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Riddle #1
June 9, 2009 in Beginner Hindi, Meena, Naraindas, Nathan by admin
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सिर छोटा और पेट बड़ा,
(sir chho-Taa aur peT ba-Raa)
Small head and big stomach
तीन टांग पर रहे खड़ा।
(tiin Taang par ra-he kh-Raa)
stands on three legs
खाता हवा और पीता तेल,
(khaa-taa ha-vaa aur pii-taa tel)
Eats air and drinks oil
फिर दिखलाता अपना खेल।
(phir dikh-laa-taa ap-nee khel)
Then it shows its game (play).
Can you guess what it is?
While you are thinking about it, lets look at each of the Hindi words above.
सिर (sir) – head
छोटा (chho-Taa)- small
और (aur) – and
पेट (peT) – stomach
बड़ा (ba-Raa)- big
तीन (tiin)- three
टांग (Taang)- legs
पर (par) – on
रहे खड़ा (ra-he kha-Raa)- standing
खाता (khaa-taa) – eats
हवा (ha-vaa) – air
पीता (pii-taa) – drinks
तेल (tel) – oil
फिर (phir) – then
दिखलाता (dikh-laa-taa) – shows
अपना (ap-naa) – his
खेल (khel) – game
OK… Ready for the answer?? Just look at the bottom of this message.
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(4.89 out of 5)
In the riddle you have written “Eats ear and drinks oil”, instead of “eats air and…”. This could be confusing to learners, especially as your accent when you say AIR sounds a lot like EAR.
Thanks Vireya! I’ve corrected it now.