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Beginner: Introduce yourself

Saying hello, your name, your age with the Hindi numbers up to thirty and where you live, with respectful आप and the male and female verb forms, ending in a three-line self-introduction. Topics: Say hello and give your name, Say how old you are, Say where you live, Introduce yourself: full role-play.

Beginner: Getting to know someone

Asking someone to say it again or slow down, saying where you are from, what you do and what you like, and saying goodbye, with है / हूँ, नहीं, भी and the to-me pattern मुझे … पसंद है. Topics: Ask someone to say it again, Say where you are from, Say what you do, Find something you both like, Say goodbye and see you tomorrow, Getting to know someone: full role-play.

Beginner: Numbers and counting

Swapping phone numbers digit by digit, ordering a number of teas and samosas with दीजिए and the plural -ए, and asking prices in rupees with the tens and सौ. Topics: Swap phone numbers, Order a number of teas and snacks, Ask the price, Numbers and counting: full role-play.

Beginner: Time, days and dates

Asking and telling the time with बजे and साढ़े, naming the days of the week with आज and कल, and arranging a time to meet with मिलें? and कैसा रहेगा?. Topics: Ask what time it is, Ask what day it is, Set a time to meet, Time, days and dates: full role-play.

Beginner: Family and describing people

Saying who is in your family with बड़ा and छोटा for elder and younger, मेरा / मेरी / मेरे agreement and the respectful plural हैं for elders, saying who someone in a photo is, and describing what they are like and what they do. Topics: Say who is in your family, Say who someone in a photo is, Say what someone is like and what they do, Family and describing people: full role-play.

Beginner: At the chai stall and café

Ordering masala chai and coffee with मुझे … चाहिए and दीजिए, asking for less sugar, answering here or parcel, and paying in cash or by UPI. Topics: Order a drink, Say for here or parcel, Pay for your order, At the chai stall and café: full role-play.

Beginner: Food and restaurants

Getting a table for your group, asking what is good, ordering around spice and meat with नहीं खाता / खाती, saying how the food is, and asking for the bill and the washroom. Topics: Get a table and the menu, Ask what's good and order, Say how it is and ask for the bill, Ask for the washroom, Food and restaurants: full role-play.

Beginner: Shopping

Pointing with ये, वो and वाला, asking prices in hundreds with सौ and साढ़े, asking for another colour or size, bargaining politely with थोड़ा कम कीजिए, and buying. Topics: Ask to see it and ask the price, Ask for another colour or size, Bargain a little and buy it, Buy groceries at a kirana shop, Shopping: full role-play.

Beginner: Getting around

Asking where a place is and whether it is near or far, following directions with left, right, straight and landmarks, taking an auto or e-rickshaw, and using the bus and the Delhi Metro. Topics: Ask where the station is, Follow directions, Take an auto or e-rickshaw, Take the bus and top up a metro card, Say you are lost and ask for help, Getting around: full role-play.

Beginner: Daily routine

Saying when you get up and go to bed, what you do every morning, and what you do in your free time, with the habitual -ता/-ती हूँ form and its gender endings. Topics: Say when you get up and go to bed, Say what you do every morning, Say what you do in your free time, Daily routine: full role-play.

Beginner: Plans and invitations

Saying what you have to do with मुझे … है and want to do with चाहता / चाहती हूँ, the future -एंगे, inviting with चलें?, accepting, declining with a reason, and fixing a time and place. Topics: Say what you'll do this weekend, Invite someone out, Turn down a day and fix a time and place, Plans and invitations: full role-play.

Beginner: Health, weather and small talk

Small talk about the weather (गर्मी है, बारिश हो रही है), saying you are unwell with the to-me pattern (मुझे बुख़ार है), and buying medicine at a chemist. Topics: Make small talk about the weather, Say you're not feeling well, Buy medicine at a chemist, Health, weather and small talk: full role-play.

