Hindi Language Lessons For Business
This lesson is - Unit 8. (Previous :: Next lesson)
Unit 8. First Business Meeting - Preliminary Talk
| Mr C John, Assistant Director and Mr K Anthony, Senior Engineer of firm ( XYZ ) come to Bank of London to do the preliminary talk. | Sri C John, sah-nirdeshak aur Sri K Anthony, varisth abhiyanta (XYZ co. se) London bank me shuruaatee baat-cheet karne aate hain. |
| Smith: Let me introduce, she is my secretary Stone. | Smith: Mujhe parichay karaane dijiye - yeh meri sachiv Stone hai. |
| Stone: Glad to see you. | Stone: Aap se mil kar khusi hui. |
| John: I am glad too. He is Mr K Anthony, my colleague. We can speak Hindi, so we will talk in Hindi. | John: Mujhe bhi khusi hui. Yeh mere sah-kartaa Sri K Anthony hai. Hum Hindi me bol sakte hai, is liye hum sab Hindi me baat karenge. |
| Smith: What would you like to have tea or coffee? | Smith: Aap kya lena pasand karenge? - chai yaa kaafee. |
| John: I don't mind coffee. | John: Kaafee mere liye theek hai. |
| Stone: Excuse me, will you take coffee with milk or black coffee. | Stone: Maaf kijiye, aap kaafee doodh ke saath lenge athvaa bina doodh ke. |
| John: I will take coffee with milk and Anthony will take black coffee. | John: Main kaafee doodh ke sath loongaa aur Anthony bina doodh ke. |
| Smith: How much sugar? | Smith: Kitnaa cheenee? |
| John: Only one spoon. | John: Sirf, ek chammach. |
| Nina lays the table and serves the coffee. | Nina mej lagaati hai aur kaafee pesh karti hai. |
| Smith: Nina, are you enjoying your work? | Smith: Nina, kya tumhe kaam mein mazaa aa rahaa hai. |
| Nina: Yes, now back to business. There is no milk in office. | Nina: Jee Haan! Ab kuchh kaam kee baat karen. Daftar mein doodh nahi hai. |
| Smith: What nuisance. Now I have to send driver to bring milk. Next time I will myself bring milk on the way to my office. | Smith: Kya musibat hai. Ab mujhe driver ko doodh lene bhejnaa padegaa. Agli baar daftar aate waqt mai khud doodh lekar aa ungaa. |
| John: We want all the catalogue with price list. | John: Hum pooraa catalog kimat ke saath chahate hain. |
| Stone: I am pleased to give you all. | Stone: Aapko yeh sab dete hue mujhe khusi hogi. |
Word Bag.
Assistant Director - Sah Nirdeshak, Senior Engineer - Varishth Abhiyanta, preliminary talk - shuruaatii baat-cheet, introduce - parichay karaanaa, Glad - khusi, colleague - sah kartaa, tea - chai, coffee - Kaafee, milk - doodh, sugar - cheenee, spoon - chammach, table - mej, office - Daftar, nuisance - musibat, myself - mein khud, all - pooraa
Try It Out.
1. Read the dialogues several times.
2. Complete these sentences.
a. Sah nirdeshak aur Varishth abiyanta shuruaati---------------------------.
b. Hum Hindi mein bol sakte hai isliye------------------------------------------.
c. Nina mej lagati hai aur -------------------------------------------------------.
3. Make sentences.
a. Kya musibat hai
b. Maaf kijie
c. Mazza
4. Fill in the blanks.
a. Smith: Mujhe------------- karane dijia.
b. Stone: Aapse milkar ----------huai.
c. Smith: Aap kya lena----------- karenge.
d. Smith: Nina kya tumhe ------------- aa raha hai?
e. Nina: Aapko catalogue dete hue mujhe ---------- ho rahi hai.
5. Make up similar dialogues of your own.
6. Extend the dialogue with the following expressions.
Mere ghar mein aapka swagat hai, Aap kya lena pasand karenge. ( cold
drink aur coffee.
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