Learning Objectives

After this module, you can...

• Greet people with the Bhojpuri salutation प्रणाम / नमस्कार (praṇām / namaskār)
• Introduce yourself: हमार नाम ... बा (hamār nām ... bā — My name is ...)
• Ask how someone is using the Bhojpuri honorific: रउआ कइसन बानी? (rauā kaisan bānī?)
• Respond that you are well: हम ठीक बानी (ham ṭhīk bānī)
• Say where you are from: हम पटना से बानी (ham Paṭnā se bānī)
• Say goodbye: फिर मिलल जाई / प्रणाम (phir milal jāī / praṇām)
• Recognise the key difference between Bhojpuri बा/बानी and Hindi है/हैं