Sunday, March 31, 2019

Week 24

  At this point, your child should be comfortable saying sentences in the following format: I am ___ing.

I am sleeping = Main so rahaa/rahii hoon 
मैं सो रहा हूँ /  मैं सो रही हूँ। 

They should also be comfortable using the following sentence structure:  The ___ is  ___ing.

The horse is eating: ghoRaa khaa rahaa hai
घोड़ा खा रहा है। 

Over the next 3 weeks, we would like you to help your child familiarize themselves with the following sentence structures. For illustration purposes, we will use the verb "come":

I am coming: Main aa rahaa/rahii hoon.
मैं आ रहा/रही हूँ। 

He is coming: Voh aa rahaa hai
वह आ रहा है। 

She is coming: Voh aa rahii hai
वह आ रही है। 

(Note that both "he" and "she" translate to "voh". It is the "rahaa/rahii" part that lets you know whether the "voh" is referring to a "he" or a "she")

Now let's look at the sentence "You are coming". In Hindi, the sentence is spoken differently if the "you" is a male or if the "you" is a female.

If the "you" is a male, then "you are coming" becomes: Tum aa rahe ho. तुम आ रहे हो। 

If the "you" is a female, then the "you are coming" becomes: Tum aa rahii ho. तुम आ रही हो। 

We are coming: Hum aa rahe hain (note the nasal sound in the word "hain". It is different from the non-nasal "hai") हम आ रहे हैं। 

This may all be a little confusing in the beginning, but we will keep practicing. The children are already catching on quite well.

Main khel rahaa/rahii hoon.
Tum khel rahe/rahii ho.
Hum khel rahe hain.
Voh khel rahaa/rahaa hai.
LaRkaa khel rahaa hai.
LaRkii khel rahii hai.

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

I am going.
You are going. ("you" is a boy)
You are going. ("you" is a girl)
He is going.
She is going.
The king is going.
The queen is going.
We are going.
I am eating.
You are eating. ("you" is a boy)
You are eating. ("you" is a girl)
He is eating.
She is eating.
The boy is eating.
The girl is eating.
We are eating. 



Sunday, March 24, 2019

Week 23

 This week we learned a new verb: do
 In Hindi, this is "kar" (कर )

  Look at the following English sentence:

"I am eating."

   In Hindi, the words are re-arranged: "I eating am"
("main khaa rahaa hoon")

  Now what if we want to say:

"I am eating a banana"

  How is this re-arranged in Hindi? The word "banana" would go after the word "I". In other words: "I banana eating am" ("main kelaa khaa rahii hoon")

"I am playing cricket" --> "I cricket playing am" ("main cricket khel rahaa hoon")

"I am doing yoga" --> "I yoga doing am" ("main yoga kar rahaa hoon"



HOMEWORK:

1) Show your child the following words. Ask them to read the word out loud and then translate the word in English:

है 

मैं 

और 

मेरा 

कर 

केला 

2) Have your child say the following sentences in Hindi:

- The queen is doing yoga
- I am doing yoga
- I am eating a banana
- The king is eating a banana
- The girl is playing cricket
- I am playing cricket


Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Week 22

  This week the children were introduced to the final maatra: औ 

म + औ + स + अ + म = मौसम  ("mausam") (weather)

   Note the difference in the sound between ओ and औ

ओ makes an "o" sound like you would hear in the words: boat, rope, jello

The औ sound is closer to (but not exactly) what you would hear in words like: hot, call, saw

Here are the new words from this week:

खिलौना (toy) (khilaunaa)
मौसम (weather) (mausam)
औरत (lady) (aurat)
और (and) (aur)
पौधा (plant) (paudha)


Previously we learned to say present continuous sentences with the following verbs:
Eat (khaa), Drink (pii), come (aa), go (jaa)
This week, we learned:

Play (khel)
Sleep (so)

For homework, please:
1) Have your child practice writing the औ words.
2) Ask your child to say the following sentences in Hindi:
- I am playing
- The lion is playing
- I am sleeping
- The queen is sleeping





Sunday, March 3, 2019

Week 21

   We started off the day reviewing the ओ maatraa with the children. We then spend much of the class doing verbal exercises.

  Recall how we say the following sentence in Hindi: "I am coming"

"Main aa rahii hoon" (girl)  "Main aa rahaa hoon" (boy)

  If you replace "I" in the sentence with a noun, then the sentence ends in "hai" instead of "hoon". So, "The king is coming" becomes:

"Raja aa rahaa hai."

  Have your child recognize the patterns:

I am coming  =  Main aa rahaa hoon.
Arjun is coming = Arjun aa rahaa hai.
The queen is coming =  Raanii aa rahii hai.

A couple of weeks ago we learned the verbs: Coming, Going.
Today we learned these new verbs: Eating, Drinking.

Come = Aa
Go = Jaa
Eat = Khaa
Drink = Pii

I am eating = Main khaa rahaa/rahii hoon
I am drinking = Main pii rahaa/rahii hoon

Homework this week is all oral. Have your child look at these sentences carefully. Then have your child say the sentences in Hindi. Be sure that they are ending the sentences with the correct word (Hai or Hoon).

1) I am eating.
2) The elephant is eating.
3) I am drinking.
4) The queen is drinking
5) I am coming.
6) The king is coming
7) I am going.
7) The elephant is going.

Answers in the video: