HINDI GRAMMAR 1 (Simple Sentence)

1. Let’s learn Hindi verb होना - honaa – to be.

                                                              

SINGULAR

PLURAL

मैं हूँ	main hoon	I am	हम हैं	ham hain	We are
तू है	too hai	You are 1	-	-	-
तुम हो	tum ho	You are 2	तुम हो	tum ho	You are6
आप हैं	aap hain	You are3	आप हैं	aap hain	You are 7
यह है	yah hai	He, she, this is 4	ये हैं	ye hain	They, these are8
वह है	vah hai	He, she, that is 5	वे हैं	ve hain	They, those are9

1  तू	-          Is used in an extremely intimate context. We can use “तू है” with a very close friend, children,     lover or God (while in prayer). It should never be used with elders or in formal situations as it can be perceived as very rude.
2 तुम	-          “तुम” is a casual and friendly way to address someone. It is used with friends, younger people, children, younger siblings, servants and people whose position at work is lower (than yours). “तुम” is used in both: singular and plural.
3 आप	-          “आप” is the politest form of “you”. It is used while addressing elders, superiors, people one doesn’t know, formal situations and all the other formal, polite and respectful situations. “आप” is also used with both: singular and plural.
4 यह	-          “यह” is used while talking about people and things that are located close to the speaker. It can be pronounced either as “yah” or “ye”. Genders are not distinguished in the third person.
5  वह	-          “वह” is used while talking about people and things that are located   far from the speaker. It can be pronounced either as “vah” or “ve”.  It can be used with either gender.
6 तुम	-          “तुम” in plural is used in casual and friendly situations
7 आप	Plural “आप” is used the same like singular. It should be used in polite and formal situations.
8 ये हैं	-          ये is used to talk about people and things that are close to the speaker. Also, it is used to talk about someone elder or about someone with respect. Pronounced as “ye”.
9 वे हैं	-          वे is used to talk about people and things that are far from the speaker. Also to talk about someone with respect (like parents).

2. After learning Hindi verb “to be” in Present Tense we can pass over some basic information about ourselves:

मैं दीपक हूँ।	main deepak hoon	I am Deepak.
मैं आदमी हूँ।	main aadmee hoon	I am a man.
मैं डॉक्टर हूँ।	main DaakTar hoon	I am a doctor.
मैं भारतवासी हूँ।	main bhaatvaasee hoon	I am Indian.
मैं खुश हूँ।	main khush hoon	I am happy.
मैं जेन हूँ।	main jen hoon	I am Jane.
मैं औरत हूँ।	main aurat hoon	I am a woman.
मैं गायक हूँ।	main gaayak hoon	I am a singer.
मैं अमरीकन हूँ।	main amreekan hoon	I am American.
मैं खुश हूँ।	main khush hoon	I am happy.

3. Now please have a look at this dialogue between two women that pass by in the neighborhood. One is a curious maid and the other one is a foreigner.

Possible answers to yes/no Hindi questions are:

हाँ जी	haan jee	yes (polite)
जी हाँ	jee haan	yes (polite)
जी	jee	yes (polite)
जी नहीं	jee naheen	no (polite)
हाँ	haan	yes (casual)
नहीं	naheen	no (casual)
शायद	shaayad	mabe
पता नहीं	pataa naheen	I don’t know
मालूम नहीं	maaloom naheen	I don’t know

सुनीताः	नमस्ते!
जेनः	नमस्ते!
सुनीताः	आप कौन हैं?
जेनः	मैं जेन हूँ.
सुनीताः	क्या आप अंग्रेज हैं?
जेनः	जी नहीं, अंग्रेज नही हूँ, अमरीकन हूँ।
सुनीताः	क्या आप एक्ट्रेस हैं?
जेनः	जी नही, मैं गायक हूँ।
सुनीताः	अच्छा, आप बहुत सुन्दर हैं!
जेनः	धन्यवाद, आप भी बहुत सुन्दर हैं।
सुनीताः	क्या आप विवाहित हैं?
जेनः	जी, विवाहित हूँ।
सुनीताः	ठीक है फिर, नमस्ते।
जेनः	नमस्ते।