Beginner: Talking about the past

Telling a friend about your weekend with the simple past: गया / गई for where you went, मैंने with खाया / देखा for what you ate and saw, who with and how it was (था / थी), what you didn't do with नहीं, and linking events with -कर. Topics: Say what you did last weekend, Say who you went with and how it was, Say what you didn't do and what you did instead, Talking about the past: full role-play.

Beginner: Help and emergencies

Calling for help at an accident, telling the 112 emergency line what happened and where you are, and reporting a lost phone, wallet or passport. Topics: Call for help at an accident, Tell the emergency line where you are, Report a lost phone or passport, Help and emergencies: full role-play.

Beginner: Hotel, SIM card and wifi

Checking in at a hotel with a booking, buying a Jio or Airtel SIM card and data with a passport and visa copy, and asking for wifi and a place to charge your phone. Topics: Check in at a hotel, Buy a SIM card and data, Ask for wifi and charge your phone, Hotel, SIM card and wifi: full role-play.

Intermediate: Getting around Delhi

Asking the way by landmarks and finding a washroom, fixing an auto fare, using the Delhi Metro and the common mobility card, meeting a cab or bike-taxi driver, and catching the right DTC bus. Topics: Ask the way and find a washroom, Fix an auto fare, Use the Metro and the common card, Meet your cab or bike-taxi driver, Catch the right city bus, Getting around Delhi: full role-play.

Intermediate: Train and bus trouble

Following station announcements about a late train, sorting out a missed train, reporting a bag left on a train, and changing a long-distance bus booking in the Diwali rush. Topics: A late train and a platform change, Sort out a missed train, Report a bag left on a train, Change a bus ticket in the festival rush, Train and bus trouble: full role-play.

Intermediate: Hotels and PG hostels

Checking in to a hotel with ID, reporting room problems and asking for a fix, finding out the rules of a paying-guest hostel, and querying a wrong charge at check-out. Topics: Check in to a hotel, Get a room problem fixed, Find out the rules of a PG hostel, Query a charge at check-out, Hotels and PG hostels: full role-play.

Intermediate: Renting a flat

Calling about a To-Let board, viewing a flat and asking about water, power and parking, agreeing the rent, deposit and agreement, getting the owner to fix a leak, and moving out with the deposit back. Topics: Call about a To-Let board, View the flat, Agree the rent and the deposit, Get the owner to fix a leak, Move out and get the deposit back, Renting a flat: full role-play.

Intermediate: Setting up in a new city

Getting a SIM card with the right documents, opening a bank account and linking UPI, chasing an LPG cylinder that has not come, and getting broadband installed and fixed. Topics: Get a SIM card, Open a bank account, Chase a gas cylinder, Get broadband installed and fixed, Setting up in a new city: full role-play.

Intermediate: The doctor, the pharmacy and emergencies

Describing symptoms and how long they have lasted, following a doctor's tests and instructions, asking a pharmacist how to take a medicine, and calling for an ambulance. Topics: Tell the doctor what's wrong, Follow the doctor's instructions, Get medicines at the pharmacy, Call an ambulance, The doctor, the pharmacy and emergencies: full role-play.

Intermediate: Phone calls, apps and customer care

Asking for someone on the phone and leaving a message with कि, getting a failed UPI payment sorted, complaining about a wrong food delivery, and booking a table by phone. Topics: Leave a message, Sort out a failed UPI payment, Complain about a wrong delivery, Book a table by phone, Phone calls, apps and customer care: full role-play.

Intermediate: Bargaining, tailors and returns

Bargaining for lac bangles in a Jaipur bazaar, getting a kurta stitched before Diwali, exchanging clothes that do not fit, and pushing a phone repair under warranty up to the manager. Topics: Bargain in a Jaipur bazaar, Get a kurta stitched, Exchange clothes that don't fit, Get a phone fixed under warranty, Bargaining, tailors and returns: full role-play.

