Life Plans & Wishes
जीवन की योजनाएँ और इच्छाएँ
Hindi similarly distinguishes a softer wish — मैं चाहूँगा/चाहूँगी ('I would like') — from a firmer intention — मेरा इरादा है ('I intend to') — so this register logic transfers directly. Just note that j'ai l'intention de always takes de before the infinitive, where Hindi's इरादा है pairs with का/की (a genitive marker) rather than any word that maps onto 'to'.
Grammar Comparison
व्याकरण तुलना
j'aimerais/je voudrais (wish) vs. j'ai l'intention de (firm plan) — Hindi marks this same distinction
J'aimerais voyager davantage. vs. J'ai l'intention de déménager l'année prochaine.
मैं ज़्यादा यात्रा करना चाहूँगा/चाहूँगी। बनाम अगले साल घर बदलने का मेरा इरादा है।
Hindi already distinguishes a softer wish, चाहूँगा/चाहूँगी ('would like'), from a firmer intention, इरादा है ('intend'), matching French's split between j'aimerais/je voudrais and j'ai l'intention de almost point for point. The one detail to watch: j'ai l'intention de always takes de before the infinitive, while Hindi's इरादा है pairs the intended action with का/की (a genitive marker: घर बदलने का इरादा, literally 'the intention of moving house') rather than a word that maps onto English 'to' — so don't expect a one-to-one preposition match, just the same underlying register distinction.
Vocabulary
शब्दावली
- Hindi
- मैं चाहूँगा/चाहूँगीmaiñ cāhūñgā/cāhūñgī
- English
- I'd like
- Hindi
- मैं चाहता/चाहती हूँmaiñ cāhtā/cāhtī hūñ
- English
- I would like
- Hindi
- मेरा इरादा हैmerā irādā hai
- English
- I intend to
- Hindi
- योजनाyojnā
- English
- a project/plan
- Hindi
- लक्ष्यlakṣya
- English
- a goal
- Hindi
- सपनाsapnā
- English
- a dream
- Hindi
- सपना पूरा करनाsapnā pūrā karnā
- English
- to make a dream come true
- Hindi
- विचार करनाvicār karnā
- English
- to consider/envisage
- Hindi
- उम्मीद करनाummīd karnā
- English
- to hope
- Hindi
- लंबे समय मेंlambe samay meñ
- English
- in the long term
- Hindi
- थोड़े समय मेंthoṛe samay meñ
- English
- in the short term
- Hindi
- अपने लिए एक लक्ष्य तय करनाapne lie ek lakṣya tay karnā
- English
- to set oneself a goal
- Hindi
- लक्ष्य हासिल करनाlakṣya hāsil karnā
- English
- to reach a goal