Sunita:	Namaste!
Jen:	Namaste!
Sunita:	Aap kaun hain?
Jen:	Main Jen hoon.
Sunita:	Kyaa aap angrez hain?
Jen:	Jee naheen, angrez naheen hoon, amreekan hoon.
Sunita:	Kyaa aap Ektres hain?
Jen:	Jee naheen, main gaayak hoon.
Sunita:	Acchha, aap bahut sundar hain!
Jen:	Dhanyavaad, aap bhee bahut sundar hain.
Sunita:	Kyaa aap vivaahit hain?
Jen:	Jee, vivaahit hoon.
Sunita:	Theek hai phir, namaste.
Jen:	Namaste!

Sunita:	Hello!
Jane:	Hello!
Sunita:	Who are you?
Jane:	I am Jane.
Sunita:	Are you British?
Jane:	No, I am not British, I am American.
Sunita:	Are you an actress?
Jane:	No, I am a singer.
Sunita:	I see, you are very beautiful!
Jane:	Thank you, you also are very beautiful.
Sunita:	Are you married?
Jane:	Yes, I am married.
Sunita:	O.K. then, good-bye.
Jane:	Good-bye!

Dialogue vocabulary:

नमस्ते!	namaste	Hello!/Good-bye!
कौन	kaun	who
क्या	kyaa	what , (question marker)
अंग्रेज	angrez	British
अमरीकन	Amreekan	American
एक्ट्रेस	ekTres	actress
गायक	gaayak	singer
अच्छा	acchhaa	I see/ Good
बहुत	bahut	very
सुन्दर	sundar	beautiful
धन्यवाद	dhanyavaad	thank you
भी	bhee	also/ too/ as well
विवाहित	vivaahit	married
ठीक है	Theek hai	O.K./alright
फिर	phir	then

5th January 2011 (बुधवार)

नमस्ते! Namaste!


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These days the weather in Delhi is extremely cold. We use heavy blankets, heaters, wear sweaters and drink lots of tea.
Today a poor woman came to our house asking for spare clothes for her grandson. I still can't get used to "gareeb log" (poor people). I hope they will all become rich soon by some miracle. OK so that's that.


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I am a little bit startled about some English word usages in India. That is actually very funny, because the real meaning of these words is this:


Healthy = fat ("You've become a little healthy...")
Weak = thin ("Eat something! You're becoming weak!")
Mature = old ("These ladies are so mature and still wear jeans.")
Smart = dresses in a somewhat fashionable Western way ("He is a smart boy, she should definitely marry him.")
Innocent = stupid ("My father was always very innocent.")
Too good = very good ("Anu: I passed my exam!
                                      Monu: That's too good! Congratulations!)
Only (Q: Where is my Hindi dictionary?
          A: It's on the table only!) = ?
Golden hair = blond hair ("She is so beautiful, she has golden hair.")
To terminate the light = to switch off the light ("Terminate the light!.)
To off the light = to switch off the light ("Please, off the light in the kitchen.")


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Speaking in Hindi 2 (About Clothes)

