Hindi · Intermediate (B1) · Chapter 5 of 12
Hopes and wishes
उम्मीदें और सपनेummeeden aur sapne
Talk about hopes and dreams in Hindi: उम्मीद है कि (ummeed hai ki), “I want you to” with the subjunctive, and काश (kaash) for wishes.
In this chapter you'll learn to
- Say what you hope with उम्मीद है कि (ummeed hai ki)
- Say what you want someone else to do
- Make wishes with काश (kaash) and say what you would do
Listen
In Amritsar, Manpreet has just finished her Class 12 exams. She talks to her father about the future. Listen to the whole dialogue first, then line by line.
Papa
मनप्रीत, तुम्हारे पेपर कैसे हुए?
Manpreet, tumhaare pepar kaise huye?
Manpreet, how did your exams go?
Manpreet
अच्छे हुए, पापा। मुझे उम्मीद है कि मेरे नंबर अच्छे आएँगे।
Achchhe huye, paapaa. Mujhe ummeed hai ki mere nambar achchhe aayenge.
They went well, Papa. I hope I'll get good marks.
Papa
मुझे भी यही उम्मीद है। अब आगे क्या करना चाहती हो?
Mujhe bhee yahee ummeed hai. Ab aage kyaa karnaa chaahtee ho?
I hope so too. So what do you want to do next?
Manpreet
मैं दिल्ली के किसी अच्छे कॉलेज से इंजीनियरिंग करना चाहती हूँ। मेरा सपना है कि मैं एक दिन हवाई जहाज़ बनाऊँ।
Main Dillee ke kisee achchhe kolej se injeeniyaring karnaa chaahtee hoon. Meraa sapnaa hai ki main ek din havaaee jahaaz banaaoon.
I want to study engineering at a good college in Delhi. My dream is to build aeroplanes one day.
Papa
बहुत अच्छा सपना है। लेकिन तुम्हारी मम्मी चाहती हैं कि तुम यहीं अमृतसर में पढ़ो।
Bahut achchhaa sapnaa hai. Lekin tumhaaree mammee chaahtee hain ki tum yaheen Amritsar men padho.
That's a lovely dream. But your mum wants you to study here in Amritsar.
Manpreet
मुझे पता है। काश दिल्ली इतनी दूर न होती!
Mujhe pataa hai. Kaash Dillee itnee door na hotee!
I know. If only Delhi weren't so far away!
Papa
दूर तो है, लेकिन ट्रेन से सिर्फ़ छह घंटे लगते हैं।
Door to hai, lekin tren se sirf chhah ghante lagte hain.
It is far, but it's only six hours by train.
Manpreet
पापा, क्या आप मम्मी से बात करेंगे? मैं चाहती हूँ कि आप उन्हें समझाएँ।
Paapaa, kyaa aap mammee se baat karenge? Main chaahtee hoon ki aap unhen samjhaayen.
Papa, will you talk to Mum? I'd like you to talk her round.
Papa
ठीक है, मैं बात करूँगा। अगर तुम्हारी उम्र में मेरे पास ऐसा मौक़ा होता, तो मैं भी ज़रूर जाता।
Theek hai, main baat karoongaa. Agar tumhaaree umr men mere paas aisaa maukaa hotaa, to main bhee zaroor jaataa.
All right, I'll talk to her. If I'd had a chance like that at your age, I would certainly have gone too.
Manpreet
सच में? आप क्या बनना चाहते थे?
Sach men? Aap kyaa bannaa chaahte the?
Really? What did you want to be?
Papa
मैं पायलट बनना चाहता था, लेकिन तुम्हारे दादा जी चाहते थे कि मैं उनके साथ दुकान पर काम करूँ।
Main paayalat bannaa chaahtaa thaa, lekin tumhaare daadaa jee chaahte the ki main unke saath dukaan par kaam karoon.
I wanted to be a pilot, but your grandfather wanted me to work with him in the shop.
Manpreet
तो मुझे उम्मीद है कि एक दिन आप उस हवाई जहाज़ में बैठेंगे जो मैं बनाऊँगी।
To mujhe ummeed hai ki ek din aap us havaaee jahaaz men baithenge jo main banaaoongee.
Then I hope that one day you'll fly in a plane that I build.
Understand
I hope: मुझे उम्मीद है कि
(ummeed) means “hope”. Like (yakeen) in chapter 4, it takes (mujhe): … (mujhe ummeed hai ki …), I hope that … You can also just say … (ummeed hai ki …).
