Teri aahatein nahiin hain

Another song, this time from the movie Ek main aur ekk tu (it is a mystery to me why the first ek is written with one K and the second one with KK). The stars are Imran Khan and Kareena Kapoor.

The video with movie imagery:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmrzR9cSMRY&feature=related
The video with lyrics and translation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=urzvM2rSZF8&feature=endscreen

http://www.bollymeaning.com/2011/12/teri-aahatein-nahi-hain-lyrics.html#more

Random words from the song:

छोटा chōṭā -small
याद (f) yāda - memory

फिर phir -, again, back

वही vahī -the same

Hum Tum Title song

This song  is from the movie Hum Tum starring Saif Ali Khan and Rani Mukerji. 
Video with English subtitles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_tcVDBy6oU 
Video with the lyrics:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM0hj4pZF2U

Link to the lyrics and translation:
http://www.bollymeaning.com/2011/08/saanson-ko-saanson-mein-hum-tum-lyrics.html#more

I was a little confused by the song because it seems to mean "You and I" but hum is "we". Apparently hum is sometimes used to mean "I", a kind of a royal we usage. Personal pronouns are explained in this article.

http://www.brighthubeducation.com/studying-a-language/33289-learning-hindi-grammar-using-pronouns/


A random word from the song:

धड़कन heartbeat

Learning Devanagari क -k

क

Today's letter is क, k. 

Some useful words with the letter:

क्यों  kyon  why क्या  kyaa  what  कौन  kaun  who  कैसे  kaise  how  कितना  kitnaa  how much  कहाँ  kahaan  where  कब  kab  when  कभी कभी kabhi kabhi sometimes कुछ kuch  something

Learning Devanagari: (अ -a) and (आ -aa)

I'm struggling with the Devanagari script and I thought I would dedicate a post to each letter to help me remember. This is just a random collection of words using the letter. Hopefully the squiggles will eventually start to mean something to me ;)
I may add more words later.

अ -a

आ -aa

ा -long a -dependent form with a consonant

 

आप                 aap - you (polite)

अपना              apna -own


आदमी             (m) admi -man

अच्छा             accha - good

आज               aaj today

आजकल        aaj kal - nowadays

आना              aanaa- come, walk, etc.

अंग्रेज              angrez -English, British

अमरीकी          amriki -American

अफ़्रीकी          afriki -African

आस्ट्रेलियाई -  āsṭrēliyā'ī -Australian

अंटार्कटिका     -Antarctica

अंधा               andhā -blind

Yeh Dooriyan

 Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKOLynNhWxo&feature=related
Lyrics and translation video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0kVe4jKpd0&feature=related

Here's a lovely song (singer Mohit Chauhan) from the movie Love Aaj Kal, starring Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Padukone.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Aaj_Kal 
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1275863/

Lyrics and translation:
http://www.lyricsmasti.com/song/6958/get_lyrics_of_Ye-Dooriyan.html

Some words from the song:

दूरी (f) duri= distance, travel
राह (f) rāha = path, road, train etc.
निगाह (f) nigāha = eye, gaze, seeing, sight, vision, view
हमराही  hamarāhī = companion
पस paas= near
दुर dur = far
दूर 
ख़ाली  ḵẖālī =empty
सताना satānā =torment, trouble, etc.
फ़ासला (m) fāsalā = breadth, distance track

Kabhi Kabhi Aditi

One of my favorite songs, by Rashid Ali from the movie Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na  जाने तू... या जाने ना (it means something like, whether you know it or not). The actors in the video are Imran Khan and Genelia Souza.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaane_Tu..._Ya_Jaane_Na
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0473367/

Here is the video with English subtitles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6EqqaGDbCM
Video with lyrics:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_9w5ihXKXY&feature=related

English translated versions:
http://vickyatwork.blogspot.com/2008/05/lyrics-kabhi-kabhi-aditi-zindagi.html
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080811043214AAmVPLU 
http://thebollywoodfan.blogspot.com/2008/05/jaane-tu-ya-jaane-na-lyrics-and.html
http://lyricstranslate.com/en/kabhi-kabhi-aditi-sometimes-aditi-aditi-name.html
(they are a little different)

some words  from the song:


अपना apna =own
अंधेरा (m) andhera= darkness, gloominess, night 

सवेरा savera = morning 
सजा (f) saza =  punishment
सपना (m) sapna = dream  
सोचना sochna =think
सूरज (m) suraj = sun 

ज़िंदगी (m) zindagi = life 
बिचार (m) bichar= impression
दिन (m) din = day



मुश्किल mushkil =difficult

मुस्कुराहट (f) muskurahat= smile
मज़ा (f) mazaa =happiness

रात (f) =raat= night 

लेकिन lekin= but 
बाद baad= after 
थोड़ा thoda= little 
 खुशी (f) khushi =happiness

हर har =every