कपरों के बारे में1 भारत में लोग सब डालते हैं: हिन्दुस्तानी कपडे और वेस्टर्न कपडे।2 यहाँ पे बहुत अलग अलग प्रकार के कपडे मिल जाता हैं।3 हर राज्य में दुसरे कपडे डालते हैं।4 उदाहरण के लिए, राजस्थान में औरतें घाघरा पहनते हैं।5 पंजाब में सलवार सूट डालते हैं।6 हिन्दू औरतें अक्सर साड़ियाँ पहनते हैं।7 लेकिन सिख और मुसलमान औरतें सूट ज़्यादा पहनते हैं।8 सूट और साड़ियाँ इतनी अलग अलग हैं की एक जैसी दूसरा बार कभी नहीं देखेंगे।9 और यह रंगीन कपडे बहुत ही अच्छी लगती हैं।10 इंडिया में औरतें आमतौर पर सिर ढांक नहीं करते हैं।11 गांव में कपडे के पहना के आदत ज़्यादा पारम्परिक है और औरतें साड़ियाँ ज्यादा पहनते हैं और सिर भी ढांक रहते हैं।12  इंडिया में बहुत प्रकार की कपड़ा मिलता है।13 आप एक सूट या साड़ी एक सौ रूपए से लेकर दस हजार लाख तक ले सकते हैं।14 हिन्दुस्तानी कपडे का फैशन बदलता रहता है।15 जैसे वेस्टर्न कपडे बदलते हैं।16 मेरे बारे में।17 मेरा परिवार सिख है इसलिए में कभी कभी सूट पहनती हूँ।18  भारत में आदमियां आमतौर पर वेस्टर्न कपडे पहनते हैं।19  लेकिन ग्रामीण आदमियां लुंगी कुरता या कुर्ता पायजामा डालते हैं।20

Kapron ke baare mein1 Bhaarat mein log sab dalte hain: hindustaanee kapde aur western kapde.2 Yahaan pe bahut alag alag prakaar ke kapde mil jaataa hain.3 Har rajya mein doosre kapde daalte hain.4 UdaaharaN ke liye, Rajasthaan mein auraten ghaghra pahante hain.5 Panjaab mein salwaar-suit dalte hain.6 Hindu auraten aksar saDiyaan pahante hain.7 Lekin sikh aur musulman auraten sooT zyaadaa pahante hain.8 SooT aur sadiyaan itnee alag alag hain kee ek doosraa baar kabhee nahee dekhenge.9Aur yah rangeen kapde bahut hee acchee lagtee hain.10 Indiya mein auraten aamtor par sir Dhaank nahee karte hain.11 Gaun mein kapde ke pahnaa ke aadat zyaadaa paaramprik hai aur auraten saDiyaan zyaadaa pahante hai aur sir bhee Dhaank rahte hain.12 Indiya mein bahut prakaar kee kapdaa miltaa hai.13 Aap ek sooT yaa saaDee ek sau rupae se lekar das hajaar laakh tak le sakte hain.14 Hindustaanee kapde kaa faishan badaltaa rahtaa hai.15Jaise western kapde badalte hain.16 Mere baare mein.17 Meraa parivaar sikh hai isliye mein kabhee kabhee sooT pahantee hoon.18 Bhaarat mein aadmiyaan aamtaur par western kapDe pahante hain.19 Lekin graamiN aadmiyaan lungee kurta yaa kurtaa payjaamaa Daalte hain.20

About Clothes1 In India, people wear everything: Indian clothes and Western clothes.2 Here you can find many kinds of clothes.3 In every state different clothes are worn.4 For example, in Rajasthan, women wear ghaghra*.5 In Punjab, salwar-suits are worn.6  Hindu women often wear saris.7 But Sikh and Muslim women wear suits more.8 Suits and saris are so different that you will never see the same one.9 And these colorful clothes look very good. 10 In India women usually don’t cover their heads.11 In villages, a cloth wearing habit is more traditional and women wear saris more and, also, they cover their head.12 In India you can find any types of cloth.13 You can buy one suit or sari from 100 to 10.ooo lakh  rupees.14 Indian clothes’ fashion keeps changing.15 Just like Western clothes are changing.16   About myself.17 My family is Sikh, and that’s why I sometimes wear suit.18 In India, men usually wear Western clothes.19 But rural men usually wear lungi –kurta or kurta pyjama.20 Rajasthani silver jewelery for sale in Jaipur (photo by: Aditya)

