Conversation, discussion, rumour, praise, criticism and the ways people speak.
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Beyond saying, asking and telling there is a whole vocabulary of how people talk: they whisper (फुसफुसाना), mutter (बड़बड़ाना), interrupt (टोकना) or shout (चिल्लाना). Many nouns here take करना or देना: तारीफ़ करना, to praise; ताना देना, to taunt; गाली देना, to swear at someone.
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चिल्लानाto shout; to yellVerbB1
मुझ पर चिल्लाओ मत!Don’t shout at me!
फुसफुसानाto whisperVerbB1
उसने मेरे कान में कुछ फुसफुसाया।He whispered something in my ear.
टोकनाto interrupt; to pull someone upVerbB1
बीच में मत टोको, पहले मेरी बात पूरी होने दो।Don’t interrupt; let me finish first.
मज़ाक़ उड़ानाto make fun ofVerbB1
दूसरों का मज़ाक़ उड़ाना ठीक नहीं।It is not right to make fun of others.
इनकार करनाto refuseVerbB1
उसने मदद करने से इनकार कर दिया।She refused to help.
Refusing to do something is करने से इनकार.
पुकारनाto call out toVerbB1
माँ ने खिड़की से मुझे पुकारा।Mother called out to me from the window.
बड़बड़ानाto mutter; to grumbleVerbB1
वह ग़ुस्से में कुछ बड़बड़ा रहा था।He was muttering something angrily.
हकलानाto stammerVerbB1
घबराहट में वह हकलाने लगा।In his nervousness he began to stammer.
सवाल उठानाto raise a questionVerbB1
पत्रकारों ने कई सवाल उठाए।The journalists raised several questions.