waise tum(aap?) kahan se ho?

English translation: By the by,where are you coming from?

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Hindi term or phrase:waise tum(aap?) kahan se ho?
English translation:By the by,where are you coming from?
Entered by: keshab

19:45 Jan 29, 2007
Hindi to English translations [Non-PRO]
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Hindi term or phrase: waise tum(aap?) kahan se ho?
is it something like "where are you from?"
baghassarian
By the by,where are you coming from?
Explanation:
waise =By the by (as it is called at the middle of talk)

"where" has a multiple meaning. It means place, country, race, religion and many things which depends upon context.
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keshab
Local time: 00:32
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thanks now I got it!
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2By the way, where do you come from?
Pundora
5 +1By the by,where are you coming from?
keshab
5 +1By the way, where are you from?
Mukhtar Shaikh
5By the way, which place do you come from?
georgina singh


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
By the by,where are you coming from?


Explanation:
waise =By the by (as it is called at the middle of talk)

"where" has a multiple meaning. It means place, country, race, religion and many things which depends upon context.

keshab
Local time: 00:32
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in HindiHindi, Native in BengaliBengali
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
thanks now I got it!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Narasimhan Raghavan
3 hrs
  -> Thank You

agree  satish krishna itikela
8 hrs
  -> Thank You

disagree  Sanjiv Sadan (X): It is literal translation and does not convey the actual meaning.
12 hrs
  -> I fail to understand how do you guess the actual meaning without context!!
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
By the way, which place do you come from?


Explanation:
In this context "place" means the town, region, district, country, state or city to which the person belongs.

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In proper English we cannot ask a person where he is coming from- because then the answer could mean - I'm coming from the market or coming from my friends place. The tense is very important.

Example sentence(s):
  • waise, tum (aap) kahan se ho?
  • Mein Bombay se hoon.
georgina singh
India
Local time: 00:32
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  keshab: i am coming from delhi or mumbai/ from middle class family or high level society/from town or remote village/from cultural background/ from educated family and so on.
1 hr
  -> I come from Delhi, or I come from a middle class family would be appropriate.
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
By the way, where do you come from?


Explanation:
The phrase means the place to which someone belongs to.

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come from ... (not used in the progressive tenses) to have as your place of birth or the place where you live: She comes from London. Where do you come from?


Pundora
India
Local time: 00:32
Native speaker of: Hindi

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agree  Ravindra Godbole
2 hrs

agree  satish krishna itikela
3 hrs
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22 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
By the way, where are you from?


Explanation:
Simple and clear translation, indicating the proper meaning. "Waise" representing "By the way", and "Kahan se ho" clearly representing "wher are you from". Other friends have also used the words; "place" and "coming from' etc, which I think are additional words that are not required.

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the source words do not include any additional words like" Tum(Aap) kis shahar se aye ho" or " kis makaam se aye ho" So I do not feel the word"place" is requuired to be added.

Mukhtar Shaikh
Local time: 00:32

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Samira Khalid: I agree.
22 days
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