When someone talks to you in Hindi

by Marathadi-Saamiyaar Sat Jul 19, 2014 12:54 pm

knowing you dont know hindi, what do you do?

by MaxEntropy_Man Sat Jul 19, 2014 12:57 pm

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:

knowing you dont know hindi, what do you do?

if you want to maintain a relationship with that person, say, "sorry but i don't understand hindi".
else, ask him why he is being a douchebag.

by Guest Sat Jul 19, 2014 1:10 pm

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:

knowing you dont know hindi, what do you do?

Most desis (not just north indians) usually assume that all other indians know hindi. If they know that you don't know hindi, but still insist on speaking to you in hindi, then they acting like tamilians. Razz

Srsly! Go to TN as a visitor, ask anyone a question in english (don't even think about asking in hindi), chances are, you'll get a response in tamil. It's not some street vendor i am talking about. It's the receptionists, cashiers, clerks and other ok educated folks.

by Guest Sat Jul 19, 2014 1:19 pm

Kinnera wrote:
Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:

knowing you dont know hindi, what do you do?
Most desis (not just north indians) usually assume that all other indians know hindi. If they know that you don't know hindi, but still insist on speaking to you in hindi, then they acting like tamilians.

Srsly! Go to TN as a visitor, ask anyone a question in english (don't even think about asking in hindi), chances are, you'll get a response in tamil. It's not some street vendor i am talking about. It's the receptionists, cashiers, clerks and other ok educated folks.

This may have been true in TN 10-15 years ago but I don't believe it is true any more. Tamilians have started embracing hindi in huge numbers.

by Guest Sat Jul 19, 2014 1:25 pm

Rashmun wrote:
Kinnera wrote:
Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:

knowing you dont know hindi, what do you do?
Most desis (not just north indians) usually assume that all other indians know hindi. If they know that you don't know hindi, but still insist on speaking to you in hindi, then they acting like tamilians.

Srsly! Go to TN as a visitor, ask anyone a question in english (don't even think about asking in hindi), chances are, you'll get a response in tamil. It's not some street vendor i am talking about. It's the receptionists, cashiers, clerks and other ok educated folks.

This may have been true in TN 10-15 years ago but I don't believe it is true any more. Tamilians have started embracing hindi in huge numbers.

I hope it's changing. But, folks who moved out of TN 10-15 yrs ago seem to have been stuck in the same mindset. Razz

by Marathadi-Saamiyaar Sat Jul 19, 2014 2:04 pm

Kinnera wrote:
Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:

knowing you dont know hindi, what do you do?
Most desis (not just north indians) usually assume that all other indians know hindi. If they know that you don't know hindi, but still insist on speaking to you in hindi, then they acting like tamilians.

Srsly! Go to TN as a visitor, ask anyone a question in english (don't even think about asking in hindi), chances are, you'll get a response in tamil. It's not some street vendor i am talking about. It's the receptionists, cashiers, clerks and other ok educated folks.

Tamilans will always answer back if you ask in Tamil, English (if they dont know they themselves will ask others nearby), and in hindi. Just like Naarthies, Tamilans assume any Naarthie who ventures so far south knows English. That is true to a very large extent. Naarthies visiting TN know better English than Tamilans's Hindi knowledge.

So your assumptions are komboletely wrong and your Gultness is making you ingratiate to the Hindians... Razz

by nevada Sat Jul 19, 2014 2:29 pm

Kinnera wrote:
Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:

knowing you dont know hindi, what do you do?
Most desis (not just north indians) usually assume that all other indians know hindi. If they know that you don't know hindi, but still insist on speaking to you in hindi, then they acting like tamilians.

Srsly! Go to TN as a visitor, ask anyone a question in english (don't even think about asking in hindi), chances are, you'll get a response in tamil. It's not some street vendor i am talking about. It's the receptionists, cashiers, clerks and other ok educated folks.

My experience was different. I have gotten responses in English from educated people and one autowallah even spoke in Hindi to me as I struggled to converse in Tamil with him.

by Guest Sat Jul 19, 2014 2:32 pm

nevada wrote:
Kinnera wrote:
Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:

knowing you dont know hindi, what do you do?
Most desis (not just north indians) usually assume that all other indians know hindi. If they know that you don't know hindi, but still insist on speaking to you in hindi, then they acting like tamilians.

Srsly! Go to TN as a visitor, ask anyone a question in english (don't even think about asking in hindi), chances are, you'll get a response in tamil. It's not some street vendor i am talking about. It's the receptionists, cashiers, clerks and other ok educated folks.
My experience was different. I have gotten responses in English from educated people and one autowallah even spoke in Hindi to me as I struggled to converse in Tamil with him.

Times are changing, as Rashmun said. That's good. Things were so different some years ago.

by confuzzled dude Sat Jul 19, 2014 2:52 pm

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:

knowing you dont know hindi, what do you do?

I would first check with him whether or not he is a Muslim Razz

by confuzzled dude Sat Jul 19, 2014 2:57 pm

nevada wrote:
Kinnera wrote:
Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:

knowing you dont know hindi, what do you do?
Most desis (not just north indians) usually assume that all other indians know hindi. If they know that you don't know hindi, but still insist on speaking to you in hindi, then they acting like tamilians.

Srsly! Go to TN as a visitor, ask anyone a question in english (don't even think about asking in hindi), chances are, you'll get a response in tamil. It's not some street vendor i am talking about. It's the receptionists, cashiers, clerks and other ok educated folks.
My experience was different. I have gotten responses in English from educated people and one autowallah even spoke in Hindi to me as I struggled to converse in Tamil with him.

Autowallhas are synonymous with cheaters/pickpocketers, at least used to be the case in Hyd where they used to speak only in hyderabadi urdu to cheat on their customers not native to Hyd. So I wouldn't read much into autowallahs speak.

by swapna Sat Jul 19, 2014 4:43 pm

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:

knowing you dont know hindi, what do you do?

I say, "I don't speak your language." I don't say, "I don't speak hindi."

by Guest Sat Jul 19, 2014 4:50 pm

what's more appropriate?

"I don't know hindi" or "I don't speak hindi".

by Marathadi-Saamiyaar Sat Jul 19, 2014 4:59 pm

confuzzled dude wrote:
Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:

knowing you dont know hindi, what do you do?
I would first check with him whether or not he is a Muslim

Of course, that goes without saying. bcz if the person is a muslim, i know they will speak only in hindi or Pakistani hindi (aka Urdu) anyway.

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