Originally posted by Letizia B.:
Happy birthday, svsg and DA!!
I also have a question for you, svsg: can you tell me what these Hindi words mean?
-dil
-ajnabee
-bahane
-kaho
-hum
-hai
I'm learning it slowly, after about a year and a half of watching like 4 Hindi films per week. 
I already know aur, pyaar, kuch, nehi, chalo, ek, and a few others. I'm thinking this summer to actually learn the language, to be able to speak it. I don't have anyone to practice it with though, so I don't know if I will. My Indian friends don't speak Hindi, only their parents do. 
Thanks Zia.
4 hindi movies a week? wow that is incredible, even I don't watch so many! Great to know you are trying to learn an Indian language. BTW Hindi is the Indian national language, but people speak dozens of totally different languages in each state.
Now for the meanings....
-dil (heart)
-ajnabee (stranger)
-bahane
1)Excuses - Eg - Bahane mat banao (don't make excuses)
2)In the pretext of - Eg - usko milne ke bahane... (in the pretext of meeting him/her....)
-kaho ("you tell" or "say" as in "you tell me" or "say something")
-hum(we)
-hai(the verb "is")
