Hindi · Elementary (A2) · Chapter 9 of 12
Directions and transport
स्टेशन परsteshan par
Find your platform in Hindi, deal with a late train, give instructions in all three forms of “you”, and say what you'll have to do with पड़ना.
In this chapter you'll learn to
- Ask which platform and when a train leaves
- Give and understand instructions with तू, तुम and आप
- Say “don't” with मत (mat)
- Say what you'll have to do with पड़ेगा (paregaa)
Listen
Harpreet is taking the train from Varanasi to Delhi with her young son, Jassi. She asks at the enquiry desk. Listen to the whole dialogue first, then line by line.
Harpreet
माफ़ कीजिए, शिवगंगा एक्सप्रेस किस प्लेटफ़ॉर्म पर आएगी?
Maaf keejiye, Shivgangaa Ekspres kis pletform par aayegee?
Excuse me, which platform will the Shivganga Express come in at?
Clerk
प्लेटफ़ॉर्म नंबर पाँच पर। लेकिन आज वह एक घंटा लेट है।
Pletform nambar paanch par. Lekin aaj vah ek ghantaa let hai.
Platform five. But it's an hour late today.
Harpreet
एक घंटा? तो वह कितने बजे चलेगी?
Ek ghantaa? To vah kitne baje chalegee?
An hour? So what time will it leave?
Clerk
साढ़े आठ बजे। आपको पुल से प्लेटफ़ॉर्म पाँच पर जाना पड़ेगा।
Saadhe aath baje. Aapko pul se pletform paanch par jaanaa paregaa.
At half past eight. You'll have to take the footbridge to platform five.
Harpreet
क्या लिफ़्ट है? मेरे पास दो भारी बैग हैं।
Kyaa lift hai? Mere paas do bhaaree baig hain.
Is there a lift? I have two heavy bags.
Clerk
हाँ। सीधे जाइए, फिर दाएँ मुड़िए। वहाँ लिफ़्ट है।
Haan. Seedhe jaaiye, phir daayen muriye. Vahaan lift hai.
Yes. Go straight on, then turn right. There's a lift there.
Harpreet
बहुत धन्यवाद। जस्सी, यहाँ आओ। मेरा हाथ पकड़ो और भागो मत।
Bahut dhanyavaad. Jassee, yahaan aao. Meraa haath pakro aur bhaago mat.
Thank you very much. Jassi, come here. Hold my hand and don't run.
Jassi
मम्मी, मुझे भूख लगी है।
Mammee, mujhe bhookh lagee hai.
Mum, I'm hungry.
Harpreet
पहले प्लेटफ़ॉर्म पर चलो। वहाँ कुछ खाएँगे।
Pahle pletform par chalo. Vahaan kuchh khaayenge.
Let's go to the platform first. We'll eat something there.
Announcement
यात्रीगण कृपया ध्यान दें। शिवगंगा एक्सप्रेस एक घंटा देरी से चल रही है।
Yaatreegan kripyaa dhyaan den. Shivgangaa Ekspres ek ghantaa deree se chal rahee hai.
Passengers, please note. The Shivganga Express is running an hour late.
Understand
Instructions: तू, तुम and आप
You know the polite (aap) form ending in -इए (-iye) and the friendly (tum) form ending in -ओ (-o). There is a third form for (too): just the verb without -ना (-naa): (aa), come; (baith), sit. People use it with very close family and friends and with small children, and it can sound rude to anyone else, so it's good to recognise but best not to use yourself. Harpreet uses the (tum) form with her son: (aao), (pakro).
Announcements and signs use a formal form ending in -एँ (-en), the same form as “shall we…?” in chapter 8: (kripyaa dhyaan den), please pay attention.
| Verb | (too) | (tum) | (aap) |
|---|---|---|---|
| (aanaa), to come | (aa) | (aao) | (aaiye) |
| (pakarnaa), to hold | (pakar) | (pakro) | (pakriye) |
| (denaa), to give | (de) | (do) | (deejiye) |
| (karnaa), to do | (kar) | (karo) | (keejiye) |
| (peenaa), to drink | (pee) | (piyo) | (peejiye) |
Don't: मत and न
To tell someone not to do something, use (mat) with the instruction. It can go before or after the verb: (bhaago mat) or (mat bhaago), don't run. With (aap) it works the same way: (mat jaaiye), please don't go. Don't use (naheen) here.
