ़ी?
Jyoti jee, aapko kyaa pasand hai, chaay yaa kofee?
Jyoti, which do you like, tea or coffee?
Jyoti
मुझे कॉफ़ी बहुत पसंद है। मुझे चाय पसंद नहीं है।
Mujhe kofee bahut pasand hai. Mujhe chaay pasand naheen hai.
I love coffee. I don't like tea.
Arjun
सच में? मुझे चाय पसंद है, कॉफ़ी नहीं।
Sach men? Mujhe chaay pasand hai, kofee naheen.
Really? I like tea, not coffee.
Jyoti
और खाना? आपको क्या पसंद है?
Aur khaanaa? Aapko kyaa pasand hai?
And food? What do you like?
Arjun
मुझे राजमा चावल बहुत पसंद है।
Mujhe raajmaa chaaval bahut pasand hai.
I really like rajma chawal.
Jyoti
मुझे भी। लेकिन मैं मीठा नहीं खाती।
Mujhe bhee. Lekin main meethaa naheen khaatee.
Me too. But I don't eat sweet things.
Arjun
मुझे मीठा बहुत पसंद है। यह गुलाब जामुन बहुत अच्छा है।
Mujhe meethaa bahut pasand hai. Yah gulaab jaamun bahut achchhaa hai.
I love sweet things. This gulab jamun is really good.
Jyoti
मुझे गुलाब जामुन अच्छा नहीं लगता। यह बहुत मीठा है।
Mujhe gulaab jaamun achchhaa naheen lagtaa. Yah bahut meethaa hai.
I don't like gulab jamun. It's too sweet.
Understand
I like: मुझे … पसंद है
To say you like something, Hindi says “to me … is liked”: (mujhe chaay pasand hai), I like tea. It works like … (mujhe … chaahiye): the person who likes takes a special form, and (pasand) never changes. Add (bahut) for “really like” or “love”.
(mujhe) means the same as (mujhko), “to me”: the word for “I” with (ko, to). With a name or a noun, simply add (ko): (Amit ko chaay pasand hai), Amit likes tea.
| Hindi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| … (mujhe … pasand hai) | I like … |
| … (tumhen … pasand hai) | you like … (friendly) |
| … (aapko … pasand hai) | you like … (polite) |
| … (use … pasand hai) | he / she likes … |
| … (hamen … pasand hai) | we like … |
| … (unhen … pasand hai) | they like …; he / she likes … (respect) |
| … (Amit ko … pasand hai) | Amit likes … |
Saying “not”: नहीं
As you saw in chapter 4, (naheen) goes just before the verb: (mujhe chaay pasand naheen hai), I don't like tea.
With the verb forms from chapter 7, the last word ( (hoon), (hai), (hain)) is usually dropped after (naheen). Jyoti says (main meethaa naheen khaatee), I don't eat sweet things. A man says (main meethaa naheen khaataa).
- मुझे कॉफ़ी पसंद नहीं है।Mujhe kofee pasand naheen hai.I don't like coffee.
- मैं चाय नहीं पीता।Main chaay naheen peetaa.I don't drink tea. (a man speaking)
- मैं चाय नहीं पीती।Main chaay naheen peetee.I don't drink tea. (a woman speaking)
Another way: अच्छा लगता है
… (mujhe … achchhaa lagtaa hai) also means “I like …”, literally “… seems good to me”. Here (achchhaa lagtaa) changes to match the thing you like: (gulaab jaamun) is masculine, (chaay) is feminine.
- मुझे गुलाब जामुन अच्छा लगता है।Mujhe gulaab jaamun achchhaa lagtaa hai.I like gulab jamun.
- मुझे चाय अच्छी लगती है।Mujhe chaay achchhee lagtee hai.I like tea.
More in the grammar: Negation: not, no and don't · Postpositions and the oblique case · The present habitual: I do, I usually do
New words
- आपकोaapkoto you (polite) · (aapko kyaa pasand hai?), What do you like?
- पसंदpasandliked; liking · … (mujhe … pasand hai), I like …; never changes
- कॉफ़ीkofeecoffee · feminine
- सच में?Sach men?Really?
- राजमाraajmaakidney beans; rajma (a curry of kidney beans) · masculine
- चावलchaavalrice · masculine
- मीठाmeethaasweet; sweet things · / / (meethaa / meethee / meethe)
- खानाkhaanaato eat · Also a noun: food (masculine).
- गुलाब जामुनgulaab jaamungulab jamun (a sweet in syrup) · masculine
- अच्छा लगनाachchhaa lagnaato like, to seem good (to someone)
- तुम्हेंtumhento you (friendly)
- उसेuseto him, to her
Practise
1.How do you say “I don't like tea”?
2.Arjun is talking. Put the words in order.
Tap the words below in the right order.I don't eat sweet things.
3.Match the Hindi with the English.
Pick a word on the left, then its meaning on the right.
4.Jyoti says she doesn't drink coffee in the evening. Which word fits? ___ (main shaam ko kofee naheen ___)
5.“I like tea.” Which words fit? ___ (mujhe chaay achchhee ___)
6.How do you say “Amit likes tea”?
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Say it out loud
मुझे चाय बहुत पसंद है।
Mujhe chaay bahut pasand hai.
I love tea.
Listen, then say it out loud, as close to the recording as you can.
Check
Five questions on this chapter. Then mark it as finished to add its words to your review deck.
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