Intermediate: At work in a Gurugram office

Introducing yourself to a new team with जी for seniors, giving a stand-up update with ने and compound verbs (कर ली, देख लेंगे), asking for leave to go home for a family function, and small talk over chai. Topics: Introduce yourself to the team, Give a stand-up update, Ask for leave, Small talk over chai, At work in a Gurugram office: full role-play.

Intermediate: Neighbours and the housing society

Meeting the neighbours with sweets, agreeing work, pay and days off with a house help, making a polite noise complaint with -इएगा requests, and speaking up at the RWA meeting with मेरा मानना है कि and the subjunctive. Topics: Meet the neighbours, Agree terms with a house help, Make a polite noise complaint, Speak up at the RWA meeting, Neighbours and the housing society: full role-play.

Intermediate: Telling what happened

Telling a story in order with जब … तभी and sequence words, describing childhood with the used-to past (-ता था / -ती थी), telling a near miss with गिरते-गिरते बचा, and passing on news with सुना है and कह रहे थे कि. Topics: Tell a friend what happened last night, Talk about your childhood, Tell a near miss, Pass on some news, Telling what happened: full role-play.

Intermediate: Police, theft and the road

Reporting a stolen phone at a Delhi police station with the causative दर्ज करानी है, handling a minor road accident calmly and swapping details, and dealing with a traffic police stop and an e-challan. Topics: Report a stolen phone, Handle a minor accident, Deal with a traffic police stop, Police, theft and the road: full role-play.

Intermediate: Films, cricket and arguments

Talking about a Bollywood film with पसंद आई and reasons, recommending a series with अगर … तो and से भी अच्छा, disagreeing politely with a friend about IPL cricket, and giving and defending a view on Delhi's pollution with माना कि. Topics: Talk about a new film, Recommend a series, Disagree politely about cricket, Argue about a city problem, Films, cricket and arguments: full role-play.

Intermediate: Casual Hindi with friends

When and with whom to move to तुम, making weekend plans with तुम verb forms (चलोगे, कर दो, मत लो), quick voice notes and romanised texts with यार, भाई and तू for recognition, and switching back to आप when a friend's father joins in. Topics: Move to तुम with a friend, Make weekend plans, Voice notes and texts, Switch register at a friend's home, Casual Hindi with friends: full role-play.

Intermediate: Festivals, weddings and hospitality

Diwali at home in Jaipur, colour and gujiya at Holi, understanding Raksha Bandhan and hearing about Chhath, being invited to and attending a Delhi wedding, and refusing a third helping at a family meal. Topics: Talk about Diwali, Play Holi with the neighbours, Understand Raksha Bandhan and hear about Chhath, A wedding invitation and the wedding, Eat at a family home, Festivals, weddings and hospitality: full role-play.

Intermediate: Plans, invitations and family

Talking about plans with -ने की सोच रहा हूँ and चाहता हूँ and conditions with अगर … तो, refusing an invitation warmly, giving sympathy and advice with the subjunctive (दिखा लें तो अच्छा रहेगा), and handling an aunt's questions about marriage on a family call. Topics: Talk about your plans, Turn down an invitation kindly, Give sympathy and advice, Handle an aunt's questions on a family call, Plans, invitations and family: full role-play.

Advanced: Job interviews

Introducing yourself formally to a panel, answering the strengths and weaknesses question with an example, handling a career gap and why you are leaving, and asking your own questions and stating a salary expectation. Topics: Introduce yourself to the panel, Answer the strengths and weaknesses question, Handle a career gap and why you are leaving, Ask your questions and state a salary, Job interviews: full role-play.

Advanced: Negotiating

Bargaining a flat price with a builder using market rates and conditional offers, renegotiating a supplier's terms with a soft no and a condition, and closing a deal by summarising it and putting it in writing. Topics: Negotiate a flat price with a builder, Renegotiate a supplier's price, Close the deal, Negotiating: full role-play.

Advanced: Meetings and presentations

Chairing a meeting and keeping it to time, presenting quarterly results with comparisons and a recommendation, handling questions you cannot fully answer, and disagreeing with a senior in a meeting without losing face. Topics: Chair a meeting, Present quarterly results, Handle questions, Disagree with a senior, Meetings and presentations: full role-play.

