Weeks 19 and 20

 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)

We also practiced writing our "essays" for next week. The topic is At The Zoo.

WEEK 18

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

I am ____ing.

He/She is ____ing.

(noun) is ____ing.

You are ___ing

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

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

We learned the word for "take": ले (le)

We learned the word for "give":  दे (de)

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 

He is going = Voh jaa rahaa hai

You (boy) are coming = tum aa rahe ho

You (girl) are coming = tum aa rahii ho

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