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Asking Politely in English: Hindi to English

Asking others for help or things politely in everyday situations. Here are all 14 phrases from the “Requests & Asking Politely” 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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Requests & Asking Politely: Hindi to English

ज़रा मेरी मदद करोगे?

Can you help me?

Also accepted: “Could you help me” · “Can you help me please”
एक मिनट रुक सकते हो?

Can you wait a minute?

Also accepted: “Could you wait a minute” · “Can you wait for a minute”
ज़रा वो पानी देना।

Please pass me that water.

Also accepted: “Can you pass me that water” · “Pass me the water please”
क्या मैं तुम्हारा पेन ले सकता हूँ?

Can I borrow your pen?

Also accepted: “May I borrow your pen” · “Could I use your pen”
थोड़ा धीरे बोलोगे प्लीज़?

Could you speak a little slower, please?

Also accepted: “Can you speak slower please” · “Could you slow down a bit”
मुझे एक फेवर चाहिए था।

I need a favour.

Also accepted: “I need a favor” · “Can you do me a favour” · “I wanted to ask you a favour”
क्या तुम मुझे वहाँ छोड़ दोगे?

Can you drop me there?

Also accepted: “Could you drop me there” · “Can you give me a lift there”
ज़रा दरवाज़ा खोल दोगे?

Could you open the door for me?

Also accepted: “Can you open the door” · “Would you open the door please”
क्या आप मुझे रास्ता बता सकते हैं?

Could you tell me the way?

Also accepted: “Can you tell me the way” · “Could you show me the way”
क्या मैं कुछ पूछ सकता हूँ?

Can I ask you something?

Also accepted: “May I ask you something” · “Could I ask you a question”
प्लीज़ इसे थोड़ी देर संभाल लेना।

Please hold this for a moment.

Also accepted: “Can you hold this for a moment” · “Could you hold this for a sec”
क्या आप मुझे कुछ पैसे उधार दे सकते हैं?

Could you lend me some money?

Also accepted: “Can you lend me some money” · “Would you lend me some money”
अगर आपको बुरा न लगे तो क्या आप खिड़की बंद कर देंगे?

Would you mind closing the window?

Also accepted: “Do you mind closing the window” · “Could you please close the window”
क्या आप मेरे लिए इतना कर सकते हैं?

Would you be able to do this for me?

Also accepted: “Could you do this for me” · “Would you mind doing this for me”

“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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