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Lesson 50.04B2

Discussion & Debate Phrases

चर्चा और वाद-विवाद के वाक्यांश

Hindi formal discussion hedges the same way — मुझे ऐसा लगता है कि ('it seems to me that') softens an opinion compared to a flat assertion, the identical instinct behind French's il me semble que over a bare je pense que.

Grammar Comparison

व्याकरण तुलना

Framing an opinion before you state it — Hindi hedges with the same instinct

French

À mon avis, ... / Je suis d'accord, mais... / Il me semble que...

Hindi

मेरी राय में, ... / मैं सहमत हूँ, लेकिन... / मुझे ऐसा लगता है कि...

Hedge with il me semble que or à mon avis rather than flatly asserting je pense que every time — a hedged opinion reads as more nuanced and appropriate for a formal discussion. Hindi reaches for the identical softening move: मुझे ऐसा लगता है कि ('it seems to me that') feels noticeably gentler than a flat मैं कहता हूँ ('I say'), the same instinct behind French's preference for il me semble que in careful, formal speech.

Vocabulary

शब्दावली

à mon avisah mohn nah-VEE
Hindi
मेरी राय मेंmerī rāy meñ
English
in my opinion
je suis d'accordzhuh swee dah-KOR
Hindi
मैं सहमत हूँmaiñ sahmat hūñ
English
I agree
je ne suis pas d'accordzhuh nuh swee pah dah-KOR
Hindi
मैं सहमत नहीं हूँmaiñ sahmat nahīñ hūñ
English
I disagree
il me semble queeel muh SAHNBL kuh
Hindi
मुझे ऐसा लगता है किmujhe aisā lagtā hai ki
English
it seems to me that
en revancheahn ruh-VAHNSH
Hindi
इसके विपरीतiske viparīt
English
on the other hand / however
par exemplepar eg-ZAHNPL
Hindi
उदाहरण के लिएudāharaṇ ke lie
English
for example
c'est-à-direseh-tah-DEER
Hindi
यानी किyānī ki
English
that is to say
il faut reconnaître queeel foh ruh-koh-NAY-truh kuh
Hindi
यह मानना ज़रूरी है किyah mānnā zarūrī hai ki
English
it must be acknowledged that
prendre la paroleprahn-druh lah pah-ROL
Hindi
बोलना शुरू करनाbolnā śurū karnā
English
to take the floor (start speaking)
couper la parolekoo-PAY lah pah-ROL
Hindi
बीच में टोकनाbīc meñ ṭoknā
English
to interrupt
un argumentuh nar-goo-MAHN
Hindi
तर्कtark
English
an argument (a point made)