Week 20

  This week we learned the next maatraa: ओ  (The "o" sound)

क + ओ = को 
र + ओ = रो 

 A review of the maatraas so far:

क + आ = का  (kaa)

क + इ = कि  (ki)

क + ई = की  (kee)

क + उ = कु  (ku)

क + ऊ = कू  (koo)

क + ए = के  (ke)

क + ऐ = कै  (kai)

क + ओ = को  (ko)

 We then learned the following words with the ओ maatraa:

घोड़ा  (ghoRaa) (horse)

चोर  (chor) (thief)

मोर (mor) (peackock)

छोटा (CchoTaa) (small)

मोटा  (moTaa) (fat)

टोपी  (Topii) (hat)

रोटी (roTii)


 For our oral lesson today, we reviewed how to say the following sentences in Hindi:

"I am coming"
"I am going"

I am coming: Main aa rahaa/rahii hoon
I am going: Main jaa rahaa/rahii hoon.

For  homework, look at the following pictures and write the translation in Hindi:

Week 19

We started off with a review.

1) First we reviewed how to write two important words:

Me/I = मैं 

Is = है 

We then practiced writing the sentence:  

मेरा नाम ____ है। 

2) We then reviewed how to say sentences in the following structure:

I am __(adjective)__ .

You are __(adjective)___.

The (noun) is ___(adjective)___. 

Examples:

Main laal hoon (I am red)

Tum laal ho (You are red)

GaaRii laal hai (The car is red)

We then moved on to the following new concept. We learned how to say sentences in the following format:

I am __(verb)ing__ .

In Hindi, the order of the words becomes: I __(verb)ing__ am.

"I am sleeping" would be rearranged to "I sleeping am"

We learned two new verbs today: Come (aa) and Go (jaa)
You then add the word "rahaa (male) or rahii (female)" to give the "ing" form of the verb.
Coming = Aa rahaa/rahii
Going = Jaa rahaa/rahii
We already know that "I" is "main" and "am" is "hoon"

Therefore: 

I AM COMING = Main aa rahaa/rahii hoon.
I AM GOING = Main jaa rahaa/rahii hoon.

We will spend much of the remaining semester learning different verbs and how to use them in the present continuous tense.
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For homework,
1) Please have your child practice writing:

मेरा नाम ____ है। 

2) Ask your child to practice saying the following sentences in Hindi:

I am hot.
You are hot.
The fire is hot.
I am small.
You are small.
The mouse is small. 
I am coming.
I am going: 

Answers: 

Week 18

This week we learned a new maatraa: ऐ 
This maatraa is similar to the ए maatraa -- it goes above the letter. However instead of one line, there are two lines:

क + ए  = के 

क + ऐ = कै

Distinguish between the different sounds that these maatras make. 
The "ay" sound in के  is fairly similar to the sound you would hear in the English word "CAKE"
The "ai" sound in कै is fairly similar to the sound you would hear in the word "QUACK"

We learned the following words:

मैं (me/I) (note the dot at the top, which gives the nasal sound)

है  (is)

पैर (foot)

पैसा (money)



At this point, your child now has the skill-set to write the sentence "My name is ____ " in Hindi.

HOMEWORK:

Write the following sentence 3 times (have your child write their name in Hindi also):

 मेरा नाम _____ है। 

Write the following word 3 times:  मैं