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What are you likely to see in the water?  Perhaps a turtle, a whale, a dolphin, a fish, a frog?  But what if there was a shark in the water at the beach?  People are saying: “A shark!  A shark!”  But in Hindi!  Might be useful to know the Hindi word.  That is what we learn in today’s ISpeakHindi.com episode.

English	Hindi	Pronunciation
water animals		jalchar praanii
turtle		kachuaa
whale		hvel
dolphin		daalphin
seal		siil
fish		machlii
frog		mendak
shark		shaark
crocodile		magar
hippopotamus		djiiyaaii chordaa
walrus		vaalras

Did you see जल in the word for “water animals”?  जल (jal) is another word for water.  It is not as common as पानी (paanii).  जल (jal) also conveys a sense of sacredness.  Which would make sense when referring to something with life. 

Learn these words on:

Here are the previous day’s lessons if you need to review or catch up:

• July 27, 2008 - #291 Insects, etc. (insects, ant, housefly, mosquito, butterfly, honeybee, cockroach, spider, mongoose, lizard, squirrel, mouse, snake)
• July 26, 2008 - #290 Wild Animals (tiger, elephant, lion, leopard, monkey, wolf, deer, and bear)
• July 25, 2008 - #289 Domesticated Animals (donkey, dog, puppy, goat, sheep, lamb, cow, buffalo, camel, horse, and related words)
• July 24, 2008 - #288 Birds (parrot, sparrow, crow, hen, pigeon, eagle, peacock)
• July 23, 2008 - #287 Vegetable (potato, onion, cauliflower, tomato, cabbage, eggplant, pumpkin, okra, peas, carrot, radish)

And coming up, we will be covering the following topics. 

• July 29, 2008 - #293 Workers (helpers)
• July 30, 2008 - #294 Vehicles
• July 31, 2008 - #295 Electrical Appliances
• August 1, 2008 - #296 In Town

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