After (ki), use the future when you expect it to happen: (mujhe ummeed hai ki mere nambar achchhe aayenge), I hope I'll get good marks. Use the subjunctive for a wish or a blessing: (ummeed hai ki tumhen naukaree mil jaaye), I hope you get the job. To agree, say (mujhe bhee yahee ummeed hai), I hope so too.
I want you to: चाहना कि + subjunctive
In A2 you learned (main jaanaa chaahtee hoon), I want to go. When you want someone else to do something, use (ki) and the subjunctive: (mammee chaahtee hain ki tum yaheen padho), Mum wants you to study here. The same goes for … (meraa sapnaa hai ki …), my dream is that …
Here is the whole subjunctive: the stem plus these endings. It never changes for gender. (honaa) is , , , (hoon, ho, ho, hon), as in chapter 2, and (denaa) has short forms: , , , (doon, do, de, den); (lenaa) works the same way.
| Person | Ending | (karnaa) | (jaanaa) |
|---|---|---|---|
| (main) | -ऊँ (-oon) | (karoon) | (jaaoon) |
| (tum) | -ओ (-o) | (karo) | (jaao) |
| , (too, vah) | -ए (-e) | (kare) | (jaaye) |
| , , (aap, ham, ve) | -एँ (-en) | (karen) | (jaayen) |
If only, I would: काश and the -ता form
For things that aren't true or didn't happen, Hindi uses the stem + -ता / -ती / -ते / -तीं (-taa / -tee / -te / -teen) on its own, without (hai) or (thaa). It agrees like an adjective. With (kaash), if only, it makes a wish: (kaash Dillee itnee door na hotee!), if only Delhi weren't so far! In these sentences “not” is usually (na).
With … … (agar … to …), if … then …, both parts take the -ता form: (agar mere paas aisaa maukaa hotaa, to main bhee jaataa). The same sentence can mean “if I had …, I would go” (now) or “if I had had …, I would have gone” (in the past); the situation makes it clear. Real “if” sentences, about things that can still happen, come in chapter 6.
- काश मेरे पास ज़्यादा समय होता!Kaash mere paas zyaadaa samay hotaa!If only I had more time!
- अगर मेरे पास पैसे होते, तो मैं एक नया घर ख़रीदती।Agar mere paas paise hote, to main ek nayaa ghar khareedtee.If I had the money, I'd buy a new house. (a woman speaking)
- अगर तुम मुझे बताते, तो मैं भी आता।Agar tum mujhe bataate, to main bhee aataa.If you'd told me, I would have come too. (a man speaking)
More in the grammar: If and if only: अगर … तो, काश · The subjunctive: करूँ, करे, करें
New words
- पेपरpeparexam, exam paper · masculine; students say (mere pepar achchhe huye), my exams went well
- उम्मीदummeedhope · feminine; plural (ummeeden)
- नंबरnambarmarks (in an exam); number · masculine; (achchhe nambar aanaa), to get good marks
- आगेaageahead, next, in future · (aage kyaa karogee?), what will you do next?
- किसीkiseesome, a (before a postposition) · (koee) becomes (kisee) before a postposition: (kisee achchhe kolej se), from a good college
- सपनाsapnaadream · masculine; plural (sapne)
- हवाई जहाज़havaaee jahaazaeroplane · masculine; (jahaaz) on its own is a ship
- काशkaashif only, I wish · followed by the -ता (-taa) form: … (kaash … hotaa)
- इतनाitnaaso, so much, this much · / / (itnaa / itnee / itne), like an adjective
- घंटे लगते हैंghante lagte hainit takes … hours · (lagnaa) also means “to take (time)”: (kitnaa samay lagtaa hai?), how long does it take?
- समझानाsamjhaanaato explain; to talk someone round · from (samajhnaa), to understand: to make someone understand
- अगर … तो …agar … to …if … then … · (to) starts the second part and is usually kept
- उम्रumrage · feminine; (tumhaaree umr men), at your age
- पायलटpaayalatpilot · masculine
Practise
1.Papa says “Your mum wants you to study here.” Which sentence is correct?
2.Manpreet makes a wish. Put the words in order.
Tap the words below in the right order.If only Delhi weren't so far away!
3.Match the Hindi with the English.
Pick a word on the left, then its meaning on the right.
4.A man says “If I had the money, I'd go to Delhi.” Which sentence is correct?
5.Which word fits? ___ (daadaa jee chaahte the ki main unke saath kaam ___)
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Say it out loud
मुझे भी यही उम्मीद है।
Mujhe bhee yahee ummeed hai.
I hope so too.
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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