Hindi

Anchored to Mumbai

6 levels · 50 lessons published

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नमस्ते (namaste) - Greetings

Gateway of India, early morning golden light on the waterfront

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The course

50 lessons across six levels. Level 1 is free forever, the whole of it; Savor+ opens the rest. Within a level, start anywhere.

Level 1

Basic

A125 lessons

Your first words: greeting someone, asking what things cost, finding the street you want, and enough food vocabulary to order without pointing.

Unit 1

1नमस्ते (namaste) - Greetings 2चाय पीना (chaai piina) - Ordering at a Café 3गिनती (ginti) - Numbers & Prices 4सवाल पूछना (savaal poochna) - Asking Questions 5समय (samay) - Telling Time

Unit 2

6खाना (khaana) - Food Vocabulary 7रेस्टोरेंट में (restaurant mein) - At the Restaurant 8रास्ता (raasta) - Directions 9ख़रीदारी (kharidaari) - Shopping for Food 10यातायात (yaataayaat) - Getting Around Mumbai

Unit 3

11परिवार (parivaar) - Family & People 12विशेषण (visheshan) - Adjectives 13लोगों का वर्णन (logon ka varnan) - Describing People 14पसंद / नापसंद (pasand / naapasand) - Likes & Dislikes 15मौसम (mausam) - Weather

Unit 4

16दिनचर्या (dincharya) - Daily Routine 17रहा/रही हूँ (raha/rahi hoon) - Present Continuous 18होटल में (hotel mein) - At the Hotel 19फ़ोन (phone) - Phone & Communication 20बाज़ार में (bazaar mein) - At the Market

Unit 5

21कल क्या किया (kal kya kiya) - Past Tense 22कहानी सुनाना (kahaani sunaana) - Storytelling 23दोहराना (dohraana) - Review Conversations 24भारतीय संस्कृति (Bhartiya sanskriti) - Indian Culture 25अंतिम तैयारी (antim taiyaari) - Final Assessment Prep

Level 2

Conversational

A225 lessons

The past tense, and opinions. You start saying what happened and what you made of it — comparing two dishes, describing a wine, disagreeing without being rude.

Unit 1

1मैंने खाया — Past Tense (ने construction)2मैं गया — Past Tense (Intransitive)3खाना अच्छा था — Past with था/थी/थे 4बना रहा था — Past Continuous 5पूरा दिन — Full Day Recap

Unit 2

6मुझे पसंद है — I Like 7मुझे लगता है — I Think 8कौन सा बेहतर है? — Preferences 9सबसे अच्छा — The Best 10दीजिए / लाइए — Polite Ordering

Unit 3

11से ज़्यादा — More Than 12जितना... उतना — As Much As 13चिकन वाला — The One With (वाला/वाली/वाले)14इतना... कि — So Much That 15थोड़ा चखो — Sharing Food Culture

Unit 4

16चलो खाने चलते हैं — Let's Go Eat 17घर आइए — Come Home (Invitations)18मैं खाऊँगा — Future Tense 19अगर... तो — If... Then 20वीकेंड का प्लान — Weekend Plans

Unit 5

21जूठा नहीं करो — Food Etiquette 22मौसम का खाना — Seasonal Eating 23बाज़ार की कहानी — Market Stories 24रात का मुंबई — Night Food Culture 25अलविदा मुंबई — Final Assessment