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At the Shop in English: Phrases & Audio

Shopping for daily items at a local shop. Here are all 14 phrases from the “At the General Store” topic of the Hinglish app’s Spoken English track — the natural English to say, what it means in simple words, other answers the app also accepts, and a Hindi translation you can switch on or off.

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At the General Store: phrases & meanings

भैया, एक किलो चीनी दे दो।

Bhaiya, give me one kilo of sugar.

Asking a shopkeeper for sugar ("Bhaiya" = "brother", friendly).

Also accepted: “Give me a kilo of sugar” · “One kilo sugar please”
क्या आपके पास ब्रेड है?

Do you have bread?

Asking if a shop sells bread.

Also accepted: “Have you got bread” · “Is bread available”
इसका दाम क्या है?

How much is this?

Asking the price of an item.

Also accepted: “What's the price of this” · “How much does this cost”
मुझे थोड़ा नमक और चाहिए।

I need some more salt.

Asking for extra salt.

Also accepted: “I want a little more salt” · “Give me some more salt”
एक पैकेट बिस्किट दे दीजिए।

Please give me one packet of biscuits.

Asking for a packet of biscuits (cookies).

Also accepted: “One packet of biscuits please” · “Give me a pack of biscuits”
क्या इससे छोटा पैकेट मिलेगा?

Do you have a smaller packet than this?

Asking for a smaller size of a product.

Also accepted: “Is there a smaller pack” · “Can I get a smaller packet”
यह वाला साबुन दिखाना ज़रा।

Please show me this soap.

Asking to look at a particular soap.

Also accepted: “Show me this soap” · “Can you show me that soap”
कुल कितने पैसे हुए?

How much is it in total?

Asking the total bill.

Also accepted: “What's the total” · “How much altogether”
क्या आप ऑनलाइन पेमेंट लेते हैं?

Do you accept online payment?

Asking if you can pay by phone or card.

Also accepted: “Can I pay online” · “Do you take upi”
मेरे पास खुले पैसे नहीं हैं।

I don't have change.

Saying you have no small money.

Also accepted: “I have no change” · “I don't have any change”
यह थोड़ा महँगा है, कुछ कम करो।

This is a bit expensive, please lower the price.

Asking a seller to give a discount.

Also accepted: “This is too costly, reduce it a little” · “Can you give it for less”
बाकी पैसे वापस दे दीजिए।

Please give me the change back.

Asking for your change.

Also accepted: “Give me my change” · “Please return the balance”
यह सामान थोड़ा घर तक भिजवा सकते हो?

Can you get these items delivered to my home?

Asking if a shop can deliver to your house.

Also accepted: “Can you deliver this to my house” · “Can you send it home”
एक थैली दे देना, सामान रखना है।

Please give me a bag to carry the things.

Asking for a bag to carry shopping.

Also accepted: “Give me a carry bag” · “Can I get a bag please”

“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 a prompt, 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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