dependant compound sentences
I really appreciate everyone that has helped correct me so far, hopefully these are better
I know how you like your food
main vaise janta hoon jaise tum apni khana chahiye
I saw what you did
mainne vah dekha jo tumne kiya
I will know tomorrow when you can come
main kal tab janunga jab tum aa sakte ho
I said where she wants you
mainne vahaan dekha jahaan vo tumse chahiye
I will eat what you are eating
main vah khaunga jo tum kha rahe ho
I cried when you went
main tab roya jab tum gaye
I can buy whichever one you want
main vah krid sakta hoon jaunsa tum chahiye
I will get you however much you want
main utni tumse milunga jitna tum chahiye
I will give you however many you need
main utne tumse deyunga jitne tum chahiye
I said who he talked about
mainne vah kahaya jo ke bare mein vo bataya
I know why you spoke to him
main us liye janta hoon jis liye tum usse bole
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Main vaise (yah) jaanta houn jaise ki tumhe apna khaana kaisa pasand hai
OR: ...ki tumhe kis tarah se pakaa hua khaana pasand hai.
mainne (yah) dekha (OR: dekh liya) jo tumne kiya
ALSO: maine dekh liya yah jo tumne kiya / maine dekh liya tumne kya kiya
main kal tab janunga ki jab tum kab aa sakte ho
mainne vahaan (yah) dekha (OR: dekh liya) (ki) vah tumhe kahaan chaahti hai
main vah (OR: vahi) khaunga jo tum kha rahe ho (Perfect!)
main (tab) roya jab tum gaye
main (vah) khareed sakta hoon jo (bhi) (cheez) tum chaaho
Jitna (hi) tum chaaho, utna (hi) main laoonga/khareedunga.
main utne (hi) tumhe doonga jitne tum chaaho
mainne vah (yah) kaha (hai) ki usne kiske bare mein bataaya hai
Better translation: Maine yah bataa diya ki usne kiske baare me bola
main us liye (yah) janta hoon ki kis liye tum use bole
(OR: "... ki tumne use kis liye bola " / "...ki tum use kyon bole")
Shaabash! You're doing very well with subordinate clauses, Brodie, which can be pretty hard for someone even in their first language. Correcting translations like these can be a little messy since the two languages work very differently and include and exclude different information in different places. If you're looking to improve your spoken Hindi (as I think you said earlier) then I think you might want to try to work with longer texts placed in real contexts (like paragraphs or stories) instead of isolated sentences. Working with the same phrase in Hindi and English is very effective for playing with grammatical differences between the languages but in my personal experience, it's not very good for adopting the way that people really speak and articulate in the target language.
The difference between chaahiye and chaahna (tum chaaho) is that chaahiye is used more for needs (mujhe paani chaahiye) and chaahna for desires (main garam roti chaahta houn). In some of your sentences where you use "vah", I would have personally used "yah" instead since you were referring to an object or clause in the same sentence (something close to the speaker).
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