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Today’s lesson comes from the Hindi Primer.  We started these lessons on October 12, 2008.

Here is the vocabulary that is used in today’s lesson.

	flowers (could also be “flower”)
	nice-nice (notice how it is अच्छे which indicates it is agreeing with a plural noun.  So अच्छा फूल is “nice flower” where as अच्छे फूल is “nice flowers”
	beautiful
	this
	rose
	“belongs to” का is used the same was that “’s” is used in English.  In English you might say “Mike’s flower” in Hindi you would say “Mike का फूल”
	that
	type of flower
	Champa (a girl’s name)
	queen
	laughing
	is
	from
	something
	say
	Juhii (girl’s name)
	Bela (girl’s name)
	look

 

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Today’s lesson comes from the Hindi Primer (page 36).  We started these lessons on October 12, 2008.

Here is the vocabulary that is used in today’s lesson.

	rain queen (queen of rain)
	come-come
	rain queen (queen of rain) (same as the first line above.. but notice how you can run the words together or separate them)
	bring-bring
	cold
	water
	will dance
	will jump
	will take bath
	hat
	will bring
	umbrella
	to stroll
	will go
	chup-chup-chup (sound that the rain makes)
	will do
	melodious
	will sing
	all around

 

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Today’s lesson comes from the Hindi Primer.  We started these lessons on October 12, 2008.

Here is the vocabulary that is used in today’s lesson.

	moon
	uncle
	come
	black-black
	cloud
	in
	face
	don’t
	hide
	my
	thaalii - a steel dish
	come
	will feed [you]
	[I] will laugh
	will make [you] laugh
	slowly-slowly

 

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Today’s lesson comes from the Hindi Primer.  We started these lessons on October 12, 2008.

Here is the vocabulary that is used in today’s lesson.

	fight
	will go
	I
	gun
	will make it go
	mother
	bullet
	goes
	“thany-thany” sound of the bullet wizzing by
	run-run
	cry
	all
	to
	die
	will make them run away
	in front of
	feet
	to put
	ever (कभी न = not ever; never)
	not
	head
	will bow

 

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Sorry about the email yesterday.  It wasn’t supposed to go out, not sure how that happen.  But this is a good point to tell you about my plans for the rest of the year.  In order to improve the program, I am only going to publish session 3 times a week (Monday, Wednesday, Friday), though you may not get the email until the next day.  Then on January 1st, we will start with the daily program again.

Today we have a little poem about a doll.  Here is the vocabulary that is used.  Listen out for it in the podcast.

	doll
	mine
	love
	used as a helping verb in the present tense and can also mean “is” when used by itself
	looks like
	princess
	lips
	red-red
	are
	black-black
	hair
	“one (1)” can also be used as “a”
	prince
	will come
	“dum dum”
	drum
	will play
	to
	take
	will go

Today’s lesson comes from the Hindi Primer.  We started these lessons on October 12, 2008.

 

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सिसु-गीत

	wake up
	laughing
	say
	respect marker, put after a name or a title to show respect
	hello
	grandfather (father’s father)
	grandmother (father’s mother)
	father
	mother
	elder sister
	teacher

Today’s lesson comes from the Hindi Primer.  We started these lessons on October 12, 2008. For a $25 donation or more we will send out the book and the related lessons on CD.

 

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भाजीवाला

ले लो बाबू, ले लो लाला !

आया आया भाजीवाला।

आलू गोभी गाजर है।

लाल-लाल टमाटर है।

भिंडी लौकी प्यारी है।

हरी-हरी तरकारी है।

सोवा पालक लेलो लाला।

आया आया भाजीवाला।

धनिया लहसुन हरी मटर

मूली कितनी है सुंदर।

जो कोई शलगम खायेगा।

लाल-लाल हो जायेगा।

कटहल खाता किस्मतवाला।

ले लो बाबू, ले लो लाला !

Key vocabulary

	vegetable seller (vegetable man)
	came
	potato
	cauliflower
	carrot
	red
	tomato/tomatoes
	oakra  (lady fingers)
	pumpkin
	green
	vegetables
	dill
	spinach
	coriander
	garlic
	peas
	radish
	how much
	beautiful
	beet root
	like a pumpkin
	eat
	lucky man

Today’s lesson comes from the Hindi Primer.  We started these lessons on October 12, 2008. For a $25 donation or more we will send out the book and the related lessons on CD.

 

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	today
	my
	birth-day
	is
	house
	decorate
	sweets
	made
	I
	new
	clothes
	wear
	am
	people
	me
	love
	to do
	are
	Ramesh (boy’s name)
	has come
	Sheila (girl’s name)
	has come
	all
	friends
	has come
	eating
	laughing
	singing

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Here are some of the words that we cover today.  They are in the order that they are presented in the recording.  Try to listen out for all of them

	time
	seven (7)
	o’clock (plural version)
	will be
	morning
	10
	school
	one (1)
	o’clock (only used with 1)
	bell
	four (4)
	closed

Today’s lesson comes from the Hindi Primer.  We started these lessons on October 12, 2008. For a $25 donation or more we will send out the book and the related lessons on CD.

 

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बताओ मैं कौन हूँ?  

(I did not have a chance to list out all of the vocabulary today.  You can help out by coming to the site and leaving some of the vocabulary in the comments.  Below is just a handful of the words that are covered.)

Try to hear out for these nouns:

कमीज़ = shirt

पैंट - pant

जूते-चप्पल - shoes - sandals

बाल = hair

मालिश =massage

Verbs

मरम्मत - repair

Today’s lesson comes from the Hindi Primer.  We started these lessons on October 12, 2008. For a $25 donation or more we will send out the book and the related lessons on CD.