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Today we learn about the vowel ऐ. Like all vowels in Hindi, it has a independent form and a dependent form. Here are some examples of the dependent form being added to other letters.

	eye glasses (f)
	don’t (command to child)
	put on - from the verb लगना
	like (similar to)
	do - from करना
	big brother
	bag
	bring - from लाना
	money
	this
	ox
	sits - from the verb बैठाना - to sit
	is

Today’s lesson comes from the Hindi Primer (As of 10/25/2008, we only have 12 copies left). 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 we Learn about the vowel ए, and we see how it modifies the vowel sound in several consonants. See examples of how the consonants below are written first regularly and then with the ए vowel. Pay attention to today’s lesson to hear these sounds

Do you see the difference? You add ए to a vowel by adding the line to the top.

Here are the words that we cover today.

	banana
	eat - from खाना (to eat)
	one (1)
	This is two words. 1) game 2) play (as in “[you] play” from the verb खेलना)
	meeting
	do - from
	close friendship
	cart

Today’s lesson comes from the Hindi Primer (As of 10/25/2008, we only have 12 copies left). 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 we learn about the vowel ऊ.  Watch how we add this to consonants:

Here is the vocabulary that e cover today.

	up
	go (command like to a child) from जाना - to go
	mouse
	catch - from बकड़ना to catch
	shoe
	wear - from पहनना
	far
	move - from चलना - to move
	flowers
	steal - from  लूटना - to steal
	too much
	fragrance

Today’s lesson comes from the Hindi Primer (As of 10/23/2008, we only have 13 copies left).  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.  We just finished recording the lessons this week.  We have burned CDs and put together packages last night for everyone that donated so far.  You should be getting a package in a week if you have already donated.

From our Listeners

I would like to start putting information at the bottom of our lessons from our listeners about our listeners.  If you are interested in sharing some of your experiences with Hindi or travels to India, please email me at nathan@ISpeakHindi.com.

Recently we had one of our listeners over for a private lesson with Meena.  Here is a picture from their session and a note from Stephanie.

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I am Stephanie, and I am a new student of Hindi.  It’s a bit of a challenge for me, given that I am profoundly deaf and need tutoring to get as many of the sounds in Hindi right as I can manage.  This amounts to speech therapy, which I “fondly” remember when I was learning English as a child.  I also sign in American Sign Language.

I became involved in learning Hindi because I do financial research (which includes “news-mining” of many things, including gold/silver buying habits around the world).  It was while doing this work that I learned about economic practices of many people in India that resonate with my own.  Plus, I see India as an upcoming power in the future, behind China.

Another reason is that I am an archaeology enthusiast (I didn’t say I was professional!), and I love reading about archaeology digs in Africa, the middle east, and India.  Because those areas have been settled for so long, they are rich in history, the people themselves, the ways of life, how things were done, the trade routes, cultures, and now the cities left behind.

I would love to be able to learn other languages and use them in daily settings, which I have done since I work in retail, and we have customers from all over in a few days’ time.

धन्यवाद

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Email me at nathan@ISpeakHindi.com so we can arrange something.

 

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Today’s lesson comes from the Hindi Primer (As of 10/22/2008, we only have 14 copies left).  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.  We just finished recording the lessons yesterday.  We will be reviewing them and burning CDs and mailing them out in the next couple of days.  Each of the lessons will go live on ISpeakHindi.com one per day till 11/28. 

Today we learn about उ.  See how we add this to consonants:

Here are the words that we covered:

	(name of a girl)
	get up (from उठना)
	there
	go (from चलना)
	roses (also could be rose, but in the context of this sentence, it is roses)
	bring (from लाना)
	a lot (much/many)
	goldsmith
	listen (from सुनना)
	ear rings
	make (from बनाना)

 

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Today’s lesson comes from the Hindi Primer (As of 10/21/2008, we only have 15 copies left).  We started these lessons on October 12, 2008. 

Today we learn how to use the vowel ई.  When adding this to a consonant, it is a line that curves to the right and then goes down on the right hand side of the letter.  Here are some examples:

Here are the words that we cover:

	sugar cane
	bring
	sweet
	elder sister
	came
	whistle
	stick
	car

Questions from our listeners
Do any of you know of a good place in India to learn Hindi? Please email me at nathan@ISpeakHindi.com with the information and tell me about any of your experiences with learning Hindi in India.  I would like to share this information with our fellow Hindi learners.

