Week 28

  Next week is our final class before the midterms. It is also time for the Hindi 2 BAZAAR! Over the last several months your children have been earning virtual money. They will now get to spend that money at the bazaar.
  Next week I will also be administering the final exam to those who will not be here on June 10th and have been unable to make any other alternate arrangements with me.
 Here is a preview of the final exam:

ORAL EXAM:
For the oral exam, we will ask the student to translate 5 sentences into Hindi. The sentence formats are shown below. The words that they will need to know are also listed below.

Translate the following sentences into Hindi:

1) This ___ is ____ 

Examples: This fire is hot
(Yeh aag garam hai)

This nose is big
(Yeh naak baRaa hai)

2) The ____ ____ is ____ing.

Example:

The big man is sleeping
(baRaa aadmii so rahaa hai)


3) The ____ ____ is ____ing

(Same as above)

4) The ____ ____ is _____ing

(same as above)


5) I am ____ing

Example: I am sleeping
(main so rahaa/rahii hoon)

 

NOUNS:
sher (lion)
beTaa/beTii (Son/daughter)
ghoRaa (horse)
chor (thief)
aurat (woman)
mor (peacock)

ADJECTIVES:
Good (Achchaa)
Sweet (MeeThaa)
Red (Laal)
Big (baRaa)
Small (ChoTaa)
Green (Haraa)
Black (Kaalaa)
Hot (Garam)
Cold (ThanDaa)
Alone (akelaa)

VERBS:
Eat (khaa)
Sleep (so)
Come (aa)
Go (jaa)
Jump (kood)
Play (khel)
Run (dauR)




READING EXAM:

The student will be shown a selection of 5 of the following words, and they will be asked to write down the English meaning of the word:

तौलिया  (towel) 
हथौड़ा (hammer)  
मोजा (sock) 
मौसम (weather) 
खिलौना (toy) 
छोटा (small)
घोड़ा  (horse)
पैर  (foot) 
पैसा (money) 
मेज़ (Table) 
अकेला (alone)
खेत (field) 

WRITING EXAM:
The student will be given 5 of the following words in English, and they will be asked to write the words in Hindi:

(run)              दौड़  
(sock)           मोजा 
(two)             दो 
(peacock)     मोर 
(hat)           टोपी 
(fat)        मोटा 
(foot)             पैर  
(money)        पैसा 
(country)       देश 
(tree)            पेड़ 

Week 27

This week we learned how to say present tense sentences in the following format:

The ____ is ____ing.

For example: The king is sleeping.

In hindi, the sentence would have the noun (RAAJAA) followed by the verb root (SO) followed by "RAHAA HAI"

So, "The king is sleeping" in Hindi would be "Raajaa so rahaa hai"
"The horse is sleeping" would be "ghoRaa so rahaa hai"

If the noun is feminine, then instead of RAHAA HAI, you would say RAHII HAI
So, "The queen is sleeping" would be "raanii so rahii hai"

We learned the following verbs:

Eat (khaa)
Sleep (so)
Run (dauR)
Play (khel)
Walk (chal)
Fly (uR)
Talk (bol)
Write (likh)
Read (paRh)
Jump (kood)

This will all be tested on the oral part of the final exam, so please have your child practice the words.

For homework, please have your child try to say the following sentences in Hindi:

1) The lion is eating


2) The woman is sleeping


3) The daughter is playing


4) The thief is running



5) The fat horse is jumping.



The video below demonstrates how to say the above sentences:

Week 25, 26

  Thanks to all the students for their enthusiastic participation in Language Day!

This week we learned a few new words, and that brings us to the end of maatraas. Here are the words:

दौड़  (run) (dauR)

हथौड़ा (hammer)  (hathAuRaa)

तौलिया  (towel) (tauliyaa)

The kids then played a game of Pictionary as a way of reviewing all the words they have learned since the midterm exam.

For homework, please quiz your child. Give them the word in English, and see if they can give you the Hindi translation.

Here are the words:

तेल (oil) (tel)

केला (banana) (kelaa)

अकेला (alone) (akelaa) (what did the lonely banana say?)

पेट (stomach) (pet)

खेत (field) (khet)

सेब (apple) (seb)

देश (country) (desh)

पेड़ (tree) (peR)

शेर (Lion) (sher)

बेटी/बेटा  (Daughter/Son) (beTaa/beTii)

मेज़ (Table) (Mez)

पैर  (foot) (pair)

पैसा (money) (paisaa)

गैस (gas) 

गोल (gol) (round)

घोड़ा (ghoRaa) (horse)

चोर (chor) (thief)

छोटा (ChhoTaa) (small)

टोपी (Topii) (hat)

मोटा (moTaa) (fat) 

खिलौना (toy) (khilaunaa)

मौसम (weather) (mausam)

औरत (lady) (aurat)

दो (two) (do)

मोजा (sock) (mojaa)

मोर (peacock) (mor)

रोटी (roTi) (roTii)

दौड़  (run) (dauR)

हथौड़ा (hammer)  (hathAuRaa)

तौलिया  (towel) (tauliyaa)

Next week, we will begin present tense sentences...