Namaste! I am Rahul.
नमस्कार! मी राहुल आहे.
नमस्ते! मैं राहुल हूँ।
नमस्कार = hello/namaste. मी = I.
English → Marathi
English → Marathi: Greetings & Introductions
Say hello, give your name and ask how someone is -- six real Marathi sentences with English meanings, speaking tips and pronunciation support.
What you will learn
Six complete Marathi sentences from Unit 01 for your first conversations: greeting someone, giving your name, asking how they are, and saying what you need. Each row shows the Marathi, its English meaning, and a speaking tip.
One structural heads-up before the table: Marathi puts the verb at the end. "My name is Rahul" becomes माझं नाव राहुल आहे -- the आहे (is) closes the sentence. Every row below follows that pattern, so after six sentences the order starts feeling normal.
Tip: नमस्कार works at any hour -- mornings add शुभ सकाळ, nights add शुभ रात्री.
English → Marathi, sentence by sentence
My name is Rahul.
माझं नाव राहुल आहे.
मेरा नाम राहुल है।
माझं = my. नाव = name.
How are you?
तू कसा आहेस?
तुम कैसे हो?
तू = you. कसा = how (masc).
I am eating.
मी खातो आहे.
मैं खा रहा हूँ।
खातो = eating. आहे = am.
I need water.
मला पाणी पाहिजे.
मुझे पानी चाहिए।
मला = to me. पाहिजे = need.
He eats rice.
तो भात खातो.
वह चावल खाता है।
तो = he. भात = rice.
The verb goes last
English says "I am eating"; Marathi says मी खातो आहे -- literally "I eating am". Read each sentence in the table to its final word; the verb is always waiting there.
The need-pattern is softer than English "I want": मला पाणी पाहिजे is more like "to me, water is needed". Use it freely -- it is polite by default.
Common mistakes
✗ Keeping English word order: "मी आहे तयार"✓ मी तयार आहे -- verb last
Marathi is subject–object–verb; the verb closes every sentence.
✗ Using नमस्ते because you know Hindi✓ नमस्कार
Understood, but नमस्कार is the Marathi greeting -- singles you out as a learner otherwise.
Quick practice
Answer first, then open the reveal to check yourself.
1. "My name is Rahul" in Marathi?
Answer: A. माझं नाव राहुल आहे — Name, then आहे closes the sentence.
2. Translate to Marathi: “I need water.”
मला पाणी पाहिजे. — Unit 01 -- the dative need-pattern: "to me, water is needed".
3. Translate to Marathi: “He eats rice.”
तो भात खातो. — Verb खातो (eats) ends the sentence.
You've learned the phrases.
Practice saying them aloud, get pronunciation feedback, and build fluency.
Common questions
How do you introduce yourself in Marathi?
नमस्कार! माझं नाव ... आहे. (Hello! My name is ...) -- both patterns are in the table above, from Unit 01 of the course.
Is Marathi hard for English speakers?
The script and verb-final order are new, but greetings and first sentences are six patterns you can memorize today -- the table above is exactly that set.