Bolna=to speak
Kahna=to say
Batana=to tell
Gap-shap=to gossip, to chat
Dhire dhire boliye = Speak slowly
Dhire=slowly. Repeated adjective is used for stress or emphasise.
Bolo, boliye=intimate and formal way of saying Speak!
Kripaya dhire se boliye=Please speak slowly
Kripaya=please dhire se=slowly
Kripaya dhire se kahiye=Please say slowly
Zor se mat boliye=Please don't speak loudly
Zor se=loudly
Kya aap Hindi bol sakte hain?= Can you speak Hindi?
Kya=question marker; kya aap=do you
Sakte=can Bol sakte=can speak
Ji haan, main kuch-kuch (thoda-thoda) Hindi bol sakti hocleaned=
Yes I can speak Hindi a little
Ji haan=Yes
Kuch-kuch (thoda-thoda) =little
Vo ladki achchhi Hindi bolti hai=That girl speaks good Hindi
Maine yah kah diya =I have already said that
Mujhe (Mujhko) kuch kahna hai=I have to say something
Kuch=something
Phir se kahiye= Please repeat
Phir se=again, repeat
Kya maine yah thiik se bola? =Did I say this correctly?
Thik se=correctly
Main kya kahocleaned= What should I say
Log bolte hain ki aap kal ayenge =People say that you will come
tomorrow
Log=people kal=tomorrow
Mujhe bataiye aapki bahen kaisi hai=
Please tell me how your sister is
Bahen=sister kaisi=how
In the examples Ajay gave, there is an interesting detail that I have
noticed.
Whenever we use the verb kahna, we use "se" meaning "to":
Mein sona se kahoongi = i will say sona
Mein=i se=to kahocleaned=will say (f)
sona mujh se kah rahi thi= sona was saying me
mujh se = to me, kah =tell, rahi=ing(f) thi=past
so here are some more examples:
Apne bhai se kaho=tell your brother
Apne=your own bhai=brother
Main apne pitaji se kahungi =I will tell my dad
Pita =father pitaji=father(more polite)
While, whenever we use the verb batana or bolna, we use "ko"
meaning "to"
mein sona ko bataocleaned= i will tell sona
mein=i se=to batocleaned=will tell (m)
so here are some more examples:
Mujhe (mujhko) aur bolo =Tell me more
Aur=more
Mujhe (mujhko) batao=tell me
Usne mujhe (mujhko) bola ki tumko sardi thi=He said to me that you
had a cold.
Sardi, zukaam =cold
And here are some other phrases:
Unse baat karo=Talk to him(her)
Baat karna=to talk
Kal bata dijiye=Tell me tomorrow
Bata dena=to tell
More examples for practice:
1. Vo binaa bole chala gaya =He went away without speaking
2. Us din hamne Hindi bolii= We spoke Hindi that day
3. Joo bolta hai, wo nahin janta=he who speaks, doesn't know
4. Apne apna naam nahin bataya=You didn't tell your name
5. Apna naam batao=Tell your name
6. Main usse hamesha Hindi bolti hocleaned=I always speak Hindi to him
7. Mujhko bolne dijiye=Please let me talk
8. Jaisa main kahti hoon, kijiye=Please do as I tell you
9. Jaisa usne kaha, waisa maine kiya=I did what he said
10. Un men se kuch ne kaha…=Some of them said….
11. Un men se kisi ne kaha…=Someone among them said…
12. Un men se kuch logo ne kaha…=Some people among them said…
13. Ek ladke ne kaha….=a boy said…
14. Ladke ne kaha…=The boy said…
15. Kisi ladke ne kaha…=Some boy said…
