Week 16

We learned the word for lonely/alone: अकेला 

We learned and reviewed the ऐ maatraa. 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 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)

We also learned to write the sentence: "My name is ____"

Please make sure your child knows how to write their name in Hindi.

मेरा नाम ______ है

Week 15

  Today we learned 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) सेब (apple)

A note about मेरा / मेरी: मेरा is used if what belongs to you is masculine. मेरी is used if what belongs to you is feminine. Merii maa Meraa laRkaa

Week 13 Midterm exam preview

 Midterm exam preview

 PART 1:

You will be given 5 words that are written in Hindi. You will need to write the English translation next to the word.  The words given will be from this list:

कान

आग

नाना

नानी

दिल

खुश

गुलाबी

आलू

चूहा

किताब

PART 2:

You will be given 5 words in English. You will need to write the Hindi translation of the word. The words will be given from this list:

You (the familiar form, not "aap")

Today

Nose

Shoe

Day

Quiet

Water

Queen

Am

Father

PART 3 (ORAL) :

You will be given 10 sentences that you need to translate orally:

The house is big

This house is not big

I am small

You are far

The queen is good

Where is the water?

The water is here

The water is not there

Her grandmother is good

She is big

Part 2 answers (note, you will not be given the answers during the exam)

तुम

आज

नाक

जूता

दिन

चुप

पानी

रानी

हूँ

पिता

Week 12

 Today we reviewed old concepts, and also did a kahoot

Week 11

 This week's lesson focused on speaking. We learned the word for "my", which is "meraa" or "merii". Whether you use meraa or merii depends on whether the thing you own is masculine or feminine (not whether you yourself are a boy or a girl)

My grandmother is big = merii daadii baRii hai

My king is big = meraa raajaa baRaa hai

We then learned the words for "your":  "tumhaaraa" or "tumhaarii"

And the words for "our": "hamaaraa" or "hamaarii"

An the words for "his" and "her" (The same word is used for his or her):  "uskaa" or "uskii"

Week 10

 Today we continued learning words with the "baRii u maatraa". We also learned how to say sentences in the format "I am ____" . We also learned the word बहुत    ("very"):

1) Am ("hoon") हूँ

2) Potato ("aaloo") आलू

3) Prayer ("poojaa") पूजा

4) Bear ("bhaaloo") भालू

5) Sun ("sooraj") सूरज

Week 9

 

     Today we learned two new adjectives (both how to say them and how to write them):

New = nayaa   नया

Old = puraanaa   पुराना

    

   We then learned the next maatraa,  the "baRii u kii maatraa." This maatraa makes the long "oo" sound, like in the English words "pool" and "fool".

Compare: प + उ + ल = पुल (pronounced "pull") प + ऊ + ल = पूल (pronounced "pool")

Here are the other new words we learned today:

फूल (phool) (flower) चूहा (choohaa) (mouse) जूता (jootaa) (shoe) दूध (doodh) (milk)