mujhe ye joke pahli baar me nahi samajh me aaya.

English translation: I did not follow this joke the first time

05:12 Nov 24, 2006

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Hindi term or phrase: mujhe ye joke pahli baar me nahi samajh me aaya.

pls translate this in english

s_singh KudoZ activity Questions: 12 (none open) Answers: 0
Local time: 05:51

English translation:I did not follow this joke the first time

Explanation:
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Nikeeta Kulkarni
India
Local time: 05:51

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Summary of answers provided

5 +3

I did not follow this joke the first time

Nikeeta Kulkarni

5 +2

"i could not understand this joke for the first time"

satish krishna itikela

5 +1

At first, (or, the first time) I did not understand this joke

Shera Lyn Parpia

I didn't understand this joke in the first instance.

Narendra Upadhyaya (X)

I did not get this joke the first time.

Samira Khalid

i could not get this joke when i heard this first time

ashutoshhbtik

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13 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

I did not follow this joke the first time

Explanation:
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Nikeeta Kulkarni
India
Local time: 05:51
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

"i could not understand this joke for the first time"

Explanation:
This is the translation of the above sentence.

satish krishna itikela
India
Local time: 05:51
Native speaker of:

Telugu,

Hindi
PRO pts in category: 4

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

At first, (or, the first time) I did not understand this joke

Explanation:
Another way of saying this.

Shera Lyn Parpia
Italy
Local time: 02:21
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

5 hrs confidence:

I didn't understand this joke in the first instance.

Explanation:
The beauty of this line is - 'Pahli baar' could be translated in different ways; e.g. First instance, first time, initially, at first etc. Similarly, the word 'nahi samajh me aaya' could also be expressed differently; like, didn't follow, didn't understand, could not understand, couldn't follow. In fact, such variety of expressions make our speech attractive.

Narendra Upadhyaya (X)
India
Local time: 05:51
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Gujarati,

Hindi

140 days confidence:

I did not get this joke the first time.

Explanation:
I personally believe that I did not get is more appropriate.

Samira Khalid
Local time: 04:21
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Urdu,

Punjabi

142 days confidence:

i could not get this joke when i heard this first time

Explanation:
it is giving the sense

ashutoshhbtik
Native speaker of:

Hindi

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