As I spent a lot of time listening to people in Mumbai speak Hindi, I'm trying to pick up some common patterns to help understand the Hindi spoken by Mumbaikars. However, I have not really been able to find good resources on this.
Wikipedia has a page with Bombay slang, which I've primarily heard used in movies rather than real life. Furthermore, it's mostly about vocabulary rather than changes in grammar.
Here are few guesses of things people might say in Mumbai Hindi that I have not seen in standard textbooks. They might also just be forms of colloquial Hindi.
1. kariye / करिये instead of kijie / कीजिए - "please do"
2. chalu karna / चालू करना instead of aarambh kara / आरंभ करना - "to start"
3. chalu hona / चालू होना instead of shuru hona / शुरू होना - "to begin"
4. X karne ko milna / X करने को मिलना instead of X karne ka mauka milna / करने का मौका मिलना - "to get to do X"
5. X kar rahai / X कर रहे instead of X kar raha hai / कर रहा है - "doing X"
And of course wonderful English-Hindi compounds such as
6. X ke through / X के थरु instead of X ke duara / X के द्वारा - "through/by X"
Let me know if these are right/wrong or if you have additional examples!
Wikipedia has a page with Bombay slang, which I've primarily heard used in movies rather than real life. Furthermore, it's mostly about vocabulary rather than changes in grammar.
Here are few guesses of things people might say in Mumbai Hindi that I have not seen in standard textbooks. They might also just be forms of colloquial Hindi.
1. kariye / करिये instead of kijie / कीजिए - "please do"
2. chalu karna / चालू करना instead of aarambh kara / आरंभ करना - "to start"
3. chalu hona / चालू होना instead of shuru hona / शुरू होना - "to begin"
4. X karne ko milna / X करने को मिलना instead of X karne ka mauka milna / करने का मौका मिलना - "to get to do X"
5. X kar rahai / X कर रहे instead of X kar raha hai / कर रहा है - "doing X"
And of course wonderful English-Hindi compounds such as
6. X ke through / X के थरु instead of X ke duara / X के द्वारा - "through/by X"
Let me know if these are right/wrong or if you have additional examples!
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