Making an Appointment
अपॉइंटमेंट लेना
Booking an appointment in German uses a fixed noun-verb pair that has to be learned as one unit, and reuses the health lesson's dative-experiencer pattern to ask if a time works.
Grammar Comparison
व्याकरण तुलना
einen Termin vereinbaren — a fixed pair for booking
Ich möchte einen Termin vereinbaren. (I'd like to make an appointment.)
मुझे एक अपॉइंटमेंट लेना है।
Hindi's "अपॉइंटमेंट लेना" uses the general verb 'लेना'; German specifically pairs Termin with vereinbaren ('to arrange/agree on') — or, in casual speech, with machen, where einen Termin machen is also informally fine. vereinbaren is heard in more formal settings like a doctor's office. Treat Termin + vereinbaren as one fixed phrase to memorize together.
Passt Ihnen...? — the polite dative for asking if a time works
Passt Ihnen Montag um 10 Uhr? (Does Monday at 10 work for you?)
क्या आपको सोमवार 10 बजे ठीक रहेगा?
passen ('to fit/suit') is a dative verb just like gefallen: the person is the dative object, and the proposed time is the grammatical subject — literally 'does Monday at 10 fit for you?' The same dative-experiencer pattern from the health lesson (Mir tut... weh) shows up again here.
Vocabulary
शब्दावली
| German | Pronunciation | Hindi | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| der Termin | dair tair-MEEN | अपॉइंटमेंटapŏinṭmenṭ | appointment |
| einen Termin vereinbaren | EYE-nen tair-MEEN fer-EYEN-bah-ren | अपॉइंटमेंट तय करनाapŏinṭmenṭ tay karnā | to make an appointment |
| Passt Ihnen...? | pahst EE-nen | क्या आपको ... ठीक रहेगा?kyā āpko ... ṭhīk rahegā? | Does ... work for you? |
| Ich möchte einen Termin absagen. | ikh MERKH-teh EYE-nen tair-MEEN AHP-zah-gen | मुझे एक अपॉइंटमेंट रद्द करनी है।mujhe ek apŏinṭmenṭ raddh karnī hai | I'd like to cancel an appointment. |
| verschieben | fer-SHEE-ben | टालना / स्थगित करनाṭālnā | to reschedule / postpone |
| Wann haben Sie Zeit? | vahn HAH-ben zee tsyt | आपके पास कब समय है?āpke pās kab samay hai? | When do you have time? |
| Um wie viel Uhr? | oom vee feel oor | किस समय?kis samay? | At what time? |
| Ich bin leider verhindert. | ikh bin LY-der fer-HIN-dert | दुर्भाग्य से मैं नहीं आ पाऊँगा।durbhāgya se maiñ nahīñ ā pāūñgā | Unfortunately I can't make it. |
| die Sprechstunde | dee SHPREKH-shtoon-deh | परामर्श का समयparāmarś kā samay | office hours / consultation hours |