 

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

Yesterday, I challenged you to write the following letters with the आ vowel.  Let’s see if you got it write:

When you add आ these become:

Today we learn about the vowed इ.  This is added to the consonant by a line that goes from the top, curves to the left, and goes down the front.   Here is an example:

Here are the words that we cover today:

	there
	go
	glass
	keep
	guitar
	play
	airplane
	farmer
	book

 

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Today’s lesson comes for the Hindi Primer. We started these lessons on October 12, 2008. (If you are interested in getting a copy of the book, you can get one from a $25 donation. As of 10/17/2009, I have 17 copies left.

Today we focus on the vowel आ and words that use it. As with all the vowels, there is a stand alone version and then one that becomes part of a consonant.

For example, if you were to add आ to क you would get का. Notice the extra line? Here are some more examples:

In this same manner, you can add आ to any consonant. Try it with some different consonants. For example, try it with these:

(check back tomorrow to see if you wrote them correctly)

Did you notice something different about the letters in the chart? The letters to the left have a little mark under it. Look at the highlight area below:

That means to remove the अ that is part of every consonant. For example, when you normally see:

You are really seeing this:

So in today’s lesson we are replacing अ with आ when we add the line after the consonant.

Now let us look at the words that we cover in this lesson. Notice which of the consonants have the vowel that we are studying today and which ones do not.

	Mango
	eat - from the verb खाना (to eat)
	horn/trumpet
	play - from the verb बजाना (to play)
	umbrella
	setup - from the verb लगाना

 

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

Today we review some words that contain the letters we learned so far. See if you can pronounce these, and then listen to the podcast to see if you were correct.

	letter
	duck
	finger nail
	button
	pot
	sister
	fruit
	lotus flower
	pen

You should practice writing some of the words that we have studied. HindiGym has put together some worksheets that you might be interested in using:

 

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

If you donate $25 or more we will send you the sessions on CD along with the book.

We are giving this book to people that donate $25 or more to support the program.  As of 10/14/2008, we only have 17 copies left.  $25 $50 $100 $150 $200 $250

Today we continue with chapter 4 in the Hindi primer.  This is the page with the boy reading a book, the girl writing, and the boy tightening his belt.  Below are the words that we go over today.

Hindi	Pronunciation	Meaning
	paat chaar	chapter 4
	mugun	Mugun is the name of a boy
	purd	[you (very informal)] read This is from the verb पढ़ना (purdna) meaning “to read”
	da - This is a retroflexive consonant, the tongue should touch the top of the mouth  And it is non-aspirated, so use as little aire as possible.
	dha - this is a retroflexive and aspirated.  So the tongue touches the roof of the mouth and their is a puff of air.
	like ड above, but has a “r” sound.  “rda”  (like the “rd” in “bird”
	like ढ above but has a “r” sound at the beginning “rda”
	kulum	pen (as in a writing pen)
	pukurd	[you (informal as in talking to a child] hold This is from the Hindi verb पकड़ना which means “to hold”
	kumur	waist
	kus	[you (as in talking to a child)] tighten from the Hindi verb कसना which means “to tighten”
	likho	[you (informal)] write from the Hindi verb लिखना

One extra thing that I refer to in this lesson that is not in the book is how to make the first person, present tense conjugation of these verbs.

If I want to say “I write.” I would take the sentence pattern मैं ____  हूँ। and then conjugate the verb correctly and put it in the blank.  In the case of “I write” take the verb “to write” लिखना and drop the ना at the end to get the root of the verb लिख then if I am a man add ता and if I am a woman add ती. 

[man speaking]  मैं लिखता हूँ।

[woman speaking] मैं लिखती हूँ।

This can be done with other verbs to.  Try leaving an example in the comments of the site using a different verb.

 

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

Here are the words and phrases that we cover today.

	paath do	chapter 2
	na	(Hindi letter)
	ja	(Hindi letter)
	ra	(Hindi letter)
	sa	(Hindi letter)
	ba	(Hindi letter)
	tha	(Hindi letter)
	nal	faucet (sometimes called a “tap”)
	jal	water (पानी (paanii) is more common word for water. However, it is more complicated to write which is why जल is used here)
	rath (There are 4 letters that have a “t” sound. This one is made by touching the tongue to the teeth and with a puff of air (aspiration))	chariot
	bas (sounds just like the English word “bus”)	bus
	likho	write (from the verb लिखना (likhna) which means “to write”)
	shabdon ko likho	write the words
	paath theen	chapter 3
	ra	(Hindi letter)
	kha	(Hindi letter)
	cha	(Hindi letter)
	rakh	keep (from the verb रखना (rakhnaa) which means “to keep”)
	kap rakh	keep the cup
	chal	go (from the verb चलना (chelnaa) which means to go)
	ghar chal	go home
	chak	taste (from the verb चखना (chakhnaa) which means to taste)
	phal chakh	taste fruit
	dokho aur likho	see and write
	shabdon ko likho	write the words