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No, it's not vanishing at all, not in Delhi at least. I utter that word so many times in a day. 'Namste uncle' and 'namaste auntie' is a norm.

But Delhi in the pure Hindi base but the other states like Rajsthan or Gujrat or even MP you will find NASTE fewer times. The old things are wearing out against the new things. What is more is the even HELLO is vanishing a HI or HYE is taking the place.

You cannot stop the wheel of time.

I daily read DURGA SAPTASHADI a hymn devoted to Goddess Durga in 700 Shlokas  with translation in Indian vernacular language in just below under each shloka. Though I have not become a Saskrit pundit I am able to make out the basic rules.

Frankly, though I am myself Brahman I do not think Sanskrit can become a language of layman.

The world has gone too far in other fields. Even for the Hindi, there are no textbooks for higher education in Hindi so Sanskrit has no chance of making  a big way.

Anyway I appreciate your love for language. Sanskrit of mother of all the North Indian language.

Due to the central govt policy, there are always the statutory forms like railway reservation or college admission form both in Gujarati and Hindi. But people here either fill the forms in Gujarati or English rather than Hindi. During all these years in bank, I have never come across any cash pay in slips filled in Hindi. Most of the cheques are also written in Gujarati or English.

What is the position in your state?

Well, I am from Ahmedabad, Gujrat and here the Hindi is the most corrupt or with more words of Gujrati rather than Hindi. Say even the style of speaking is more Gujrati like HAI will spoken like CHHE or like. The Hindi movies are very popular more than Gujrati but Hindi is not popular.

LOL does not seem to have landed in India until now but YAAR is very popular here. YAAR literally means FRIEND but every body uses it in informal letter even if he is writing to parents or wife or real friend.

He is very slow, idiot, not worth talking, not listening to any reasonable thing, not worth arguing, not worth spending time, he is just not human. For all these thing, we use a single world " He is a buffalo"

What word you use in your country for such person?

A pretty funny thing I come across once in a while is Asian people writing "tried" instead of "tired". I don't know why but I have seen that sooo many times. I am just wondering why this error happens so frequently. I do not see a special difficulty with the spelling of the word "tired". My guess is that both of them sound pretty similar when spoken...and it must have to do with the letter R :=)

If you heard (Asian) people writing (saying) "tried" instead of "tired" please let me know..I am really wondering if I am the only one 

I am Asian but I think it must be typo mistake only. By the way, I still remain  confused whether TYRES of  a car or TIRES OF A CAR ? Which way you use them?

When I was in school there was this small thing in English course, CURSIVE WRITING, like this.

But to my knowledge no longer cursive writing is being taught in school in India, it has just vanished.

Do they teach it in your nation?

A boy and two girls ARE going to school.

Two boys along with a girl are going to school.

A boy along with two girls is going to school.

Most of the time, people use ARE or IS as they wish.

SHALL is also used this way, a command or order or a strong suggestion.

Fatther to Son:  You shall go to school even if the bus does not come.

or

Doctor To Patient:  You shall have to go to lab for  the blood test today itself.

Kritaghan means Ungrateful or thankless in English. Do you use this Hindi word anymore?

And KRUTAGNYA is thankful or grateful. You will rarely find these words with common people, you will find them in novels only.

This is all ornamental Hindi, a Hindi in core. By the way, AGNIRATH VIRAM STHAL is a railway station. Just enjoy. By the way, nobody speaks pure Hindi anyway, the English words are in every language.

While I was in the school I was taught following rule as to  how to use " shall " and " will "

Shall denotes the suggestion of a definite intention.

Will  denotes the normal use.

Like I shall come to your office.  ( definite )

OR

I will come to your office  ( I may or may not come, I will try the most.)

How do you use SHALL and WILL in your country ?

There seem to be a million rules for commas, and I don't quite understand them all. I also have a bad habit of using them as I would a pause in speech, leading to run on sentences and huge paragraphs :/

Exactly that is what I learnt about commas, When you stop to take the breathe, you put the comma. Not always right but usually it goes this way.

Commas can greatly change the meaning of sentence.

People have no patience to use the spell checker on the computer, they just write and forget. The rules of myna no longer exist. The formatting of the letter is different than that which I learn in the school. But I hate the use of " advise " and " advice " all in incorrect ways.

English is not my mother tongue but when I was young I was a quite a reader of Perry Mason novels. Yes, it is true you do not see this " have had " thing now a days, probably because people have changed the usage of grammar a lot. Anyway, thanks a lot for this discussion.

Any person can do the translation but you need really a person who knows both languages perfectly because the in each languages the words do have multiple meanings. One has to choose the one that goes correctly in the text.

Idioms say so much without hurting you ego, that is why they are so important. Like say :

When fools are talking, the wise keeps mum.

A reminder how to behave when in office meeting so many fools are present with so many foolish ideas.

Every dog has its own day.

Har kutte ka ek din hota hai.

A favorite dialogue from many Hindi movies.

that's exactly how i think.  i would state "i had a pen at the time in my pocket" as well.  i don't see why anyone would include the "have".  it is totally unnecessary.  i think most people will agree with us.

So here is a situation. You are in the witness box in the court and the lawyer is cross examining you.

Lawyer: Are you sure Mr. Siyitwell that you had a pen in your pocket at the time of murder and you noted down the number of the car in which the murderer escaped? Are you sure?"

Siyitwell: Yes, I had .  I always have a pen in my pocket And I have had the pen in my pocket at the time of murder."

And that way the lawyer would stop asking you any further questions about pen.

English uses the present perfect to express a period of time that started in the past and continues in the present (e.g. I have had this watch for 10 years).

http://esl.fis.edu/learners/advice/gram.htm

Have heard such a thing :

I have had a pen at that time in my pocket.

You will not find such a thing in any grammar book but you will find it some novels. The meaning that is conveyed is that the person is giving extra weight to his statement.

In India we use the comma for the quotes also like this :

Then he said, " I was not at that place at that time."

The Delhi, India; New York, America; and ..........are big cities.

Blame the teacher and the schools. They do not insist now a days on spellings. Most of the students do not have even a standard dictionary.  I get so pissed when I see U for YOU and R for ARE.

Thanks has vanished, instead of see TXS. These things are not being accepted in schools until now but I shall not be surprised if you see them in notebooks of students after few years.

Is there a rule I've missed because I am never sure if I am laying or lying? Do I lie my head on his shoulder or simply lay it? Please advise :speechless:

In India, we use it this way:

I was laying down the flowers on the bed.

I was lying on the bed.

The usage of some words differ from nation to nation, especially if the country was British colony.

While I was in bank, the Hindi letter writing to the local branches or offices was very popular. The bank circular would be also bilingual. But now a days, I hear people have stopped writing office letter in Hindi since many staff are from the South India who can understand the Hindi but are not able to write or read Hindi.  There should be some sponsoring by the govt to make Hindi letter more popular.

What do you say?