Lesson 38.1B1

Reacting & Giving Feedback

प्रतिक्रिया देना और फ़ीडबैक

Hindi exclamations also split between an adjective-based pattern — यह अविश्वसनीय है ('that's incredible') — and a noun-based one built with क्या — क्या अच्छा विचार है ('what a good idea') — so the two-pattern logic maps closely onto Hindi. The one new detail: French quel/quelle must agree in gender and number with the noun that follows, an agreement step Hindi's invariant क्या never needs.

Grammar Comparison

व्याकरण तुलना

c'est + adjectif vs. quel/quelle + nom — Hindi's क्या never needs to agree, unlike quel/quelle

French

C'est incroyable ! vs. Quelle bonne idée !

Hindi

यह अविश्वसनीय है! बनाम क्या अच्छा विचार है!

Hindi splits exclamations the same way French does: an adjective-based pattern (यह अविश्वसनीय है, 'that's incredible') and a noun-based one built around क्या ('what'), क्या अच्छा विचार है ('what a good idea'). The one genuinely new detail is agreement: French quel/quelle must match the gender and number of the noun that follows — quel bon film ! (masculine) but quelle bonne idée ! (feminine) — while Hindi's क्या is completely invariant and never changes shape regardless of the noun's gender, so this is one small extra step to remember that Hindi's own exclamation pattern doesn't require.

Vocabulary

शब्दावली

c'est incroyablesay-tan-krwah-YAH-bluh

Hindi: यह अविश्वसनीय हैyah aviśvasanīya hai
English: that's incredible

quelle bonne idéekel bon ee-DAY

Hindi: क्या अच्छा विचार हैkyā acchā vicār hai
English: what a good idea

félicitationsfay-lee-see-tah-see-OHN

Hindi: बधाई होbadhāī ho
English: congratulations

je suis impressionné(e)zhuh swee zam-pres-see-oh-NAY

Hindi: मैं प्रभावित हूँmaiñ prabhāvit hūñ
English: I'm impressed

ça m'étonnesah may-TON

Hindi: यह मुझे हैरान करता हैyah mujhe hairān kartā hai
English: that surprises me

à ta placeah tah plahs

Hindi: तुम्हारी जगह होता/होती तोtumhārī jagah hotā/hotī to
English: if I were you

je te conseille dezhuh tuh kon-SAY duh

Hindi: मैं तुम्हें सलाह देता/देती हूँ किmaiñ tumheñ salāh detā/detī hūñ ki
English: I advise you to

il vaudrait mieuxeel voh-DREH myuh

Hindi: बेहतर होगा किbehtar hogā ki
English: it would be better to

tu devraistu duh-VREH

Hindi: तुम्हें चाहिएtumheñ cāhie
English: you should

dommagedoh-MAHZH

Hindi: अफ़सोस की बात हैafsos kī bāt hai
English: that's a shame/pity

tant mieuxtahn myuh

Hindi: और भी अच्छाaur bhī acchā
English: so much the better

tant pistahn pee

Hindi: कोई बात नहींkoī bāt nahīñ
English: too bad / oh well

bien jouébyan zhoo-AY

Hindi: शाबाशśābāś
English: well done

French	Pronunciation	Hindi	English
c'est incroyable	say-tan-krwah-YAH-bluh	यह अविश्वसनीय हैyah aviśvasanīya hai	that's incredible
quelle bonne idée	kel bon ee-DAY	क्या अच्छा विचार हैkyā acchā vicār hai	what a good idea
félicitations	fay-lee-see-tah-see-OHN	बधाई होbadhāī ho	congratulations
je suis impressionné(e)	zhuh swee zam-pres-see-oh-NAY	मैं प्रभावित हूँmaiñ prabhāvit hūñ	I'm impressed
ça m'étonne	sah may-TON	यह मुझे हैरान करता हैyah mujhe hairān kartā hai	that surprises me
à ta place	ah tah plahs	तुम्हारी जगह होता/होती तोtumhārī jagah hotā/hotī to	if I were you
je te conseille de	zhuh tuh kon-SAY duh	मैं तुम्हें सलाह देता/देती हूँ किmaiñ tumheñ salāh detā/detī hūñ ki	I advise you to
il vaudrait mieux	eel voh-DREH myuh	बेहतर होगा किbehtar hogā ki	it would be better to
tu devrais	tu duh-VREH	तुम्हें चाहिएtumheñ cāhie	you should
dommage	doh-MAHZH	अफ़सोस की बात हैafsos kī bāt hai	that's a shame/pity
tant mieux	tahn myuh	और भी अच्छाaur bhī acchā	so much the better
tant pis	tahn pee	कोई बात नहींkoī bāt nahīñ	too bad / oh well
bien joué	byan zhoo-AY	शाबाशśābāś	well done

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