नहर पर चल (nahar par chal) = Let’s go to the stream.

कमल इधर रख (kamal idhar rakh) = Keep the lotus here.

नहर पर टहल (nahar par tahal) = walk to the stream.

—

नहर (nahar) - stream

पर (par) - to

चल (chal) - go (command)

कमल (kamal) - lotus

इधर (idhar) - here

रख (rakh) - keep (command)

टहल (tahal) - walk (command)

flashcards-may-reading-2-part-2

flashcards-may-reading-2-part-2-with-pronunciations

Line1: मटर चख।  बतख पकड़।  नकल मत कर।

मटर चख (matar chakh) - taste the peas

बतख पकड (batakh pakard) - catch the duck

नकल मत कर (nakal mat kar) - Do not copy.

—

मटर (matar) - peas

चख (chakh) - taste (command)

बतख (batakh) - duck

पकड़ (pakard) - catch (command)

नकल (nakal) - copy

मत (mat) - don’t

कर (kar) - do (command)

flashcards May reading #2 (part-1)

flashcards May reading #2 (part-1) with pronunciations

Nathan said (being male) “I was in India.” in Hindi it would be “main bharat me tha.”  मैं भारत में था।
Meena said  (being female) “I was in India” in Hindi it would be “main bharat me thi”  मैं भारत में थी।

फरवरी (farvari) - February

मार्च (marc) - March

अप्रैल (aprail) - April

मई (mai) - May

जून (jun) - June

जुलाई (julai) - July

अगस्त (agast) - August

सितम्बर (sitambar) - September

अक्तूबर (aktubar) - October

नवम्बर (navambar) - November

दिसम्बर (disambar) - December

flashcards - Months of the Year

flashcards - Months of the year - with pronounciations

I found a website that will help you learn the Months of the Year in Hindi:

http://www.masteranylanguage.com/cgi/f/rView.pl?pc=MALHindi&tc=MonthsOfYear&vm=fc

If you know of a resource to help learn this material, please leave a reference to it in the comments on the website.

Other Podcasts you might be interested in:

May 12, 2008 - Days of the Week

August 1, 2007 - Days of the Week

August 2, 2007 - Months of the Year

August 3, 2007 - Numbers from 1-31

flashcards - Days of the Week

flashcards - Days of the Week with Pronounciations

Listen out for the day of the week at the beginning of each session.  Giving the date on the recording also will help you to listen to a recording and then find it on the website.

आज  (aag) - today

इतवार (itvaar)  / रविवार (ravivaar) - Sunday

सोमवार (somvaar) - Monday

मंगलवार (mangalvaar) - Tuesday

बुधवार (buudhvaar) - Wednesday

गुरुवार (guuruuvaar) - Thursday

शुक्रवार (shuukravaar) - Friday

शनिवार (shanivaar) शनीचर (sanichar) - Saturday

I found this website that will test you over the days of the week.  It might be worth looking at:

http://www.masteranylanguage.com/cgi/f/rView.pl?pc=MALHindi&tc=MonthsOfYear&vm=fc

If there are any resources that you have found that others might find useful, please leave it in a comment on the website.

Here are similar sessions from last year:

August 1, 2007 - Days of the Week

August 2, 2007 - Months of the Year

August 3, 2007 - Numbers from 1-31

Line 3: छत पर मत चढ़। रथ पर मत चढ़।

Let us look at each sentence.

(devanagari) = (Romanized transliteration) = (translation)

छत पर मत चढ़।  = chhat par mat chard = Don’t climb on the roof.

रथ पर मत चढ़। = rath par mat chard = Don’t climb on the chariot

Flashcard - Hindi and English

Flashcards with pronunciations

Line 2: ऊन रख।  हठ नत कर। तन ढक कर।

Let us look at each sentence.

(devanagari) = (Romanized transliteration) = (translation)

ऊन रख = oon rakh = keep the wool

हठ मत कर = hath mat kar = don’t nag

तन ढक कर चल = tan dhak kar go = cover your body; come

Now let us look at each word:

ऊन (oon) = wool

रख (rakh) = keep

हठ (hath) =  nag

मत (mat) = don’t

कर (kar) = do

तन (tan) = body

ढक (dhak) = cover

कर (kar) = do

चल (chal) = go

Here are some Flash Cards to help you study: (fold on the dotted line and cut on the solid line)

this one just has the Hindi and English (no pronunciation help)

FlashCards Just Hindi and English

This one has the pronunciation help
FlashCards - with pronunciation help

Line 1:  हल रख।  लड़ मत। ईश भज।

Let us break down each sentence.

(devanagari) = (Romanized transliteration) = (translation)

हल रख =  hal rakh = keep the plow (or plough if you are British)

लड़ मत = lard mat = Don’t fight

ईश भज = iissh bhaj = Pray to God.
Now let us look at each word:

हल (hal) = plow

रख  (rakh) = keep  (command, informal)

लड़ (lard) = fight

मत (mat) = Don’t

ईश (iissh) = god

भज (bhaj) = pray

Here are some Flash Cards to help you study:  (fold on the dotted line and cut on the solid line)

Flash Cards - May Reading - Line 1 - Hindi and meanings

Now for those of you that are learning the letters are want to learn the letters, let us break down each word.

हल is made of ह + ल

ह make a “ha” sound

ल makes a “l” sound  together that makes हल which means plow.

रख is made of र + ख

र makes a “ra” sound

ख makes a “kha” sound.  this is the “second” k.  It is a harder sound with more force than the other क.

Together it make रख (rakh) which means keep.

लड़ is made of ल + ड़

ल we have already covered above.  It makes an “la” sound.

ड़ makes the same sound as “rd” in “bird”.  It is the first  “d” on the 3rd line.  The dot under neath it makes it have a “r” sound mixed in.

लड़ (lard)  which means fight

मत is made of म + त

म makes a “ma” sound

त makes a “t” sound the same as in “tum” which means “you (informal)”

मत (mat)  and it means “don’t”

ईश is made of ई + श

ई is the long “ee” sound

श makes a “sh” sound

ईश is eesh and it is a short form of a word that means “god”.

भज is made of भ + ज

भ is the second “bha” sound.  It is a stronger sound than the ब which is the other “ba” sound

ज makes a “ja” sound.

together भज makes a “bhaj” sound… It means “pray” as in commanding someone to pray.

line 11: इस बस पर चढ़ कर घर चल।

is bus pur churd kur ghur chal

line 12: खट खट मत कर।

kut kut mut kur

Vocabulary:

इस (is) - this

बस (bus) - bus

पर (pur) - on

चढ़ कर (churd kur) - climb

घर (ghur) - house

चल (chal) - go

खट खट (kut kut) - a tapping sound

मत (mut) - don’t

कर (kur) - do