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SECTION 1 (READING):

 The student will be shown 5 words written in Hindi, and they will be asked to write the English translation of the word.
  5 of the following words will be shown:
फल
दस
आज 
काला
किताब
पिता 
हाथी
कहानी 
कुछ 
गुलाबी


SECTION 2 (WRITING):

 The student will be shown 5 words written in English, and they will be asked to write the word in Hindi.
 5 of the following words will be shown:

Happy
Quiet
Three
Water
Day
Heart
Red
Hair
House
Yesterday/Tomorrow

SECTION 3 (ORAL):

 The students will be asked to say 5 sentences in Hindi. The sentences will be in the following format:

1) The  __(noun)__ is   __(adjective)___
example: The fire is hot

2) This ___(noun)  is ___(adjective)___
example: This fire is hot

3) The ___(noun)___ is not __(adjective)__
example: The fire is not hot

4) That ___(noun) is ___(adjective)___
example: That fire is hot

5) My ___(noun) is  ___(here or there) ___
example:  My fire is here (or my fire is there)

This is the list of nouns that we will choose from:
Car
Elephant
Water
Fish
Book
Bird
Nose
Ear
Fruit
House

This is the list of adjectives that we will choose from:
Black
Hot
Cold
Clean
Dirty
Good
Small
Big
Quiet
Pink

Week 9

  This week we introduced the children to the उ maatraa. Just like with इ and ई , please remind your child to be careful with pronunciation. The उ sound is a short "u" sound, similar to what you hear in the English word "Full"  (not what you hear in the English word "fool")
 The previous maatraas that we learned are either placed to the left or the right of the letter. However, the उ  maatraa goes underneath.

प + उ + ल = पुल 

झ + उ + क + आ + म = झुकाम 


We learned the following words:

खुश  (khush) (happy)

चुप (chup) (quiet)

कुछ (kuch) (some)

गुलाबी (gulaabii) (pink)

गुड़िया (guRiyaa) (doll)

For homework, there are two parts. For the first part, ask your child to write the above 5 words. For the second part, ask them to say the following sentences in Hindi:

That boy is quiet.
Where is the pink doll?
The happy queen is here.

Answers below:

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!

Week 7

This week we learned the ई maatraa.

Please make sure your child can distinguish the difference between the sounds of इ and ई

इ makes a short "i" sound, like what you hear in the following English words: "hit"  "pill"

ई makes a long "ee" sound, like in the words: "feel" "cheer"

When the ई maatraa is in the middle or end of a word, it is written as follows:

क + ई + ल = कील  (pronounced: keeeel)
ग + ल + ई  = गली 

(compare this to the इ  maatra , which goes to the left)
क + इ + ल = किल  (pronounced: kill)


Here are the new words from this week:

मीठा (miiThaa) (sweet)

गाड़ी (gaaRii) (car)

तीन (tiin) (three)

हाथी (haathii) (elephant)

घड़ी (ghaRii) (watch/clock)

पानी (paanii) (water)

रानी (raanii) (queen)

मछली (machhalii) (fish)

तितली (titalii) (butterfly)

पीला (piilaa) (yellow)

नीला (niilaa) (blue)

गीला (giilaa) (wet)

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

1) The car is black.
2) That elephant is big.
3) My watch is small.
4) The water is not cold.
5) That queen is pretty.
6) This bird is yellow.

7) That fish is red.

8) This laddoo is sweet.

9) My hair is wet.

10) That butterfly is blue.

Answers are here:

Week 6

Today we reviewed the इ words that we learned last week. We then also reviewed sentence formation.
 Homework this week consists of 2 parts:

1) PART 1:
Practice writing the following words:

दिन

दिल 

किताब

गिलास 

चिड़िया 


2) PART 2:

Look at the pictures below, and say the word in Hindi. Then match the pictures with the words written at the bottom:

1)


2)


3)


4)


5)


6)



Words:

नाक 
किताब 
दिया 
दिल 
आग 
चिड़िया 

Week 5

  This week we learned about the letter इ , and how it is used in words.
  When a word starts with इ , you write the letter as you normally would (just as you would if a word starts with अ  or आ ). However if इ is in the middle or at the end of the word, then it becomes the "ChhoTii i kii maatra"

क + इ  = कि 

ब + इ = बि 

Please emphasize to your child the pronunciation of "इ ". It is the short "i" sound, like in the English words "bill" or "hit"
Please make sure your child doesn't make the longer "ee" sound that is in words like "key" and "bee"

Today we learned the following words:

दिन (din)  (day)
दिल (dil)   (heart)
किताब (kitaab) (book)
पिता (pitaa)  (father)
गिलास (gilaas) (glass)
चिड़िया (chiRiyaa)  (bird)
दिया (diyaa)  (diya)

For homework, ask your child to say the following sentences in Hindi:

1) The day is good

2) My heart is big

3) That book is black

4) My father is not small

5) This glass is cold

6) That bird is pretty

7) This diya is hot

Answers are in the video below:

Week 4

  We spent the first half of the class today reviewing the words we've learned over the past 3 weeks. 
  We then learned how to make basic sentences that start with either the word "THIS" or the word "THAT." or the word "MY"

The word "THIS" in Hindi is "yeh"
The word "THAT" in Hindi is "voh"
The word "MY" in Hindi is "meraa" or "merii" 

"This house is big" becomes:
Yeh ghar baRaa hai

"That house is big" becomes:
Voh ghar baRaa hai

"My house is big" is:
Meraa ghar baRaa hai

"This house is not big" is:
Yeh ghar baRaa nahiin hai

This week's homework:

1) Practice writing the following Hindi words:
आग 
नाक 
घर 
हाथ 
बाल 

2) Say the following sentences in Hindi:

- This fire is hot
- That fire is not hot
- My nose is not big
- That nose is big 


Next week we will learn the ि  maatraa
Here are the answers to part 2 of this week's homework: