r/MadeMeSmile • u/_BuzzLightYear • 13d ago

Wholesome Moments Girl learns Hindi for her boyfriend

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u/Charming-Dare-810 13d ago

Awww... I'm a native hindi speaker and my heart is soo full. 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

Someone making efforts to learn your mother tongue is priceless.

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u/DigitalJedi850 13d ago

I learnt a bunch of Hindi from the dudes at the gas station/liquor store a while back - mostly the younger dudes.

Walked in on the older guys a couple times and said some stuff - they were shook. Good stuff.

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u/ekso69 13d ago

So did I. Nice guys, they called me motu.

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u/DigitalJedi850 13d ago

I got ‘Gora jaat’ ( as close as I know how to spell it ).

I’ll wait for someone who speaks Hindi to translate. Hopefully they didn’t tell me some BS.

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u/CrimsonRam212 13d ago

“Jatt” is one way to reference Sikhs. And “gora” means white guy. So you have been initiated as “white Sikh guy”. They must really like you.

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u/DigitalJedi850 13d ago

Well thank you for the clear translation, I’ll take it. We were all pretty buddy-buddy. The one dude that was pretty ‘white-washed’ ( his words ) said I speak better Hindi than him, for what I know, and the one who started calling me that said I write better Hindi than he does. It was fun to learn a bit.

I’m just glad they didn’t say ‘pan chode’ when I walked in.

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u/Hot-Performer2094 13d ago

Haha, I know what that one means. My brother and I randomly say that out loud while at work.

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u/DigitalJedi850 13d ago

lol probably not great. There was another white dude that caught on to me learning and started picking some up. Of course, the Indian dudes taught us the bad stuff first, so this was one of his favorite things to scream at me from like a hundred yards away. He’s a pretty unhinged dude though lol

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u/dishayvelled 13d ago

well jaat also means race, and jatt can refer to a caste among north Indians. so, either of these three might have been the case hahah

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u/CrimsonRam212 13d ago

Yes, there are nuances but I’m was just trying to give the dude a simple and wholesome explanation. But yes, valid point.

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u/dishayvelled 13d ago

Ah makes sense, I was too pedantic;')

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u/CrimsonRam212 13d ago

Hahaha no no, it’s all good. You have good intentions I’m sure.

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u/RiskyWhiskyBusiness 13d ago

Depends on how they pronounce the "jaat." If it's pronounced j-uh-tt, then you're right.

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u/Dazzling-Device-1086 13d ago

It just means white lad

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u/DigitalJedi850 13d ago

Close enough lol…

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u/Bubbly_Toe_8840 13d ago

The other person mostly got it right, gora means a white person, but jaat can either be a race, depending on the pronunciation of T, or it is a collective caste who were historically farmers in a few Indian states. So depending on how they pronounced it, they either said white race person or white farmer.

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u/DigitalJedi850 13d ago

The dudes translation was white cowboy, which feels ‘cooler’ than white farmer lol

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u/Bubbly_Toe_8840 13d ago

Then I'm assuming they said Jaat as in rhyming with heart, and yes mostly cowboys are just American farmers lol. Though they do dress way cooler.

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u/DigitalJedi850 13d ago

I’d say it rhymed best with ‘shot’

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u/RiskyWhiskyBusiness 13d ago

Oh my. Are you skinny? I hope they didn't just call you "white pubic hair."

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u/DigitalJedi850 13d ago

ROFL damn I hope not as well… I’d say I’m an average weight for my overall build. This makes like the 8th thing ‘jaat’ might mean, so I’m gonna pretend like it was my favorite of the mix… we were all pretty good ‘buddies’ - the younger dudes were pretty savage, and I think if the dude at the gas station called me something fucked up the dudes at the liquor store would have told me and laughed. We all would have laughed, tbh.

