🇮🇳 Hindi Greetings & Basics
The polite essentials — hello, thank you, sorry. Twelve phrases that set the tone of every conversation you'll ever have. Read them below — then actually say them: recognising a phrase and producing it out loud are different skills, and only one helps you in the moment.
| English | Hindi | Say it |
|---|---|---|
| Hello | नमस्ते | namaste |
| Good morning | सुप्रभात | suprabhat |
| Good evening | शुभ संध्या | shubh sandhya |
| Goodbye | अलविदा | alvida |
| Please | कृपया | kripaya |
| Thank you | धन्यवाद | dhanyavad |
| You're welcome | कोई बात नहीं | koi baat nahin |
| Yes | हाँ | haan |
| No | नहीं | nahin |
| Excuse me | माफ़ कीजिए | maaf kijiye |
| I'm sorry | मुझे खेद है | mujhe khed hai |
| How are you? | आप कैसे हैं? | aap kaise hain? |
How to make these stick
- Say each phrase out loud three times — your mouth learns separately from your eyes.
- Rehearse the scene: imagine the café or the street corner and act out both sides.
- Then use them in a real conversation — Yap gives you a 30-second spoken role-play with an AI tutor that responds, corrects gently, and never judges.
More Hindi phrases
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