Week 8

  Today we reviewed the words from last week, and then learned two new words:

कहानी  (kahaanii) (story)

दही (dahii) (yogurt)

We then learned how to say sentences with the following structure:

1) Where is the ____ ?

2) The ____ is here.

3) The ____ is there.

Let's first look at example 1: Where is the elephant?
The word for "where" is "kahaan" (pronounced with a nasal "n" at the end; see the video at the end of this page).

Where is the elephant? In Hindi, this becomes:
Elephant where is?
HAATHII KAHAAN HAI?

Now for example 2: The elephant is here.
The word for here is "yahaan" (again, nasal "n" at the end)
The elephant is here becomes:
Elephant here is
HAATHII YAHAAN HAI

Example 3: The elephant is there.
The words for "there" is "VAHAAN"
The elephant is there becomes:
Elephant there is
HAATHII VAHAAN HAI
"The elephant is not there" becomes:
Elephant there not is
HAATHII VAHAAN NAHIIN HAI

For homework, have your child practice saying the following in Hindi:

1) Where is the butterfly?
2) The butterfly is here.
3) Where is the elephant?
4) The elephant is there.
5) Where is the car?
6) The car is not here.
7) The car is there.

Answers are in the video below:

And finally, happy Diwali!