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Showing Annoyance Politely in English from Hindi

Showing mild anger or displeasure politely in everyday situations. Here are all 14 phrases from the “Annoyance & Displeasure” topic of the Hinglish app’s Spoken English track — the Hindi you already think in, the natural English to say, and other answers the app also accepts.

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Annoyance & Displeasure: Hindi to English

यह ठीक नहीं है।

This is not okay.

Also accepted: “This isn't okay” · “This is not right”
मुझे यह बिल्कुल पसंद नहीं आया।

I really didn't like that.

Also accepted: “I didn't like that at all” · “I really don't like that”
यार, यह थोड़ा ज़्यादा हो रहा है।

Come on, this is getting a bit too much.

Also accepted: “This is getting too much” · “Come on this is a bit much”
प्लीज़ बार-बार ऐसा मत करो।

Please don't do this again and again.

Also accepted: “Please stop doing this” · “Please don't keep doing this”
मैं इस बात से थोड़ा परेशान हूँ।

I'm a little upset about this.

Also accepted: “I am a bit upset about this” · “This is bothering me a little”
आप हर बार लेट क्यों आते हैं?

Why are you always late?

Also accepted: “Why do you always come late” · “Why are you late every time”
मुझे ऐसे बात करना अच्छा नहीं लगता।

I don't like being talked to like this.

Also accepted: “I don't like being spoken to like this” · “I don't appreciate being talked to this way”
सच कहूँ तो मुझे यह बहुत बुरा लगा।

Honestly, this really hurt me.

Also accepted: “To be honest this really upset me” · “Honestly this hurt me a lot”
यह जो हुआ, वह ठीक नहीं था।

What happened wasn't fair.

Also accepted: “What happened was not right” · “That wasn't fair”
मुझे उम्मीद नहीं थी कि आप ऐसा करेंगे।

I didn't expect you to do this.

Also accepted: “I didn't expect this from you” · “I wasn't expecting you to do that”
अब मेरा सब्र जवाब दे रहा है।

I'm starting to lose my patience now.

Also accepted: “I'm running out of patience” · “My patience is running out now”
आप मुझे बताए बिना ऐसा कैसे कर सकते हैं?

How could you do this without telling me?

Also accepted: “How can you do this without telling me” · “How could you do that without letting me know”
मुझे यह रवैया बिल्कुल पसंद नहीं है।

I don't like this attitude at all.

Also accepted: “I really don't like this attitude” · “I don't appreciate this attitude”
मैं गुस्सा नहीं होना चाहता, लेकिन यह गलत है।

I don't want to get angry, but this is wrong.

Also accepted: “I don't want to be angry but this is wrong” · “I'm trying not to get angry but this is wrong”

“Also accepted” lists other answers the app’s spoken answer-checker counts as correct for that phrase.

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Reading a list is the easy half. In Hinglish you see each Hindi phrase, say the English, and the app checks your spoken answer — then brings back the ones you fumble through spaced review. This topic is one of 24 in its Spoken English track, alongside a 60-day course and a vocabulary track (1,365 phrases in all), and everything works without internet.

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Showing Annoyance Politely in English from Hindi

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