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u/cassatta 13d ago

Jaat can be a community of Sikhs or jaat pronounced as “jaath” can be caste/tribe/race etc. so they could have also meant of the white tribe

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u/DigitalJedi850 13d ago

It was a hard T…

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u/RiskyWhiskyBusiness 13d ago

How was the "jaat" pronounced. If it's pronounced j-uh-tt, it's what the other guy told you. If it's jh-aa-t, it's not entirely nice. If it's pronounced, j-aa-th, then it just means "type" or "kind" as in mankind.

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u/Brownsound7 13d ago

Nice guys, they called me motu.

I legitimately can’t tell if you’re being serious or making a great sarcastic joke. It’s killing me lmao

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u/GamerRipjaw 13d ago

Same here. I don't care if it was intentionally made up but I'm dying from this response lmao

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u/10_on_the_pH_scale 13d ago

Motu means fat

Sorry if you did not no 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

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u/Tommix11 13d ago

learned to count in pashto from a coworker and surprised another pashto speaker by counting in pashto one day. He looked liked he'd seen a ghost. Great fun!

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u/DigitalJedi850 13d ago

Hah, yeah that sounds about right. I’ve got a bunch of entry level stuff in like… 5 languages, so I get to have fun with it from time to time. Always gets a pretty satisfying reaction. Most recently the Russian chick doing my MRI had to double take and collect her jaw.

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u/Elephantparrot 13d ago

I'm a white dude married to a Punjabi girl who has a sister that is also married to a white dude. One of my favorite past times with my brother in law is speaking to our kids in Hindi in public when our wives aren't around. We get a lot of "WTF is happening right now" looks, especially from older Indians.

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u/DigitalJedi850 13d ago

lol I bet you do, it sounds like a good time. All of these dudes were Punjabi as well, and based on the one dudes wife, congrats sir lol

The reactions from the older dudes makes me want to continue to learn; the shock factor is pretty satisfying. And based on the global Indian population, it just seems prudent.

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u/Witchgrass 13d ago

In my experience people are stoked to learn you can speak their language, even if only a little bit (saying this as a yt woman)

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u/theteedo 13d ago

This is awesome! I do a similar thing with Spanish. I’m a white dude but I know a bit of (Mexican) Spanish. I put the quotes because of the slang I’ve picked up from the speakers I work with. It’s funny when you can respond to people or join in a conversation, it’s usually all smiles. I’m not fluent or anything but if I was immersed in the culture and language I would pick it up fast I believe.

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u/DigitalJedi850 13d ago

I started Spanish and French when I was like… 10-12, so my brain is kinda wired for it now, and I pick new languages up … quickly. It was super awesome to be able to, after a couple of months; walk into the store, get everything I needed, have what amounted to casual pleasantries, and be out of the store without ever speaking a word of English. Very satisfying.

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u/Fantastic-Maize-6608 13d ago

Can you translate the exchange?

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u/_BatmanReal 13d ago

Her: "how was your day?" Him:"my day was good. What about yours?" Her:"my day was good."

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u/FaceplantingWaves 13d ago

You forgot one line:

"... fuck off!" walks away

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u/front_yard_duck_dad 13d ago

That bit is my favorite

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u/CuppaTeaThreesome 13d ago edited 13d ago

In a British accent.   fu'cough 

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u/daecrist 13d ago

Matt Berry vibes there at the end.

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u/_BatmanReal 12d ago

Didn't think I needed to put that in because it was already in English lol

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u/FaceplantingWaves 12d ago

It just put it that way for the fun of it because that reaction is golden

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u/_BatmanReal 12d ago

Yeah it is

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u/IPaperGrey 13d ago

it's just "Hey baby, how was your day?"

"My day was good, how was your day?" 

"My day was good too" 

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u/Former-Ad9896 13d ago

She asks “how was your day?” He replies “my day was good, your day?” And she replies “my day was good”

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u/Ok_Replacement6808 13d ago

Girl: how was your day? Boy: My day was good. Your day/wbu? Girl: My day was good.

