Lesson 17

 Today we learned how to say present continuous sentences starting with "You."  How you say the sentence will depend on whether YOU is male or female.

You (male) are coming = Tum aa rahe ho

You (female) are coming = Tum aa rahii ho

Sentences that start with "tum" end in "ho". Sentences that start with tum will not have "rahaa" in them - instead it will be either "rahe" or "rahii"

We learned the following new verbs today:

Give = "de" दे

Take = "le" ले

Sleep = "so" सो

Jump = "kood" कूद

Lesson 16

 Today we learned how to say and write sentences in the following format:

I am ____ing.

He/She is ____ing.

(noun) is ____ing.

We learned the word for "come": आ  (aa)

We learned the word for "go": जा (jaa)

I am coming = Main aa rahaa hoon  (boy)  मैं आ रहा हूँ

                        Main aa rahii hoon (girl)  मैं आ रही हूँ

I am going = Main jaa rahaa hoon (boy)  मैं जा रहा हूँ

                      Main jaa rahii hoon (girl)  मैं जा रही हूँ

The king is going = Raajaa jaa rahaa hai राजा जा रहा है

The king is coming = Raajaa aa rahaa hai

The queen is going = Raanii jaa rahii hai रानी जा रही है

The queen is coming = Raanii aa rahii hai

She is going = Voh jaa rahii hai 

Lesson 15

 The children were introduced to the final maatra: औ

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)

कौन (who) (kaun)

Lesson 14

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

क + ओ = को र + ओ = रो 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)

We reviewed the word हो "ho". If a present tense sentence starts with "tum", it would end with "ho". You are red = tum laal ho

Lesson 13

 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

Lesson 12

 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) अकेला (lonely, alone) 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

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