
Phrases
Marathi Phrases for Business Meetings
Marathi business meeting phrases — agendas, presentations, decisions, follow-ups — from Units 23 and 25 speaking sentences.
What you will learn
Business meeting phrases from Units 23 and 25: opening a meeting, presenting an agenda, asking for opinions, making decisions, assigning action items, and closing with follow-ups. Each sentence has Hindi and English meanings plus a speaking tip.
Formal Marathi in meetings prefers native terms for structure: अजेंडा (agenda), प्रेझेंटेशन (presentation), निर्णय (decision), कार्यवाही (minutes/action items). The ergative (कंपनीने, मीने) appears in past-tense reports: कंपनीने निर्णय घेतलं.
Tip: अजेंडा सुरू करा (start agenda), प्रेझेंटेशन सुरू करा (start presentation), निर्णय घेतलं (decision taken), फॉलोअप करा (follow up). The verb घेतलं (took) marks formal decisions.
The Phrases
Opening & agenda
मीटिंग सुरू करा (start the meeting), अजेंडा वाचा (read the agenda), अजेंडा सुरू करा (start agenda). The verb करा (do/start) attaches to the loanword nouns.
Decisions & action items
निर्णय घेतलं (decision taken — ergative past), कार्यवाही लिही (write minutes), फॉलोअप करा (follow up), जबाबदारी निश्चित करा (assign responsibility). The formal verb घेतलं (took) marks decisions as institutional acts.
Common mistakes
✗ Using मी निर्णय केले for "I decided" formally✓ मीने निर्णय घेतलं — ergative + घेतलं
Formal decisions use the ergative (मीने) + घेतलं (took), not the active केले (did).
✗ Saying मीटिंग एंड for "meeting end"✓ मीटिंग संपवा — संपवा = end/finish
English "end" → Marathi संपवा. The loanword मीटिंग takes Marathi verb.
Quick practice
Answer first, then open the reveal to check yourself.
1. "Let's start the meeting" in Marathi?
Answer: A. मीटिंग सुरू करा — मीटिंग सुरू करा — start the meeting.
2. "Decision taken" in formal Marathi?
Answer: B. निर्णय घेतलं — निर्णय घेतलं — ergative past passive, standard formal register.
3. "Follow up" in Marathi?
Answer: A. फॉलोअप करा — फॉलोअप करा — loanword + Marathi verb.
4. Translate to Marathi: “Please read the agenda.”
कृपया अजेंडा वाचा. — Polite + loanword noun + Marathi verb.
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Common questions
How do you say "meeting minutes" in Marathi?
कार्यवाही (kāryavāhī) — the formal term; मीटिंग नोंद is also understood.
How do you say "We decided" in formal Marathi?
आम्हीने निर्णय घेतलं — ergative plural आम्हीने + घेतलं.