Advanced: Persuasion and debate

Stating and backing a position on Hindi-medium versus English-medium schooling, conceding and countering, holding the floor on a TV-style panel, and closing with a summary and an appeal. Topics: State and back a position, Concede and counter, Hold the floor on a panel, Sum up and appeal, Persuasion and debate: full role-play.

Advanced: Formal register and honorifics

Petitioning an official at a public hearing with महोदय, कृपया and निवेदन, choosing between शुद्ध and everyday Hindustani words, pressing a government office about a delayed certificate, reading a formal प्रार्थना पत्र aloud, and speaking about seniors with आप, जी and the respectful plural. Topics: Petition an official, Chase a delayed certificate, Read a formal application aloud, Speak about seniors respectfully, Formal register and honorifics: full role-play.

Advanced: Indirect communication and refusals

Hearing the no behind देखते हैं and थोड़ा मुश्किल है, giving criticism softly with शायद and the subjunctive, refusing an elder relative without breaking the relationship, and asking a favour with an easy way out. Topics: Hear the no behind देखते हैं, Give criticism softly, Refuse an elder relative, Ask a favour with an easy way out, Indirect communication and refusals: full role-play.

Advanced: Delicate conversations

Apologising formally to an angry client and taking responsibility, giving a team bad news with reassurance and honesty, offering condolences at a bereaved home, and calming a heated quarrel with a neighbour. Topics: Apologise to an angry client, Give the team bad news, Offer condolences, Calm a heated quarrel, Delicate conversations: full role-play.

Advanced: Humour, proverbs and idiom

Dropping a कहावत into a family argument, using everyday मुहावरे at work, quoting and reacting to Bollywood dialogue with friends, and taking and returning a tease without offence. Topics: Use a proverb in a family chat, Idioms at the office, Bollywood dialogue, Take and return a tease, Humour, proverbs and idiom: full role-play.

Advanced: News, current affairs and literature

Following and retelling a Hindi TV news bulletin in the formal style, reading a newspaper report aloud, discussing a current issue such as city waterlogging with balance, and recognising and discussing a verse from Harivansh Rai Bachchan's मधुशाला. Topics: Retell a TV news item, Read a newspaper report aloud, Discuss a current issue, Talk about a verse from मधुशाला, News, current affairs and literature: full role-play.

Advanced: Speeches and toasts

Opening a formal function from the stage, wishing a couple at a wedding reception and an elder at a 75th birthday, giving a farewell speech for a retiring colleague, and giving a vote of thanks. Topics: Open a function from the stage, Wish a couple and an elder, Farewell for a retiring colleague, Give a vote of thanks, Speeches and toasts: full role-play.

Advanced: Dialects and regional speech

Understanding and answering Mumbai Bambaiya, Bhojpuri-influenced eastern Hindi in Varanasi, Haryanvi village speech and Urdu-leaning Lucknow courtesy, mapping each to standard Hindi and adapting lightly without mimicking. Topics: Mumbai Bambaiya in a taxi, Eastern Hindi in Varanasi, Haryanvi in a village, Lucknow courtesy at a chikan shop, Dialects and regional speech: full role-play.

Advanced: Professional calls and emails

Running a client call in Hindi-English office style, escalating a stuck issue with a vendor by phone, reading a formal सरकारी letter aloud and summarising it for the team, and leaving a clear voicemail. Topics: Run a client call, Escalate an issue by phone, Read and summarise an official letter, Leave a clear voicemail, Professional calls and emails: full role-play.

Advanced: Mediating between people

Interpreting between a foreign manager and a Hindi-speaking contractor, settling a deposit dispute between a landlord and a tenant, helping two colleagues past a clash, and helping siblings talk through their parents' care. Topics: Interpret for a colleague, A deposit dispute, Help two colleagues past a clash, Siblings and parents' care, Mediating between people: full role-play.