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Lesson 38.07B1

Advantages & Disadvantages

फ़ायदे और नुक़सान

Hindi's एक तरफ़...दूसरी तरफ़ ('on one side...on the other side') is structurally identical to French's d'un côté...de l'autre côté, so this pairing transfers directly. The one detail worth noting: French can drop côté in the second half (de l'autre, literally 'of the other'), a small ellipsis Hindi doesn't make — दूसरी तरफ़ always keeps तरफ़ ('side') spelled out in full.

Grammar Comparison

व्याकरण तुलना

d'un côté...de l'autre côté ≈ Hindi's एक तरफ़...दूसरी तरफ़

French

D'un côté, le télétravail offre plus de liberté ; de l'autre, il isole.

Hindi

एक तरफ़, घर से काम ज़्यादा आज़ादी देता है; दूसरी तरफ़, यह अकेला कर देता है।

Hindi's एक तरफ़...दूसरी तरफ़ matches French's d'un côté...de l'autre côté almost word for word, both literally meaning 'on one side...on the other side'. The one small difference: French can elliptically drop côté in the second half (de l'autre, just 'of the other'), leaving it implied — Hindi doesn't do this, दूसरी तरफ़ always keeps तरफ़ spelled out, so don't be thrown when a French sentence shortens the second half in a way Hindi never would.

Vocabulary

शब्दावली

un avantageuhn ah-vahn-TAHZH
Hindi
फ़ायदाfāydā
English
an advantage
un inconvénientuhn an-kohn-vay-nee-AHN
Hindi
नुक़सानnuqsān
English
a disadvantage
d'un côtéduhn koh-TAY
Hindi
एक तरफ़ek taraf
English
on one hand
de l'autre côtéduh LOH-truh koh-TAY
Hindi
दूसरी तरफ़dūsrī taraf
English
on the other hand
d'une partdun par
Hindi
एक ओरek or
English
on the one hand
d'autre partDOH-truh par
Hindi
दूसरी ओरdūsrī or
English
on the other hand
en revancheahn ruh-VAHNSH
Hindi
इसके विपरीतiske viparīt
English
on the other hand / however
par contrepar KOHN-truh
Hindi
लेकिनlekin
English
on the other hand (more casual)
cependantsuh-pahn-DAHN
Hindi
हालाँकिhālāñki
English
however
néanmoinsnay-ahn-MWAN
Hindi
फिर भीphir bhī
English
nevertheless
il est vrai queee-leh vreh kuh
Hindi
यह सच है किyah sac hai ki
English
it's true that
malgré toutmahl-GRAY too
Hindi
सब कुछ के बावजूदsab kuch ke bāvjūd
English
despite everything
tandis quetahn-DEE kuh
Hindi
जबकिjabki
English
whereas