House & Home
घर और मकान
Rooms and furniture vocabulary, plus the everyday verb habiter (to live/reside) — which is slightly more flexible than Hindi about the postposition before a city, since French allows dropping à while Hindi's में essentially never gets dropped.
Grammar Comparison
व्याकरण तुलना
habiter can drop à before a city — Hindi's में doesn't get this same flexibility
J'habite Paris. or J'habite à Paris. (I live in Paris — à is optional before a city)
मैं पेरिस में रहता हूँ। (में यहाँ लगभग हमेशा ज़रूरी है)
habiter can be used transitively (habiter Paris) or with à (habiter à Paris) — both are correct and common, letting French speakers treat the city name like a direct object if they want to. Hindi doesn't offer this same shortcut: मैं पेरिस में रहता हूँ needs में essentially every time, just as English always needs 'in' before a city ('I live in Paris', never just 'I live Paris'). Don't assume French's optional à means you can safely drop Hindi's में in the equivalent Hindi sentence — the two languages happen to diverge here, with French being the more flexible one for once.
Vocabulary
शब्दावली
- Hindi
- घरghar
- English
- the house
- Hindi
- फ़्लैटflaiṭ
- English
- the apartment
- Hindi
- रसोईrasoī
- English
- the kitchen
- Hindi
- शयनकक्षśayanakakṣ
- English
- the bedroom
- Hindi
- बाथरूमbāthrūm
- English
- the bathroom
- Hindi
- बैठकbaiṭhak
- English
- the living room
- Hindi
- बग़ीचाbaġīcā
- English
- the garden
- Hindi
- रहनाrahnā
- English
- to live, reside
- Hindi
- किरायाkirāyā
- English
- the rent
- Hindi
- घर बदलनाghar badalnā
- English
- to move (house)
- Hindi
- फ़र्नीचरfarnīcar
- English
- the furniture
- Hindi
- चाबीcābī
- English
- the key