Lesson 2

10 Nov 2008

Himanshu R Pota - himanshu.pota@gmail.com

Devanagari script version | Roman script version

[ Material Covered in the Lesson | Home Work]

Material Covered

1. Revised vowels, twenty five consonants - five groups of five consonants each, and twleve vowels with consonant.
2. Introduced the remaining Devanagari characters - ya, ra, la, va, śa, ṣa, sa, ha|
3. Revised simple greetings.
4. Introduced the commonly used 2nd person pronoun āpa-(you) and not so commonly used tuma-(you), and tū-(you). The pronoun āpa can be uesd both as singular and plural 2nd person pronoun.
5. Worked with simple constructs with the verbs calanā-(to walk), bolanā-(to talk), pīnā-(to drink), sāīkala calānā-(to cycle), ānā-(to come), and sāpha karanā-(to clean).
6. Some question words: kisa-which, kyā-what, kahā.N-where, kitanā-how much.
7. words: merā, merī-mine, kāma-work, meṃ-in.
8. Had a look all the cases and case indicators.

1. āpa calate haiṃ| āpa calatī haiṃ| You walk.
2. āpa nahīṃ calate haiṃ| āpa nahīṃ calatī haiṃ| You don't walk.

1. āpa sāīkala calāte haiṃ| āpa sāīkala calāte haiṃ| You cycle.
2. āpa nahīṃ sāīkala calāte haiṃ| āpa nahīṃ sāīkala calāte haiṃ| You don't cycle.

1. I would like to purchase some oranges.
2. What time does the train arrive?
3. We are going to the markets.
4. I work at the Australian Embassy.
5. Where can I purchase diesel?
6. What time is our meeting?
7. Would you like a cup of tea?
8. I like living in New Delhi.
9. How much is the bottle of water?
10. I am learning to speak Hindi.

1. I purchase oranges. maiṃ oranges purchase karatā hū.N|
2. What time does the train arrive? kisa time train ātī hai|
3. I am going to the markets. maiṃ markets jātā hū.N|
4. I work at the Australian Embassy. maiṃ Australian Embassy meṃ work karatā hū.N|
5. I purchase diesel? maiṃ diesel purchase karatā hū.N|
6. What time is my meeting? kisa time merī meeting hai?
7. Do you like a cup of tea? kyā āpa cup of tea like karate haiṃ|
8. I like living in New Delhi. maiṃ New Delhi meṃ living like karatā hū.N|
9. How much is the bottle of water? Water-bottle kitane kā hai?
10. I am learning to speak Hindi. maiṃ Hindi bolanā learn karatā hū.N|

Home Work

1. Practise writing the twenty five Devanagari consonants with all twelve vowels attached to them, e.g., kha, khā, khi, khī, khu, khū, khe, khai, kho, khau, khaṃ, khaḥ, ca, cā, ci, cī, cu, cū, ce, cai, co. cau, caṃ, caḥ|
2. Write most commonly used ten sentences which you would like translated in Hindi.
3. Indentify five most common verbs other than the ones covered so far.