Productivity
Intermediate
16 min
Prompting in Hindi, Hinglish and Indian English
The problem
You ask for a customer WhatsApp message in Hindi. You get something that reads like a government notification: correct, formal, and completely wrong for a message to a shopkeeper you have known for six years. You ask for Hinglish and get 'Hello ji, aapka order dispatch ho gaya hai, kindly check karein' — which is closer, but still not how your team writes.
The workflow
1Decide thinking language
2Decide output language
3Name the register
4Give two examples
5Draft
6Native-speaker check
★Save the pattern
What you need
Examples of how the team writes: 1. Bhai stock aa gaya hai, 40 cartons.
The tool
Any major assistant, with register and examples specified
The prompt
Subscribers. The full prompt is part of the SMEMinds AI Playbook. See plans.
What comes back
Version 1 (warmer): Sir, March wala scheme 15 April tak extend ho gaya hai — aapko iska benefit mil jayega. Ek baat, pending payment 2.4 lakh hai, wo clear ho jaye to next dispatch turant kara denge.
Verify before you use it
Human review required. Check every line below before this leaves your screen.
- Read it aloud. If it does not sound like something you would say to this person, the register is wrong regardless of grammar.
- Check the amount and the date against your records — those are numbers, and numbers are always verified.
- Would this person read 'Sir' as respectful or as distant? Register is relationship-specific and the model cannot know your history.
- For anything customer-facing in a language you do not speak well, have a native speaker read it before it goes out. Every time.