Commands in English: Hindi to English Sentences
Telling someone to do something, politely and directly. Here are all 14 phrases from the “Commands & Instructions” 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.
Try it the way the app does: read the Hindi, say the English out loud, then tap ▶ to check how it sounds.
Practise 5 · Commands & Instructions
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Commands & Instructions: Hindi to English
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दरवाज़ा बंद कर दो।
Close the door.
Also accepted: “Shut the door” · “Please close the door”
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ज़रा यहाँ आओ।
Come here for a second.
Also accepted: “Come here” · “Come over here”
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थोड़ा इंतज़ार करो।
Wait a minute.
Also accepted: “Hold on” · “Wait a second” · “Just a minute”
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कृपया अपनी सीट पर बैठ जाइए।
Please sit down in your seat.
Also accepted: “Please take your seat” · “Please have a seat”
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ज़रा आवाज़ धीमी करो।
Please lower the volume.
Also accepted: “Turn it down” · “Keep it down”
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लाइट बंद कर देना।
Turn off the light.
Also accepted: “Switch off the light” · “Turn the light off”
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मुझे वो फ़ाइल भेज दो।
Send me that file.
Also accepted: “Send me the file” · “Share that file with me”
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यहाँ अपना नाम लिख दीजिए।
Write your name here.
Also accepted: “Put your name here” · “Sign your name here”
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जल्दी करो, हमें देर हो रही है।
Hurry up, we're getting late.
Also accepted: “Be quick, we're getting late” · “Hurry up we are late”
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ध्यान से सुनो।
Listen carefully.
Also accepted: “Pay attention” · “Listen to me carefully”
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अगले चौराहे पर बाएँ मुड़ जाना।
Take a left at the next crossing.
Also accepted: “Turn left at the next crossing” · “Go left at the next signal”
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इसे यहीं रख दो और हाथ मत लगाना।
Leave it here and don't touch it.
Also accepted: “Keep it here and don't touch it” · “Put it here and don't touch it”
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काम खत्म होते ही मुझे बता देना।
Let me know as soon as you're done.
Also accepted: “Tell me once you're done” · “Inform me when you finish”
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कृपया पीछे हट जाइए और लाइन में लग जाइए।
Please step back and get in the line.
Also accepted: “Please move back and stand in line” · “Step back and queue up please”
“Also accepted” lists other answers the app’s spoken answer-checker counts as correct for that phrase.
Practise these out loud, offline
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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More spoken English topics
- Greetings & Good Wishes
- Polite Phrases & Courtesy
- Requests & Asking Politely
- Gratitude & Thanks
- Congratulations & Wishes
- Sorry & Excuse Me
- Permission: Asking & Answering
- Encouragement
- Consolation & Comfort
- Affection & Warmth
- Annoyance & Displeasure
- Sadness & Worry
- Agreement & Consent
- Refusal & Saying No
- Meals & Food
- Telling the Time
- At the General Store
- At the Railway Station
- At the Bank
- In a Hotel
- At the Doctor's
- Travel & On the Bus
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