It seemed so important to him that I could not refuse, and when his sisters returned, they were surprised to find me learning Hindustani with St John.

这对他似乎至关重要，使我难以拒绝。两姐妹回来时，看到我正和圣约翰学习印度斯坦语，感到非常惊讶。

'I want you to learn Hindustani instead of German.

“我想让你学印度斯坦语，而德语。

Diana said I looked ill, and needed a holiday at the seaside, but St John thought I ought to concentrate on more serious work, and gave me even more Hindustani exercises to do.

戴安娜说我看上去舒服，需要到海去疗养，然而圣约翰却说我应该集中精力多做些正，还给我更多印度斯坦语练习来做。

Well, Hindi and Urdu are both dialects of Hindustani.

- 嗯，印地语和乌尔都语都印度斯坦语方言。

She learned characters of the Hindu alphabet and  translated her journal entries into Hindustani.

她学习了印度字母表字符，并将她日记条目翻译成印度斯坦语。

Somehow she was sorry for him and did not want him to lie awake, so she leaned against the bed and began to stroke and pat his hand and sing a very low little chanting song in Hindustani.

知怎，她为他感到难过，想让他醒着躺着，所以她靠在床上，开始抚摸他手，用印度斯坦语唱一首非常低沉吟唱小歌。

He could have told any number of stories if he had been able to speak anything but Hindustani.

如果他会说仅仅印地语话，他本可以讲许多故。

They were pleased that I should wish to learn Hindustani, and found teachers for me.

他们很高兴我愿意学习印度斯坦语, 并为我找到了老师。

She turned to the Lascar, feeling glad that she remembered still some of the Hindustani she had learned when she lived with her father.

她转向了拉斯卡尔，感到很高兴自己还记得一些在和父亲一起生活时学到印地语。