July 2009 - lessons
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Updated plans for July
The schedule listed towards the bottom of this page is what I had originally planned to do for July. However, family vacation, changes at work, and other events caused me to adjust them. Here is an updated plan:
Monday, July 13, 2009
Word Find puzzle #12 from the 25 word find puzzle book: Words:
बकरी (bak•rī) - goat
मछली (machh•lī) - fish
सजनी (saj•nī) - lady sweetheart
पीला (pī•lā) - yellow
जी (jī) - sir/yes
लड़की (lard•kī) - girl
ठीक (ţhīk) - Okay
पीना (pī•nā) - to drink
दीवार (dī•vār) - wall
पानी (pā•nī) - water
आदमी (ād•mī) - man
महीना (ma•hī•nā) - month
ख़रीदना (kha•rīd•nā) - to buy (v)
गाड़ी (gā•rdī) - car
चीनी (chī•nī) - sugar
तीन (tīn) - three
नीला (nī•lā) - blue
तीसरा (tīs•rā) - third
ज़मीन (za•mīn) - land
जीवन (jī•van) - life
Things to do:
1) Example sentence for each word
2) Create single page version of puzzle, wordlist, and answer key
Script:
N: Welcome to ISpeakHindi.com. Today we have a word find to help expand your vocabulary and to give you practice recognizing the Hindi letters. These wordfinds could be a good way to take a break from studying Hindi without taking a break from Hindi. Today we will look at Word Find #12 from our 25 Hindi Word Find booklet. We will be publishing this in August for $9.99 + shipping and handling. But if you pre-order/pre-pay now, you can get it at a discount. It will only be $5.99 + shipping & handling. Also, we will send you a digital copy of the working version now. Now let us get straight into the words.
वह लड़की दीवार के पास उन आदमी का सजनी है।
That girl near the wall is that man's sweetheart.
This has four words from the word find:
लड़की - girl
दीवार - wall
आदमी - man
सजनी - sweetheart
Notice how we used two different words for "that". वह is used for "that" in the direct case. And उन is used for "that" in the oblique case. The oblique case is used when part of a prepositional phrase.
"That girl" is वह लड़की
and
"that man" is वह आदमी
but
"That girl's car" is उन लड़की की गाड़ी
and
"that man's car" is उन आदमी की गाड़ी
A goat lives on land, but a fish lives in water.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
make a podcast about the Horoscopes/zodiacs in Hindi with the English transliterated word beside it so that we can learn it. Such as: Tula raashi (Libra), Kark Raashi (Cancer) Maaka Raashi (Capricorn) and so on. Can you please e-mail me back. Jaigopal.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
(July 1st lesson below)
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Letter Focus - म - already posted and ready to go
Friday, July 17, 2009
(July 3rd lesson below)
Saturday, July 18, 2009
(July 4th below)
Sunday, July 19, 2009
(July 5th below)
Monday, July 20, 2009
-- answer to listener questions and comments
--
Key phrases to learn: आपसे मिलकर खुशी हुई ।
Aap-se mil-kar khu-shi huee!
Nice to meet you!
July 1, 2009 - Wednesday
Basic sentence structure "x is y"
x is y = x y है।
x-es are y-es = x-es y-es हैं।
The forest is big = बन बाड़ा है।
The forests are big = बन बाड़े हैं।
बाड़ा also turns into बाड़े for the oblique case
There is a tiger in the big forest = बाड़ा बन में बाघ है|
There are tigers in the big forests = बाड़े बन में बाघ हैं| = There are tigers in the big forest
July 2, 2009 - Thursday
Letter Focus - बब - already recorded and will automatically be published
बन - forest
बल - power
बटन - button
बस - enough (also means "bus")
बदन - body
बतख - duck
बहस (f)- argument, dispute, controversy
बहन - sister
ऊबना - to be bored
दुबला - thin, weak
दबना - to be pressed
टब - tub
कब - when?
जब - when (statement... not the question word. "When I go to the store, I will buy the milk."
सब - all
अब - now
सेब - apple
आबादी - population
आबाद - settled
ज़बानी - oral, unwritten
चबाना - to chew, to bite
धोबी - washerman
धोबिन - washerman's wife
साबुन - soap
साबुत - whole, undamaged
दबदबा (m) - awe, overwhelming influence
July 3, 2009 - Friday
pronouns
यह
ये
वह
वे
मैं
आप
तुम
तू
July 4, 2009 - Saturday
Focus on a phrase
मेरा नाम _____ है।
आपका नाम क्या है?
July 5, 2009 - Sunday
Simple postpositions
से - from
को - to
तक - up to
पर - on
मे़ - in
का - of, belong's to
July 6, 2009 - Monday
Respond to listener feedback - recorded on Saturday or Sunday..
-- comments
-- questions
-- thanks to people that contributed
-- announcements of things that might be of interest to people learning Hindi
July 7, 2009 - Tuesday
Word find puzzle -wordfind 11
लिख
पिछला
किताब
लिखना
विचार
निकलना
दिन
मिलना
फिर
पति
परिवार
दाहिना
किराया
सिर
लिफ़ाफ़ा
चिड़िया
July 8, 2009 - Wednesday
Oblique case femine singular and masculine singular nouns not ending in आ
Singular feminine nouns and singular masculine nouns that do not end in आ do not change when put in the oblique case. Nouns that are followed by a postposition need to be put in the oblique case.
July 9, 2009 - Thursday
Letter Focus - भ - already recorded and will automatically be published
July 10, 2009 - Friday
Oblique case masculine, singular nouns ending in आ
July 11, 2009 - Saturday
Focus on a phrase
July 12, 2009 - Sunday
oblique case for plural nouns
July 13, 2009 - Monday
Respond to listener feedback - recorded on Saturday or Sunday..
July 14, 2009 - Tuesday
Word find puzzle - wordfind 12
July 15, 2009 - Wednesday
pronouns in the oblique case
July 16, 2009 - Thursday
Letter Focus - म - already recorded and will automatically be published
July 17, 2009 - Friday
adjective/noun agreement
July 18, 2009 - Saturday
Focus on a phrase
July 19, 2009 - Sunday
Adjectives in the oblique case
July 20, 2009 - Monday
Respond to listener feedback - recorded on Saturday or Sunday..
July 21, 2009 - Tuesday
Word find puzzle - wordfind 13
July 22, 2009 - Wednesday
basic sentence past tense "x was y"
July 23, 2009 - Thursday
Letter Focus - य - already recorded and will automatically be published
July 24, 2009 - Friday
comparative "x is more than y"
July 25, 2009 - Saturday
Focus on a phrase
July 26, 2009 - Sunday
comparative "x is less than y"
July 27, 2009 - Monday
Respond to listener feedback - recorded on Saturday or Sunday..
July 28, 2009 - Tuesday
Word find puzzle - wordfind14
July 29, 2009 - Wednesday
superlative "x is the most of"
July 30, 2009 - Thursday
Letter Focus - र - already recorded and will automatically be published
July 31, 2009 - Friday
understanding the "I have a cold" sentence structure in Hindi "To me there is a cold"
