2009 July LessonGuide

July 2009

Contents July 2009 ....................................................................................................................................................... 1

July 2, 2009 Letter Focus ......................................................................................................................... 3

How does it look? ............................................................................................................................... 3

How to type it? .................................................................................................................................... 3

Words ................................................................................................................................................... 3

July 7, 2009 - Word Find #11 ......................................................................................................................... 5

July 9, 2009 Letter Focus ........................................................................................................................ 7

How to type it? .................................................................................................................................... 7

Words ................................................................................................................................................... 7

July 13, 2009 - Word Find #12....................................................................................................................... 9

July 16, 2009 - Letter Focus .................................................................................................................. 14

How does it look? ............................................................................................................................. 14

How to type it? .................................................................................................................................. 14

Words ................................................................................................................................................. 14

July 20, 2009 - Word Find #13 long "i" (EE) sound ................................................................................... 16

July 22, 2009 - Hello/Greetings (na-ma-ste) ................................................................................. 18

July 23, 2009 - Letter Focus .................................................................................................................. 19

How does it look? ............................................................................................................................. 19

How to type it? .................................................................................................................................. 19

Words ................................................................................................................................................. 19

July 29, 2009 - What is your name? ? (aap-ka naam kyaa hai?) .................................... 21

July 30, 2009 Letter Focus ..................................................................................................................... 22

How does it look? ............................................................................................................................. 22

How to type it? .................................................................................................................................. 22

Words ................................................................................................................................................. 22

July 2, 2009 Letter Focus

Are you familiar with the Hindi letter You will see this written as ba in English transliteration. Today, we work on becoming familiar with this letter by looking at words that contain this letter. You will have a chance to practice listening for the sound this letter makes in

several examples sometimes showing the letter at the beginning, in the middle or at the end of a word. Also, in this

episode, you will hear the letter in combination with other Hindi vowels.

How does it look?

Bar on top, full length verticle line to the rigth. Half way down the verticle line is a loop to the left. This has a bar

going through the loop from the upper left to the lower right.

How to type it?

If you are using a US English keyboard with the standard Devanagari/Hindi layout, then you would press y

Words

At the Beginning

forest

power

button

enough (also means bus)

body

duck

(f)- argument, dispute, controversy

sister

In the Middle

to be bored

thin, weak

to be pressed

At the End

tub

when?

when (statement not the question word. When I go to the store, I will buy the milk.

all

now

apple

With other vowels

population

settled

oral, unwritten

to chew, to bite

washerman

" washermans wife

soap

whole, undamaged

(m) awe, overwhelming influence

July 7, 2009 - Word Find #11

ow are you at recognizing the Hindi characters? When they are mixed up, do you have

todays lesson try a word find to give you practice finding each of the Hindi letters.

You can download the wordcontent/uploads/2009/07_july/wordfind11

This puzzle focus on words

matra. It is the matra that letter.

# write (command to

$ previous, last, prior

& (f) book

# to write

' to go out

( day (m)

Word Find #11

ow are you at recognizing the Hindi characters? When they are mixed up, do you have trouble telling them apart? In

todays lesson try a word find to give you practice finding each of the Hindi letters. Download word

word find in PDF form here: http://iSpeakHindi.com/wpcontent/uploads/2009/07_july/wordfind11-july-2009.pdf

words that have the matra. This is the short curves up to the left and down the left

a child)

prior (adj)

trouble telling them apart? In

word find

http://iSpeakHindi.com/wp-

short e

side of the

# to meet

& again, then

' husband (m)

+ family (m)

( right (side) (adj)

& rent, fare, hire (m)

# head (m)

# envelope (m)

./ bird (f)


Look at the Hindi consonant: This will be represented in English letters as:bha. In todays episode you will hear words with this letter in various positions and with several vowels. The idea here is to learn to recognize and to say the sound that this letter

makes. Also, you will want to associate that sound with the character .

How does it look?

Starting in the upper left, you have a little loop at the very top, with no line above it. A line comes straight down to the

right of this loop to about half way. then you have another loop. A line goes straight to the right above this loop.

Then it hits a full length verticle bar. On the top of this verticle bar is a little horizontal bar.

How to type it?

If you are using a US English keyboard with the standard Devanagari/Hindi layout, then you would press Y

Words

At the Beginning

to fill

fear

mansion

devotee

(m) hymn, devotional song

In the Middle

(f) the sound of flowing or gushing water

At the End

rising and sinking in water

3 donkey

auspicious, good

With other vowels

difference, similarity, idenity

not having been, not past

burden, responsibility, gratitude

indebted, obliged, grateful

jewels, ornament

light, beauty, gleam

cauliflower

pit for catching wild animals

sometime, anytime, at one time

now

all


Practice recognizing the Hindi letters by searching for words in a word find.

You can download the PDF version

content/uploads/2009/07_july/wordfind12

This word find focuses on words

curves to the right and down the

bakrii- goat (f)

fish (f)

sweetheart, lady (f)

yellow (adj)

honorific suffix; yes!,

9 girl (n-f)

; okay, fine (adj)

Word Find #12

Practice recognizing the Hindi letters by searching for words in a word find. Download word find.

version of the word find from http://iSpeakHindi.com/wp

content/uploads/2009/07_july/wordfind12-july-2009.pdf

words with the matra. This is the long ee sound.the right.

http://iSpeakHindi.com/wp-

sound. It

to drink (v.t.)

wall (f)

man (m)

month (m)

to buy (v.t.)

car, vehicle, train (f)

sugar (f)

three (adj)

blue (adj)

third (adj)

earth, land, ground (f)

life (m)

water (m) Do you like the word finds? We are working on a booklet with 25 of them. It is available

in the Paid Subscriber area.

