Week 17

   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) (peacock) 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

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:

एक (one)

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 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"

And the words for "his" and "her" (The same words are used for his and her):  "uskaa" or "uskii"

And finally the words for their: "unkaa" or "unkii"

Week 10

 Today we continued learning words with the "baRii u maatraa"  

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)

Week 8

 Today we moved on to the next maatraa: उ  

Unlike the previous maatraas, this one goes underneath the letter.

So:  क + उ = कु

Here are the words we learned today:

खुश (khush) (happy) चुप (chup) (quiet) गुलाबी (gulaabee) (pink) तुम (tum) (you)

 For our oral lesson, we learned how to say sentences that start with the word "tum". Remember, if the sentence starts with "I" ("main") then it ends with "hoon"

If the sentence starts with he or she ("voh") then it ends with "hai"

If the sentence starts with you ("tum") then it ends with "ho"