Sentence number	Devanagari	Transliteration	Translation	Additional
1	कपरों	kapron	(of) clothes	कपडे - clothes
1	के बारे में	ke baare mein	about	set phrase
2	भारत	bhaarat	India
2	में	mein	in
2	लोग	log	people
2	सब	sab	all, everything
2	डालते हैं	Daalte hain	wear, put on	डालना – put
2	हिन्दुस्तानी	hindustaanee	Indian
2	और	aur	and
2	वेस्टर्न	vestarn	Western
3	यहाँ	yahaan	here
3	पे	pe	in ,at
3	बहुत	bahut	very
3	अलग अलग	alag alag	different
3	प्रकार	prakaar	kind
3	के	ke	of	का, की, के – m, f, pl
3	मिल जाता हैं	mil jaataa hain	can be found/ one can get	मिलना – to get
4	हर	har	every
4	राज्य	raajya	state
4	दुसरे	doosre	different	(lit. other) pl
5	उदाहरण के लिए	udaaharaN ke liye	for example
5	राजस्थान	raahasthaan	Rajasthan
5	औरतें	auraten	women	औरत - woman
5	घाघरा	ghaaghraa	wide skirt + shirt + scarf
5	पहनते हैं	pahante hain	(they) wear	पहना – to wear
6	पंजाब	panjaab	Punjab
6	सलवार सूट	salwaar sooT	wide pants + long shirt + scarf
7	हिन्दू	hindu	Hindu
7	अक्सर	aksar	often
7	साड़ियाँ	saaDiyaan	saris	साडी - sari
8	लेकिन	lekin	but
8	सिख	sikh	Sikh
8	मुसलमान	musalmaan	Muslim
8	ज़्यादा	zyaadaa	more
9	इतनी	itnee	so	(like in “so much”)
9	की	kee	that
9	एक	ek	a, an, one
9	जैसी (f)	jaisee	such, like, belike	जैसा - m
9	दूसरा बार	doosraa baar	next time, second time
9	कभी नहीं	kabhee naheen	never
9	देखेंगे	dekhenge	(you) will see	देखना – see, look
10	रंगीन	rangeen	colorful
10	ही	hee	only, very, merely
10	अच्छी	achhee (f)	good	अच्छा - m
10	लगती हैं	lagtee hain  (f,pl)	(they) look	लगना – to appear
11	इंडिया	indiyaa	India
11	आमतौर पर	aamtaur par	usually, generally
11	सिर	sir	head
11	ढांक नहीं करते हैं	Dhaank naheen karte hain (f, pl)	(they) don’t cover	ढांकना – to cover
12	गांव	gaanv	village
12	आदत	aadat	habit
12	पारम्परिक	paaramprik	traditional
12	भी	bhee	also, too
12	ढांक रहते हैं	Dhaank rahte hain (pl)	(they) cover	ढांकना – to cover
14	आप	aap	you
14	या	yaa	or
14	सौ	sau	hundred
14	रूपए	roopae	rupee
14	से	se	for
14	लेकर	lekar	after taking	लेना + करना = take + do
14	दस	das	ten
14	हजार	hajaar	thousand
14	लाख	laakh	million
14	तक	tak	until, up to
14	ले सकते हैं	le sakte hain	(you) can take	सकना – to be able to
15	फैशन	faishan	fashion
15	बदलता रहता है	badaltaa rahtaa hai	(it) changes	बदलना – to change
17	मेरे बारे में	mere  baare mein	about me
18	परिवार	parivaar	family
18	इसलिए	isliye	that’s why
18	कभी कभी	kabhee kabhee	sometimes
19	आदमियां (m,pl)	aadmiyaan	men	आदमी - man
20	ग्रामीण	graameeN	rural
20	लुंगी	loongee	loincloth
20	कुरता	kurtaa	loose shirt
20	पायजामा	paayjaamaa	loose pants