English to Hindi Translator

Free English to Hindi translation, plus the Hindi grammar that trips up English speakers.

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What changes when you translate English to Hindi

Translating English into Hindi changes more than the words. Hindi is written in Devanagari, places verbs at the end of the sentence, uses postpositions instead of prepositions, and has three levels of formality in its pronouns (आप, तुम, तू). Hindi puts the verb last and marks respect through pronoun and verb choices, so tone and word order both change when translating. A word-for-word tool gets the vocabulary right and these things wrong, which is why the translator above reads the whole sentence before it writes anything.

English and Hindi: key differences

English and Hindi diverge on the writing system, word order, grammatical gender, formality, subject pronouns, and articles. Each row below is a place where swapping words one for one produces the wrong Hindi sentence.

Feature	English	Hindi
Writing system	the Latin alphabet	Devanagari
Typical word order	subject–verb–object	subject–object–verb
Grammatical gender	no grammatical gender	two genders (masculine, feminine)
Formality	no formal/informal distinction	informal and formal second person (तू, तुम / आप)
Subject pronouns	required	usually dropped
Articles	definite and indefinite	no articles

English to Hindi example sentences

Full sentences translated from English to Hindi:

English	Hindi
Please send me the signed agreement by noon.	कृपया दोपहर तक हस्ताक्षरित समझौता मुझे भेज दीजिए। Professional email request · formal — The respectful compound imperative दीजिए makes the request appropriately polite · Standard Modern Hindi (India)
Rina bought two new books yesterday.	रीना ने कल दो नई किताबें खरीदीं। Reporting a completed purchase · neutral — ने marks the perfective transitive subject, while नई and खरीदीं agree with the feminine plural object · Standard Modern Hindi (India)
The train has been standing here for twenty minutes.	ट्रेन यहाँ बीस मिनट से खड़ी है। Travel delay update · neutral — से expresses an ongoing duration and खड़ी agrees with the feminine noun ट्रेन without copying an English perfect progressive · Standard Modern Hindi (India)
I'll call you as soon as I get home.	घर पहुँचते ही तुम्हें फ़ोन करूँगा। Message to a friend · informal — पहुँचते ही expresses immediate succession, तुम्हें is the oblique object, and करूँगा marks a masculine speaker · Masculine speaker; informal तुम address
Which room should we wait in?	हमें किस कमरे में इंतज़ार करना चाहिए? Question at an office or clinic · neutral — The experiencer is marked by हमें, and the postposition में follows the oblique form कमरे · Standard Modern Hindi (India)
I miss my grandmother a lot.	मुझे अपनी दादी की बहुत याद आती है। Personal conversation about family · neutral — Hindi uses a dative experiencer plus the nonliteral construction किसी की याद आना rather than a direct verb for miss · Standard Modern Hindi (India)
Please don't add salt until the water boils.	पानी उबलने तक नमक मत डालिए। Cooking instruction · formal — मत plus the respectful imperative डालिए forms a negative instruction, while उबलने तक marks the endpoint · Standard Modern Hindi (India)

Common English to Hindi phrases

Everyday expressions translated from English to Hindi:

English	Hindi (हिन्दी)
Hello	नमस्ते (namaste)
Good night	शुभ रात्रि (shubh ratri)
Thank you	धन्यवाद (dhanyavaad)
Please	कृपया (kripya)
How are you?	आप कैसे हैं? (aap kaise hain?)
What is your name?	आपका नाम क्या है? (aapka naam kya hai?)
I love you	मैं तुमसे प्यार करता हूँ (main tumse pyaar karta hoon)
Excuse me	माफ़ कीजिए (maaf kijiye)
Where is the bathroom?	शौचालय कहाँ है? (shauchalay kahan hai?)
Goodbye	अलविदा (alvida)

About the Hindi language

Hindi (हिन्दी) is spoken by about 610 million people across northern and central India and the Indian diaspora. It belongs to the Indo-Aryan (Indo-European) language family and is written in Devanagari.

Native name: हिन्दी
Speakers: 610 million
Language family: Indo-Aryan (Indo-European)
Writing system: Devanagari
Word order: subject–object–verb

English to Hindi translation tips

English uses subject–verb–object word order, while Hindi is subject–object–verb, so the AI restructures whole sentences instead of substituting words one by one.
English is written in the Latin alphabet, and Hindi uses Devanagari, so the translator converts between writing systems for you.
Hindi normally places postpositions after a noun or pronoun. A preceding masculine singular noun in -आ changes to the oblique -ए form, as in कमरा → कमरे में.
Agreement depends on aspect and case marking. In many perfective transitive clauses the subject takes ने and the verb agrees with an unmarked object; if no noun can control agreement, a default masculine singular form appears.
Choose address forms before translating: आप takes respectful plural agreement, तुम is familiar, and तू is highly intimate or potentially rude. Keep the corresponding imperative and verb forms consistent.
This bundle uses Standard Modern Hindi as written in India and Devanagari throughout. Gendered speaker forms are labeled; regional speech and Hindi–Urdu vocabulary choices may differ.

English to Hindi translation FAQ

How accurate is AI English to Hindi translation?

The translator uses a modern AI language model that understands context, so English to Hindi results read more naturally than word-for-word tools. For legal, medical, or other high-stakes text, have a fluent speaker review the output.

How do you say hello in Hindi?

Hello in Hindi is नमस्ते (namaste). The common-phrases table on this page lists more everyday Hindi expressions, such as धन्यवाद (dhanyavaad) (thank you) and अलविदा (alvida) (goodbye).

Why can a Hindi past-tense verb agree with the object rather than the subject?

In a perfective transitive clause, ने commonly marks the agent and blocks subject agreement. The verb can then agree with an unmarked object, so preserve case marking, aspect and gender together instead of translating each word independently.

How should English 'you' be translated into Hindi?

Use the relationship and setting. आप is respectful and takes plural-style agreement, तुम is familiar, and तू is restricted to very intimate or deliberately downward address; the verb and imperative must match the choice.

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