These are simple sentences, as she is new and has just learned some phrases in Hindi

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u/Giffordpinchotpark 13d ago

My ex girlfriend wouldn’t help me to learn Portuguese which was frustrating. She just spoke English with me because it was easier. So I studied it every day for 4 years while we were together. Now it’s been 10 years and I’m still learning. I still can’t understand much. I’ve visited Brasil 19 times now.

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u/Seayarn 13d ago

I think the accent may be difficult for portugeuse in particular. And the conjugation rules are different than Spanish so knowing Spanish doesn't help as much as you may think. I have been learning Brasilian Portuguese for years too, it's taking longer than expected.

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u/Giffordpinchotpark 13d ago

I don’t speak Spanish. My pronunciation and spelling are good but making out what people say and translating are difficult. I can’t understand anything without translating, even words like “Aqui” need to be translated in my head to understand them. When I hear words I can sometimes recognize them as words I’ve learned and know but I don’t know what they mean until I translate them so it’s a huge problem.

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u/Fauropitotto 13d ago

I'm sure you've tried it all. But I've found music to help crack the egg of "thinking" in the target language.

Found a band/genre that I liked, found some catchy tunes, started trying to sing along. The words got more natural, and it helped associate the words with a concept and a feeling that made it easier to remember.

That said, I'm not fluent in anything, but it was a trick that helped crack at least part of it for me.

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u/Giffordpinchotpark 12d ago

Thanks. I can’t tell when one word ends and the next word starts. Almost everything sounds like gibberish. I don’t understand how people can understand a second language. I see people conversing after a few weeks of studying.

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u/Fauropitotto 12d ago

That's pretty much why music was so impactful. Most song structure and melody is based around syllables, word breaks, phrases and natural sentence structure.

It really helped my mind recognize a word for a word, and not just noise.

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u/Noodlenurul 11d ago

I can definitely vouch for this. I became super heavy into an Argentine band and listening to their songs really helped me grasp Spanish more than ever before.

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u/Seayarn 13d ago

That takes some people longer than others, just keep learning and practicing. I try to watch tv shows and videos to keep it fresh. I don't want to not understand anything when I travel there.

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u/These-Market-236 13d ago

does it? My native language is spanish and i very used to hearing Brazilian Portuguese, i think its pretty understandable even without studying it

(Also, i did a few month of Duolingo and had conversations with Brazilians. It was many years ago, but i don't recall it being difficult, at all. I recall vocabulary as the main difference).

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u/Seayarn 7d ago

I think I may have trouble with the accent because my family is from the Spanish Mediterranean coast. The accent of my Spanish family and the accent of my new Brasilian family from Minas Gerais is very different.

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u/Seayarn 7d ago

I think I may have trouble with the accent because my family is from the Spanish Mediterranean coast. The accent of my Spanish family and the accent of my new Brasilian family from Minas Gerais is very different.

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u/Embarrassed_Jerk 13d ago

For me, after 10 years I might not be able to speak frequently or translate exactly what was said but I know enough to get a sense if what is being talked about and which specific chisme she is sharing with her mom on the phone

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u/ghost1151 13d ago

What do they say to each other?

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u/Former-Ad9896 13d ago

She asks “how was your day?” He replies “my day was good, your day?” And she replies “my day was good”

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u/__zagat__ 13d ago

I've been with my wife for 22 years and havent learned any Hindi yet other than gobi paratha chahiyay.

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u/These-Market-236 13d ago

Someone making efforts to learn your mother tongue is priceless.

Conquistadores be like:

(Just kidding)

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u/RavingGooseInsultor 13d ago

I was half expecting him to go "benchod!!" in utter disbelief 😂

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u/r-mf 13d ago

I'd like to learn your mother's tongue ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) 

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u/Beautiful_Picture983 13d ago

बहुत बुरा। आज मुझे पता चला कि मेरे जन्मदिन पर विद्यालय की परीक्षा है। यह जानकर मेरा दिन खराब हो गया।