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Title: Day Names - दिनों के नाम (days of the week)

Type: Beginner Hindi

Number: 2008-08-01

Actors: Nathan, Meena, Nariandas

Script Date: 2008-07-31

Record Date: 2008-08-01

Publish Date: 2008-08-01

Words and Phrases Introduced

Other Words and Phrases Used:

मेरा नाम <name> है 

Mera naam <name> hai

फिर मिलेंगे

phir milenge 

Script:

Nathan: नमस्ते Welcome to iSpeakHindi.com

नमस्ते, मेरा नाम Nathan है |

Hello, my name is Nathan. Meena is also here.

Meena: नमस्ते, मेरा नाम Meenaहै

Nathan: And Nariandas is here also.

Nariandas: नमस्ते, मेरा नाम Nariandas है

Nathan: Today we will be covering the days of the week. दिनों के नाम. Which is more closely translated as “day names”. Meena, can you say “days of the week” in Hindi two times slowly?

Meena: दिनों के नाम

दिनों के नाम

Nathan: Nariandas, can you break down each word in the phrase?

Nariandas: Let me break down each word in the Hindi phrase “दिनों के नाम", which means “days of the week” for you.

दिनों - comes from the word “दिन" which means day. But since there is the post position “के" following it, the “दिन"becomes दिनों.

“के" is a post position. This has the same function as “prepositions” in English. However, in Hindi they are referred to as “post positions” since they come after the word instead of before.

“के" means “of”

नाम means “name” which we have covered in a previous section.

Nathan: धन्यवाद। Thank you. Nariandas, can you say the phrase “दिनों के नाम" two times slowly to make sure everyone has it?

Nariandas: दिनों के नाम

दिनों के नाम

Nathan: Meena can you break down each letter in दिनों for us?

Meena: दिनों is spelled: द which is combined with the vowel इ to make दि.

Then comes न which is combined with the vowel ओ to make नो. Then a bindu is added to the top to make a nasalized version: नों

Combine दि with नों to make the word दिनों.

Nathan: धन्यवाद। Nariandas can you break down के for us?

Nariandas: के is made up of क with the vowel ए to make the word के.

Nathan: Now that we know how to say “days of the week” or rather “Day names”, let us learn each of the weekdays.

Meena, how do you say “Sunday” in Hindi?

Meena: There are actually two ways to say “Sunday” in Hindi. There is इतवार and रविवार.

Nathan: Meena, can you say each of those names two times slowly?

Meena: इतवार

इतवार

रविवार

रविवार

Nathan: So, Sunday can be said two ways in Hindi: इतवार and रविवार. Nariandas, can you say इतवार that means Sunday two times slowly and break down the word letter by letter for us?

Nariandas: इतवार

इतवार

This means “Sunday”. Now to break down इतवार letter by letter:

इतवार is made up of इ त व is combined with the vowel अ to make वा and last there is र. All together it makes इतवार.

Nathan: Now can you do the same for the other word that means Sunday, रविवार?

Nariandas: रविवार

रविवार

This also means “Sunday”. Now to break down रविवार letter by letter:

रविवार is made up of र व is combined with the vowel इ to make वि then comes another व which is combined with the vowel आ to make वा and finally comes र. All together it makes रविवार.

Nathan: It is interesting to note that both इतवार and रविवार end with वार. Meena, does वार mean day?

Meena: Yes, वार means “day”, and comes at the end of all the names of the days, so you will be hearing it a lot.

Nathan: So far we have covered two different Hindi words that mean day: दिन and now वार.

Ok, let us move on to the Hindi word for Monday. Meena, what is the Hindi word for Monday?

Meena: सोमवार is the Hindi word for Monday. Let me say it two times slowly to make sure everyone has it:

सोमवार

सोमवार

Nathan: Nariandas, can you say the Hindi word for Monday, सोमवार, and break it down for us?

Nariandas: The Hindi word for Monday is सोमवार

सोमवार

सोमवार

This is made up of स with the vowel ओ which together make सो. Then म followed by वार. All together this makes सोमवार which is the Hindi word for Monday.

Nathan: Meena, can you give us the Hindi word for Tuesday and break it down letter by letter for us?

Meena: The Hindi word for Tuesday is मंगलवार. म with the bindu to make मं followed by ग ल and then वार. All together this makes मंगलवार.

Nathan: Narianadas, can you say the Hindi word for Tuesday two times slowly?

Nariandas: मंगलवार

मंगलवार

Nathan: Nariandas, can you review the Hindi word for Wednesday with us?

Nariandas: The Hindi word for Wednesday is बुधवार. This is spelled ब with the vowel उ to make बु then comes ध followed by वार. All together this makes बुधवार .... बुधवार

Nathan: Meena, can you say बुधवार the Hindi word for Wednesday two times slowly?

Meena: बुधवार

बुधवार

Nathan: Meena, now can you review the word for Thursday?

Meena: Thursday in Hindi is गुरुवार. This is made of ग with the vowel उ which together make गु. Then comes र combined with the vowel उto make रु followed by वार. All together it is गुरुवार

गुरुवार

Nathan: Nariandas, can you say it two times slowly?

Nariandas: गुरुवार

गुरुवार

Nathan: Nariandas can you review the word for Friday?

Nariandas: Friday in Hindi is pronounced शुक्रवार. This is spelled श with the vowel उ which together make शु followed by क combined with ्र which make क्र. Then comes वार. Altogether this makes शुक्रवार

शुक्रवार

Nathan: Meena, can you say it two times slowly?

Meena: शुक्रवार

शुक्रवार

Nathan: Finally we come to the last day which is Saturday. Meena, can you review how to say Saturday in Hindi?

Meena: Saturday in Hindi is शनिवार. It is made of श न with the vowel इ which together make ऩि followed by वार. All together this makes शनिवार

शनिवार

Nathan: Nariandas, can you say it two times slowly?

Nariandas: शनिवार

शनिवार

Nathan: Meena, can you review all the days for us?

Meena: Sunday is इतवार or रविवार

Monday is सोमवार

Tuesday is मंगलवार

Wednesday is बुधवार

Thursday is गुरुवार

Friday is शुक्रवार

Saturday is शनिवार

Nathan: Nariandas can you review all the days for us?

Nariandas: Sunday is इतवार or रविवार

Monday is सोमवार

Tuesday is मंगलवार

Wednesday is बुधवार

Thursday is गुरुवार

Friday is शुक्रवार

Saturday is शनिवार

Nathan: Now you should now all the days of the week. धन्यवाद Thank you. For joining us for another episode of iSpeakHindi.com Until next time...

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