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Hindi and Gujarati guides
Every guide on the site, grouped by what tends to be useful first. They are written for one situation: you are learning because someone you love speaks this at home, and you want to be understood by their family rather than pass an exam.
Practice in Bolo →Opens the app. If you already have a session going, you pick up there.
Say the thing
Say hello
Namaste, and the greetings people actually use.
Say how are you
The ending changes with who you ask.
Introduce yourself
Six lines: name, city, and one that buys goodwill.
Say thank you
When dhanyavaad is too much.
Say sorry
Small apology versus real one.
Say I love you
And the softer things said instead.
Say good morning
Suprabhat, and what replaces it at home.
Say good night
Shubh raatri is the textbook, not the kitchen.
Say happy birthday
Wishes for a card and for a phone call.
Say I miss you
There is no verb for it. Hindi says it better.
Say congratulations
Badhaai ho, mubaarak ho, and the reply.
Say yes and no
Haan, nahin, and how to refuse without offending.
Say please
Kripayaa is the sign version. Politeness lives in the verb.
Say I don't understand
The line that keeps you in the conversation.
Ask how much it costs
Prices, bargaining, and paying.
Building blocks
Question words
Kya, kaun, kahan, kab, kyun, kaise, and where they sit.
Aap, tum, tu
Three words for you, and one safe default.
Days of the week
Seven days, and why kal means both directions.
Today, tomorrow, yesterday
Time words, and the verb that settles kal.
Food and eating
Table words with genders, and how to say enough.
Numbers 1 to 20
Plus the tens, and why 21 to 99 is genuinely hard.
Common words
The words that carry most conversations.
Family words
Dadi, nani, bhabhi, and who is who.
The alphabet by mouth position
Where each sound is made, not just how it looks.
Hindi vs Hinglish
Why half the sentence is in English.
For the family
Learn Hindi for your partner's family
The short path to a real conversation.
Meeting the parents in Hindi
Greeting, food, and getting out gracefully.
Learn Gujarati for your partner's family
Treated as its own language, not Hindi with accents.
Meeting the parents in Gujarati
Kem chho, and the food compliment that lands.
The Gujarati alphabet
Reading it, one row at a time.
Gujarati numbers 1 to 20
Counting, and the four that trip up Hindi speakers.
Say hello in Gujarati
Kem chho, and what elders get greeted with first.
Say thank you in Gujarati
Aabhar, and why families would rather hear praise.
Gujarati food words
Surviving being fed, one thepla at a time.
Gujarati vs Hindi
Close enough to be dangerous. The list that matters.
The family video call
For when the phone gets handed to you.