"Tea and water."

Translation: चाय और पानी।

[Owen-Benjambavan]

is there a tip for remembering the difference between paani and pini? I keep confusing the two words.

[Zerenei]

पानी is water, पीना is drink. They do sound similar! Use them in sentences more often and you'll sort 'em out quickly.

[Madelbaby]

I've seen tea spelled different ways across different platforms. Are spellings fluid?

[Peter305533]

चाय is the correct spelling

[russtanggg]

The wikitionary page says there are alternative forms.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF

Just out of curiosity, what other platforms are you talking about?

[Madelbaby]

Sorry, I'm just seeing this- I've seen it spelled differently on Drops.

[Zesul]

I haven't seen it spelt differently. Are you sure the different spellings you've seen were in Hindi and not in a different language that uses the Devanagari script?

[Joab70-1]

How does one ask a "Tea or water" question in Hindi?

[Ppittakhage]

"Chai ya paani?" sorry about the romanization. And if any native speakers are here, please tell me if I'm right or wrong.

[Zerenei]

Yes, that's correct. :)

[deactivated user]

Chai ya paani = tea or water
Chai aur paani = tea and water

The question says chai aur paani

[Thev11238]

Chai aur pani

[Anthony101199]

"Chai-paani" said this way, is a slang for a bribe, almost all across the country where Hindi is spoken.

[ph.UrSsf4]

Hhhh

[ph.UrSsf4]

Chhay and watr

[Lasya5b-35]

Good

[ph.ECoRw3]

ok

[ph.TXjHvQ]

Hii