Hindi Grammar 5 (To need)

1. How to express the need

It is pretty easy to express the need in Hindi as that can be said in one word चाहिए (chaahie – is needed). Whether you want to say that you need something or someone else needs something, you use only one word all the time and it never changes.

मुझे चाहिए	mujhe chaahie	I need
तुझे चाहिए	tujhe chaahie	You need (casual)
तुम्हे चाहिए	tumhe chaahie	You need (casual)
आपको चाहिए	aapko chaahie	You need (polite)
इसको/उसको चाहिए	isko/usko chaahie	He/she needs
हमें चाहिए	hamen chaahie	We need
तुम्हे चाहिए	tumhe chaahie	You need (casual)
आपको चाहिए	aapko chaahie	You need (polite)
इनको/उनको चाहिए	inko/unko chahie	They need

If translated literally, each phrase would mean “For me it is needed”, “for you it is needed” etc. You can read the following dialogues to see the examples  चाहिए (chaahie – is needed) usages. 

Qutub Minar complex in Delhi

2. Dialogues

(a) A DIALOGUE BETWEEN A SHOPPER AND A CUSTOMER:

दुकानदार:	नमस्ते! आपको क्या चाहिए?
कस्टमर:	नमस्ते! मुझे एक पैकेट दूध, एक ब्रैड और एक पैकेट चाय-पत्ती चाहिए।
दुकानदार:	हाँ जी. और कुछ चाहिए?
कस्टमर:	जी नहीं, बस।

Dukandaar:	Namaste! Aapko kyaa chahie?
KasTamar:	Namaste! Mujhe ek paikeT doodh, ek braid aur ek paikeT chaay-pattee chahie.
Dukandaar:	Haan jee. Aur kuchh chahie?
KasTamar:	Jee naheen, bas.

Shopper:	Hello! What do you need?
Customer:	Hello! I need one packet of milk, one bread and a packet of tea leaves.
Shopper:	Yes. Do you need anything else?
Customer:	No, that's it.

(b) A DIALOGUE BETWEEN A PHARMACIST AND A WOMAN:

कस्टमर:	नमस्ते मुझे ज़ुकाम की दवाएं चाहिए।
फार्मासिस्ट	कौनसी दवाएं मैम?
कस्टमर:	एक पट्टा कॉम्बीफ्लेम दीजिये और एक "जोशांदा" की बोतल।
फार्मासिस्ट	ये लीजिये मैम।
कस्टमर:	शुक्रिया।
फार्मासिस्ट	और कुछ?
कस्टमर:	जी नहीं।
फार्मासिस्ट	पचास रूपयें मैम।
कस्टमर:	लीजिये।

KasTamar:	Namaste! Mujhe zukaam kee davaayen chahie.
Pharmasist:	Kaunsee davaayen maim?
KasTamar:	Ek paTTa "Kombiflem" dijiye aur ek "Joshanda" kee botal.
Pharmasist:	Ye lijie maim.
KasTamar:	Shukriya.
Pharmasist:	Aur kuchh?
KasTamar:	Jee naheen.
Pharmasist:	Pachaas roopaye maim.
KasTamar:	Leejiye.

Customer:	Hello! I need medicine for cold.
Pharmacist:	Which medicine Ma'am?
Customer:	One strip of "Combiflam" and one bottle of "Joshanda", please.
Pharmacist:	Here you are, Ma'am.
Customer:	Thank you
Pharmacist:	Anything else?
Customer:	No.
Pharmacist:	Fifty rupees Ma'am.
Customer:	Here you are (take it).

(c) A DIALOGUE BETWEEN A MOTHER AND A SON:

बेटा:	मम्मी, मुझे शादी के लिए  एक लड़की  चाहिए।
माँजी:	अच्छा बेटा, कौनसी लड़की चाहिए?
बेटा:	वह जो गोरी, लम्बी और पतली है वह चाहिए।
माँजी:	अच्छा वह तो तुमसे शादी नहीं करेगी।
	तुम मोटा हो, तो मोटी लड़की से शादी करो।
BeTaa:	Mammee, mujhe shaadee ke liye ek ladkee chahie.
Maanjee:	Achhaa beTaa, kaunsee ladkee chahie?
BeTaa:	Vah jo goree,  lambee aur patlee hai vah chahie.
Maanjee:	Achhaa vah to tumse shaadee naheen karegee.
	Tum moTaa ho,to moTee ladkee se shaadee karo.

Son:	Mummy, I need a girl for a marriage.
Mother:	I see son, what kind of girl do you need?
Son:	I need the one who is fair, tall and slim.
Mother:	I see, this type of girl will not marry you.
	You are fat, so marry a fat girl.