Here are some screen shots of the content in the book (the page numbering differs in

the actual book):

July 16, 2009 - Letter Focus

Lets look at the letter. This will be represented in English letters as ma. In this episode, we will examine how this letter looks, and hear words that have this letter at the beginning, in the middle, at the end, and in

combination with an assortment of vowels.

How does it look?

Like the previous letter but has the line across the top, and is missing the first little loop. That is, solid line across

the top, a full lenth verticle bar to the right. There is a Box with a a loop in the bottom left corner on the outside of the

box.

How to type it?

If you are using a US English keyboard with the standard Devanagari/Hindi layout, then you would press c

Words

At the Beginning

dont

heart, mind, soul

peas

- if not; (m) crocodile

good smell; fragrance

In the Middle

muslin/fine fabric

lotus flower

glimmer

peace

immortal

action, clear, pure

At the End

mango

less

worry, sadness

step

work

evening

With other vowels

man

#? friend

sweet


Today we will be looking at words that have the long i

matra/vowel. Try practicing finding this vowel in combination with other con

be sure and pay attention to the gender of the nouns.

using these words. download wordfind

You can download the pdf here: http://iSpeakHindi.com/wp

empty, vacant, unoccupied,

thing (f)

sweet, pleasant (adj), sweetmeat

story (f)

correct, right, true, accurate

sick (adj)

marriage (f)

poor (adj)

Word Find #13 long "i" (EE) sound

Today we will be looking at words that have the long i sound. You will see many common words that contain this

Try practicing finding this vowel in combination with other consonants in the word find provided.

be sure and pay attention to the gender of the nouns. This will be important to remember when making sentences

iSpeakHindi.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07_july/wordfind13

unoccupied, free (adj.)

sweetmeat (m)

accurate (adj)

You will see many common words that contain this

sonants in the word find provided. Also,

This will be important to remember when making sentences

content/uploads/2009/07_july/wordfind13-july-2009.pdf

wealthy, rich (adj)

9 enough, sufficient (adj)

to learn (v.t.)

sari (f) type of Indian clothing for women

back, spine (f)

straight, straightforward, simple, right, erect, direct, gentle, naive, good (adj)

elephant (m)

clarified butter (m)

yogurt, curd (m)

strange, wonderful, amazing, unique (adj)

a watch, timepiece (f)

river (f)

July 22, 2009 - Hello/Greetings (na-ma-ste)

This is the first of our Phrase Focus episodes where we focus on just learning one phrase. (Ok, ok, today it is really

just a word, but just you wait until next week ) Todays phase is (na-ma-ste)

na-ma-ste () can be used to greet someone. It is very similar to hello in English (though you will find Hello

is common among Hindi speakers as well.) It can also be used when parting, though other phrases are common for

that as well See you soon which are covered in other sessions.

is made of 3 groups of letters. Let us go over each one:

na

ma

which in itself is a combination of 3 characters. (sa) + (ta) + (e). It is actually a half (sa) because the

vowel part gets dropped and combined with the next letter (ta) to make a sta and finally that a is dropped

at the end and replaced with an e .

Remember to say na-ma-ste () to people you meet.

July 23, 2009 - Letter Focus

Today we look at the letter In English we write this as ya In todays lesson, we look at this letter and the sound it makes in a variety of words. Practice hearing this word at the

beginning, in the middle, and at the end of words. Also, hear it pronounced with several different matras/vowels.

How does it look?

Line across the top, with a capital cursive Y that touches the line at the top, and has a curve on the left that comes

out a bit, and on the right a straight, full length verticle line.

How to type it?

If you are using a US English keyboard with the standard Devanagari/Hindi layout, then you would press /

Words

At the Beginning

this

glory

name of the god who judges and punishes the dead

the country Yemen

E sacrifice

name of a river in India

In the Middle

' rule

'' destiny

At the End

time

victory

boys name

tea

With other vowels

' to appoint

( small lamp

body

ate

shadow

July 29, 2009 - What is your name? ? (aap-ka naam kyaa

hai?)

One of the first things you want to learn when meeting someone is their name. Use the phrase ?

(aap-ka naam kyaa hai?).

Let us look at each of the words in this sentence.

(aap-kaa) is made of two parts. First is the word (aap) which means you. There are several versions

of you in Hindi. This is the most formal and polite. When we add (kaa) to it, we change the meaning from you

to yours. The (kaa) shows possession and can be used in much the same way as apostrophe s, i.e. s is in

English.

The next word is (naam). This word means name.

(kyaa) means what

(hai) means is.

Notice that in English we say What is your name? but the structure of this sentence in Hindi is Your name what

is?. You will notice this different sentence order in a lot of Hindi sentences with the verb coming at the end of the

sentence.

Let us hear some other Hindi speakers say this phrase. Try repeating it just like they do.

Now, next time you meet a Hindi speaker, you can ask their name!


Today, we look at the letter . This will be represented in English letters as ra. In this episode we will see this letter at the beginning of words, in the middle of words, and at the end of some words. We will also look at this letter

with some other vowels.

How does it look?

Horizontal line on the top. A little line that comes down, halfway it juts up to left, and then goes down at an angle.

How to type it?

If you are using a US English keyboard with the standard Devanagari/Hindi layout, then you would press j

Words

At the Beginning

to memorize

night

juice

keep (command)

jewels

eraser

In the Middle

pity

hot

easy

At the End

house

on

do

scare

man

fill

if

city

news

With other vowels

fair skinned

(name for a girl)

salty

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