Hai hai, hamara kya hoga, hai hai, hamara kya hoga?

English translation: Oh, oh, what will become of me?

20:32 Jun 10, 2010

Hindi to English translations [Non-PRO]
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Hindi term or phrase: Hai hai, hamara kya hoga, hai hai, hamara kya hoga?

the passage is about the indian cook, who has regular health problems, and goes to the doctor, but also feels he has to rely on traditional methods:

But outside the clinic he would run into Kesang [a servant] or the cleaner at the hospital or the MetalBox watchman, who would begin to declaim, “Now there is no hope, now you’ll have to do puja, it will cost many thousands of rupees. . . .”
Or: “I knew someone who had exactly what you are describing, never walked again. . . .” By the time he had returned home he would have lost his faith in science and begun to howl: “Hai hai, hamara kya
hoga, hai hai, hamara kya hoga?” And he’d have to go back to the clinic the next day to recover his good sense.

can you please explain what is meant by the expression above?

vitaminBcomplex KudoZ activity Questions: 249 (none open) (7 closed without grading) Answers: 0
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English translation:Oh, oh, what will become of me?

Explanation:
Or "Ay, ay", or "Oh, woe", etc: literally it is "what will become of us?" but this is a common way to refer to oneself.

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Martin Cassell
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:32

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thanx, martin
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4 +4

Oh, oh, what will become of me?

Martin Cassell

4 +2

Oh, oh, what will happen to me!

Maneesh Gupta

oh oh... what will become of me or what will happen to me?

Alka Kumar

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13 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

Hai hai, hamara kya hoga?

Oh, oh, what will become of me?

Explanation:
Or "Ay, ay", or "Oh, woe", etc: literally it is "what will become of us?" but this is a common way to refer to oneself.

Martin Cassell
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:32
Works in field
Native speaker of: English

Grading comment

thanx, martin

6 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

Oh, oh, what will happen to me!

Explanation:
I prefer to use the term happen rather than become. This is because the passage deals with the healthcare anxiety of an Indian cook. I would use the term become where the passage was more spiritual or religious.

Maneesh Gupta
India
Local time: 11:02
Native speaker of:

Hindi

20 hrs confidence:

oh oh... what will become of me or what will happen to me?

Explanation:
just a way of exptressing his helplessness

Alka Kumar
Local time: 11:02
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Hindi

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