Hindi to English examples

मैं अंग्रेजी सीखना चाहता हूँ।

→ I want to learn English.

Hindi puts the verb at the very end — 'Main angrezi seekhna chahta hoon' is literally 'I English learn want am'. The whole sentence structure must be reversed in English.

मुझे बाजार जाना है।

→ I have to go to the market.

'Mujhe' means 'to me' rather than 'I'. Hindi uses a dative subject construction here. English always uses the subject 'I' directly.

वह कल से यहाँ है।

→ He has been here since yesterday.

Hindi 'vah' can mean he, she, or it. English forces you to choose. This is a very common source of gender mistakes for Hindi speakers.

अगर मैंने पढ़ाई की होती, तो पास हो जाता।

→ If I had studied, I would have passed.

Hindi conditional sentences are structured similarly to English third conditionals but the verb placement and auxiliary pattern differ significantly.

क्या आप मुझे रास्ता बता सकते हैं?

→ Can you tell me the way?

Hindi questions begin with 'kya' as a question marker. English forms questions by moving the auxiliary verb to the front — a completely different method.