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Raw Hindi #001 – Family Structure
June 28, 2007 11:48 pm in Nathan, Sonia by admin
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Father – पिता
Mother – माता or माँ
Paternal Grandfather – दादा
Paternal Grandmother – दादी
Maternal Grandfather – नाना
Maternal Grandmother – नानी
Brother – भाई
Sister – बहिन
Elder Sister – दीदी
Son – बेटा
Daughter – बेटी
Husband – पति
Wife – पत्नी
Mother-in-law – सास
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I would love to see these pronunciations written in English, like the first lesson! :)
The speaker has excellent pronunciation in both languages: English and Hindi, it is definetely helpfull, mainly for beginners, like me, not used to the Hindi sounds. Thanks for you great website!
Rev. Sunantho
(Buddhist Monk)
Wendy, here are the words transliterated in English:
Father – pita – पिता
Mother – mata or maa – माता or माँ
Paternal Grandfather – dada – दादा
Paternal Grandmother – dadi – दादी
Maternal Grandfather – nana – नाना
Maternal Grandmother – nani – नानी
Brother – bhai – भाई
Sister – bahin – बहिन
Elder Sister – didi – दीदी
Son – betaa – बेटा
Daughter – beti – बेटी
Husband – pati – पति
Wife – patni – पत्नी
Mother-in-law – saas – सास
Cool, isin’t Grandmother Ajee and Grandfather Ajaa?
going just by memory how come i was taught to say dada mama to my mother’s older brother. and Ajee to my mother’s mom? and what does tai mean – i was taught to use it for my mother’s older sister and aka for her eldest sister.