Signs and announcements use the formal -एँ (-en) form with (na), a softer “not”: (kripyaa yahaan na baithen), please don't sit here. So: (naheen) is the everyday “not”, (mat) is “don't” in instructions, and (na) is the polite, formal “don't”.
- भागो मत।Bhaago mat.Don't run.
- यह पानी मत पीजिए।Yah paanee mat peejiye.Please don't drink this water.
- अभी मत जाओ।Abhee mat jaao.Don't go yet.
- कृपया यहाँ न बैठें।Kripyaa yahaan na baithen.Please don't sit here. (on a sign)
You'll have to: पड़ना
(aapko pul se jaanaa paregaa) means “you'll have to take the bridge”. It works like (mujhe jaanaa hai) from chapter 8: the person takes (ko), then comes the verb in -ना (-naa), then a form of (parnaa): (paregaa), will have to; (partaa hai), usually have to; (paraa), had to.
(parnaa) is for things you're forced to do by circumstances, like a late train. If the object is feminine, -ना and change to match it: (aapko Dillee men tren badalnee paregee), you'll have to change trains in Delhi.
- आपको पुल से जाना पड़ेगा।Aapko pul se jaanaa paregaa.You'll have to take the footbridge.
- मुझे एक घंटा इंतज़ार करना पड़ा।Mujhe ek ghantaa intazaar karnaa paraa.I had to wait for an hour.
- आपको दिल्ली में ट्रेन बदलनी पड़ेगी।Aapko Dillee men tren badalnee paregee.You'll have to change trains in Delhi.
More in the grammar: Asking questions · Negation: not, no and don't · Possession: my, your and “to have” · Pronouns and politeness · Commands and requests: आ, आओ, आइए · Should and have to: चाहिए, है, पड़ना
New words
- किसkiswhich · (kaun) and (kyaa) become (kis) before a noun with a postposition: (kis pletform par?), on which platform?
- प्लेटफ़ॉर्मpletformplatform · masculine
- चलनाchalnaato leave (of a train or bus) · (tren kitne baje chalegee?), What time will the train leave?
- पुलpulbridge, footbridge · masculine
- पड़ेगाparegaawill have to · (aapko jaanaa paregaa), you'll have to go
- मेरे पास … हैmere paas … haiI have … · You know it from A1: for things you have with you. (mere paas do baig hain), I have two bags.
- भारीbhaareeheavy · never changes
- पकड़नाpakarnaato hold; to catch
- भागनाbhaagnaato run
- मतmatdon't · with instructions: (bhaago mat), don't run
- मम्मीmammeemum, mummy · feminine
- मुझे भूख लगी है।Mujhe bhookh lagee hai.I'm hungry. · (bhookh, hunger) is feminine.
- यात्रीगण कृपया ध्यान दें।Yaatreegan kripyaa dhyaan den.Passengers, please note. · The start of railway announcements. (yaatreegan) is a formal word for passengers and (kripyaa) a formal “please”.
- देरी सेderee selate · more formal than (let)
Practise
1.You politely ask an older stranger to sit here. What do you say?
2.The clerk is giving directions. Put the words in order, starting with (aapko).
Tap the words below in the right order.You'll have to take the footbridge.
3.Match the Hindi with the English.
Pick a word on the left, then its meaning on the right.
4.How do you tell a friend “Don't run”?
5.You hear What does it mean?
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Say it out loud
ट्रेन किस प्लेटफ़ॉर्म पर आएगी?
Tren kis pletform par aayegee?
Which platform will the train come in at?
Listen, then say it out loud, as close to the recording as you can.
Check
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