Technology & Communication
तकनीक और संचार
German's everyday tech vocabulary leans heavily on separable verbs — anrufen, aufladen, herunterladen — whose prefixes break off and move to the end of the clause, just like in the daily-routine lesson.
Grammar Comparison
व्याकरण तुलना
anrufen — the separable verb for 'to call'
Ich rufe dich später an. (I'll call you later — anrufen splits: rufe...an)
मैं तुम्हें बाद में फ़ोन करूँगा।
anrufen ('to call') is a separable verb: in a main clause, the prefix an- breaks off and moves all the way to the end, exactly like the separable verbs from the daily routine lesson (aufstehen, fernsehen). Hindi's "फ़ोन करूँगा" is a single unit, so remember that an- doesn't disappear — it just relocates to the end of the sentence.
schreiben + dative, to say who you're writing to
Ich schreibe dir eine Nachricht. (I'm writing you a message.)
मैं तुम्हें एक संदेश लिखता हूँ।
Like geben and other 'transfer' verbs, the message's recipient goes in the dative (dir), while the message itself is the accusative object (eine Nachricht) — the same familiar dative-before-accusative-noun word order pattern.
Vocabulary
शब्दावली
| German | Pronunciation | Hindi | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| das Handy | dahs HEN-dee | मोबाइल फ़ोनmobāil fon | mobile phone |
| anrufen | AHN-roo-fen | फ़ोन करना (अलग होने वाली)fon karnā | to call (separable) |
| eine Nachricht schreiben | EYE-neh NAHKH-rikht SHRY-ben | संदेश लिखनाsandeś likhnā | to write a message |
| die E-Mail | dee EE-mayl | ईमेलīmel | |
| das WLAN | dahs VAY-lahn | वाई-फ़ाईvāī-fāī | WiFi |
| der Akku | dair AH-koo | बैटरीbaiṭrī | battery |
| aufladen | OWF-lah-den | चार्ज करना (अलग होने वाली)cārj karnā | to charge (separable) |
| die App | dee ep | ऐपaip | app |
| im Internet surfen | im IN-ter-net SUR-fen | इंटरनेट चलानाinṭarneṭ calānā | to browse the internet |
| herunterladen | hair-OON-ter-lah-den | डाउनलोड करना (अलग होने वाली)ḍāunloḍ karnā | to download (separable) |
| Kannst du mich hören? | kahnst doo mikh HUR-en | क्या तुम मुझे सुन सकते हो?kyā tum mujhe sun sakte ho? | Can you hear me? |
| Ich habe keinen Empfang. | ikh HAH-beh KY-nen emp-FAHNG | मुझे कोई नेटवर्क नहीं मिल रहा।mujhe koī neṭvark nahīñ mil rahā | I have no signal/reception. |