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:

  

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 

Week 17

 We started off by reviewing all the maatraas that we have learned so far. At this point we expect your child to be able to comfortably read and say  the sounds below:

का 

कि 

की 

कु 

कू 

के 

  We then reviewed the ए maatraa words from last week, and learned two new words:

सेब (apple)

अकेला (lonely, alone)

 For homework this week, please have your child practice writing all the ए maatras words that we have learned:

मेरा, केला, शेर, पेट, पेड़ , सेब, अकेला 

 Also please have your child practice saying the following sentences in Hindi:

"You are red"
"You are not red"
"I am red"
"I am not red"

Answers:

Week 16

   This week we moved on to the ए maatraa. The ए maatraa goes above the consonant:

क + ए = के 
म + ए + र + आ = मेरा 

  We learned the following words:

मेरा / मेरी (meraa / merii) (my)
केला (kelaa) (banana)
पेट (pet) (stomach)
शेर (sher) (lion)
पेड़ (peR) (tree)

 For our oral lesson today, we reviewed the Hindi translation of the word "and" ("aur")

HOMEWORK:

  Look at the following pictures, and say the word out loud in Hindi. Then, match the pictures to the words:
शेर , पेट , केला , पेड़ 








ORAL HOMEWORK:
Say the following sentences in Hindi:
1) My stomach is big 
2) This tree is small and green
3) The lion is clean and happy
4) My banana is yellow
5) I am alone (this one isn't in the video; the translation is "main akelaa hoon" or "main akelii hoon")
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Week 15

 We started off by reviewing the words we learned last session:

सूरज  (sooraj) (sun)

फूल  (phool) (flower)

चूहा (choohaa) (mouse)

जूता (jootaa) (shoe)

दूध (doodh) (milk)


 We then learned the following new words:

आलू (aaloo) (potato)

पूजा (poojaa) (prayer)

भालू (bhaaloo) (bear)

We then focused on saying sentences with the following structures:

I am _____
You are ____

Remember how we say the following sentences in Hindi:

The ___ is  ____.
For example, The fire is hot
In Hindi, this is: Aag garam hai

If you are trying to say: I am ___ , the sentence ends with the word "hoon" instead of "hai"
If you are trying to say: You are  ___  (and we will use the "tum" / familiar form of you), the sentence ends with "ho" instead of hai.

For example:
The elephant is pretty = Haathii sundar hai
I am pretty = Main sundar hoon
You are pretty = Tum sundar ho

Homework:
Part 1: Practice writing आलू , पूजा , भालू 
Part 2: 
Say the following sentences in Hindi:

1) I am pink
2) You are pink
3) I am hot
4) You are hot
5) The elephant is red
6) I am red
7) You are red

Answers: