Verbs agree with gender
Hindi verbs and adjectives change for masculine and feminine. Lina picks this up and corrects you gently.
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Learn Hindi by speaking it. 🇮🇳
Don't just memorize words. Have real conversations with Lina — order chai and samosas at a Delhi stall, haggle with an auto driver, chat with your nani on the phone. Like a tutor, but for $7 a month.
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See Lina in action
Lina plays a chai-wallah in Delhi
Linaनमस्ते! क्या लेंगे?Namaste! Kyā lenge?Hello! What will you have?
Youएक चाय और दो समोसे दीजिए।Ek chāy aur do samose dījiye.One chai and two samosas, please.
Linaअभी लाया! चीनी कम या ज़्यादा?Abhī lāyā! Chīnī kam yā zyādā?Coming right up! Less sugar or more?
✅ “दीजिए” = perfect - the polite way to ask for something
💡 Tip: Hindi verbs change with gender: a man says “main thak gayā hūn”, a woman “main thak gayī hūn” (I'm tired). Lina uses the right form for you.
Why Hindi is different
आप, तुम, तू
Three ways to say “you”: आप (aap) for elders and strangers, तुम (tum) for friends, तू (tu) for the very close. Lina tells you which to use.
Real life, not textbook
Chai stalls, autos, markets, weddings, Bollywood songs — not just "the cat is on the table."
What you'll learn
- Week 1Greetings + introductions - namaste, aap kaise hain?
- Week 2Food + market - chai, street food, prices, bargaining
- Week 3Family + respect - aap vs tum, didi, bhaiya, -ji
- Week 4Daily life - autos, trains, directions, phone calls
5 phrases you'll speak today
A free preview. Press ▶ to hear each one, then say it out loud.
- 1नमस्तेNamasteHello
- 2आप कैसे हैं?Aap kaise hain?How are you? (polite)
- 3धन्यवादDhanyavādThank you (shukriyā is common too)
- 4मेरा नाम ... हैMerā nām ... haiMy name is...
- 5यह कितने का है?Yah kitne kā hai?How much is this?
Conversations with Lina work in Hindi today. The phrasebook, stories and podcasts are in Spanish and German so far; more languages are coming.
Free vs paid for Hindi
FREE
- Read this page
- The 5 phrases above
- 1 free text demo with Lina (3 min)
PAID · $7/mo
- 30 min/day voice with Lina in Hindi
- Unlimited text chat
- Full report cards
- Full phrasebook
- Unlimited vocabulary garden
Hindi questions
Is Hindi hard?
Gender agreement takes practice, but Devanagari is very regular and word order is simple. Lina adds romanisation when you ask.
Do I need to read Devanagari?
Not to start: type in Latin letters and Lina understands.
Which Hindi?
Everyday standard Hindi as spoken in Delhi, including the English loanwords people really use.
Does Lina understand Hinglish?
Yes — and she'll tell you the Hindi word when it helps.