Hindi class update -12/13/14

हरी ओम!

Today we covered a substitution exercise to get the concepts of sentence formation and plural (बहुवचन).  Also revised that for feminine words plural for words ending in ई, इ, इया ends in low इ and यां as in रोटी - रोटियां etc.  Words ending in a consonant / vowel other than ई, इ, इया have the plural form ending in as "aain" in किताबें.  Words ending in sound of ऊ have their plural form ending in "aain" as in झाड़ुएँ

Also revised pronouns in first, second and third person.  Please have the children review them so that they have the correct sentence formation.

There will be a midterm test on 1/3.  The test will cover pronouns, ekvachan and bahuvachan,  लिंग, the chapters on baagh and bhalu (meanings and simple question and answers).  Also please write 20 words with their meanings on flash cards.

The mid term will also include a reading test.  Midterm should not be missed and if you cannot do it on 1/3, you may have to do it the following week.  We cannot have children continuing if they miss the midterm.

आप सुब को नए साल की हार्दिक शुभकामनाएं

Have a great holiday.  We will resume in 1/3/15.  Here are the attachments of the chapter for those who do not have them.

Best,

Manisha / Priya

Hindi class update - 12/6/2014

Hari Om Parents!

We covered a poem on सर्दी का मौसम.  Gave them the meaning for the poem.

We also gave a translation exercise on using plurals for masculine words ending in the sound of आ like कला, माला, पपीता etc.  All listed the compound letters in Hindi alphabets.

Covered conjunct akshar where some are written horizontally and a few vertically like चिट्ठी

Some masculine nouns ending in आ may not have a plural form.  Like चाचा, देवता, राजा, मामा etc.

masculine nouns with no plural: शहर, घर


There will be a midterm test on 1/3.  The test will cover pronouns, ekvachan and bahuvachan,  लिंग, the chapters on baagh and bhalu.

The homework for this week is to write a paragraph (5 sentences minimum):

आपको सर्दी का मौसम क्यों पसंद है और क्यों पसंद नहीं है

For the break please write 20 new hindi words you learnt along with their meanings on flash cards.  These words can be from the chapters that they have read.

Thanks,

Manisha / Priya

नवंबर २२, २०१४
हरी ओम!

We covered the rules for determining the लिंग of both living and non living things.  For living things the लिंग (gender) is determined based on the type of person being addressed.  For non living things (निर्जीव) the rules have been given to the children in their books.  Please have them review the same.  We did an excercise in class to guage the understanding of the children.  Please have them review these rules in class so that we can proceed.

There will be a midterm test on 12/13.  The test will cover pronouns, ekvachan and bahuvachan,  लिंग, the chapters on baagh and bhalu.

The homework for this week is as follows:

क्या होता अगर:

१)  भालू शेर के बच्चे को न पकड़ता?
२)  शेर का बच्चा नौ दो ग्यारह नहीं होता?
and

३)  भालू ने क्यों कहा - ओह किस आफत में आ फसा?

Optional:  Please write 5 sentences on:
मैं ने थैंक्सगिविंग की चुटियैं कैसे मनाई?

For the break please write 20 new hindi words you learnt on flash cards with their meanings.  This is due in January 2015.  After the winter break.

Have a great thanksgiving holiday.  There is no Bala Vihar or Hindi class next week.  See you all on 12/7/2014.

Best regards,

Manisha / Priya

8 नवंबर 2014
हरि ओम!


We covered लिंग and for non living things how is the gender determined.  The children wrote down rules for the same.

Some words are gender nuetral like doctor, prime minister, president etc.

For homework the children have to write the feminine gender for the following words:

पंडित, माली, धोबी, पड़ोसी, सेठ, नौकर

For the following सर्वनाम please write the feminine form:

 उनका, उसका, इनका, इसका, हमारा, मेरा 

From the chapter on Sri Lanka please write the लिंग for the संज्ञा words in the chapter.

Please revise the rules for determining the gender of non living things in Hindi.

Thanks,

Manisha / Priya

Hindi Level 5 update on 11/1/2014

1 नवंबर, 2014

हरि ओम!

We had a brief fill in the blanks with the given सर्वनाम.  There were 8 sentences given and 9 words.  This is to help them understand सर्वनाम better.
Please have them review सर्वनाम again.
We had them review the chapter on Sri Lanka and the meanings of all the tough words were given in class.  For next week's homework the children are expected to write 5 sentences on India on the same lines.  They are to cover the following:

1)  The capital of India.
2)  The current Prime Minister & President of India.
3)  The main export product from India.
4)  The population of India.
5)  Major religions in India.

The homework will be collected and corrected.  Homework is given to be completed.

We also covered लिंग meaning to say when referring to a male person the लिंग is masculine and when referring to a lady it should be feminine.  We will cover more rules on that in the next class.

अक्टूबर १८, २०१४

 हरी ओम!

ओपन हाउस को आने के लिया आप सुब का बहुत धन्यवाद !

We enjoyed meeting each and every one of you and your ideas and suggestions are always welcome. Both Priya and I will strive hard to live up to your expectations, but since we have children ranging from 6th thru 9th grades both Hindi and non-Hindi speaking students our lessons will be adjusted based on how children understand the various aspects of grammer / prose / poetry lessons.

This week we covered how the possessive pronouns should agree with the gender of the thing they are possessing.  The following phrases were given to the children to construct sentences with as homework:

मेरा घर (Ghar here is masculine),  मेरी किताब (kitab is feminine),   उसके आलू (his potatoes),
तुम्हारी बहन (your sister), हमारे समोसे (our samose), आपका बेटा (your son), उसके केले (his bananas),  उसकी साड़ी (her saree),  & मेरी चीज़े ( my things)

Please make sure the sentences are meaningful.

For सर्वनाम the grammatical pattern of Hindi is similar to that of English.  Most important to remember is during sentence construction the following will appear together in most cases:

मैं .....  हूँ (AM)
वह ..... है (IS)
तुम .... हो (ARE)

हम ..... हैं (ARE)
आप ..... हैं (ARE)
वे ..... हैं (ARE)

Children made sentences using the above in class.

Optional HW:  Please write 5 sentences on how you celebrated Diwali.
आपने दिवाली कैसे मनाई? ( ५ वाक्य लिखिए )

There is no Bal Vihar / Hindi class next week.  Will see you all on 11/1/2014.

 आप सबको दिवाली की हार्दिक शुभकामनाएं !

अक्टूबर 11, 2014

हरि ओम!

We covered possessive pronouns and the names of relatives in hindi.  The children are expected to make 5 sentences using the possessive pronouns and names of relatives.

The possessive pronouns we covered are as follows:

मेरा, हमारा, तेरा, आपका, आपका, इसका, उसका, इनका, उनका

You could refer to the following site for more info:

http://www.learning-hindi.com/post/1014098733/lesson-37-possessive-pronouns

The following रिश्तेदारो के नाम were covered:

दादा, दादी, नाना, नानी, मम्मी, माँ, पापा, पिता, चाचा, चाची, मामा, मामी, बुआ, फूपा, बहन, भाई, बीटा, बेटी,

पोता, पोती (Paternal Grandson and Grand daughter), नाती, नातिन (maternal grand son and grand daughter), मौसा, मौसी, भतीजा, भतीजी (brother's son and daughter), भानजा, भानजी (sister's son and daughter)

Hindi words with English meanings:

दर्शनीय - sightworthy
चौकन्ना - alert
गतिविधि - behavior
झुरमुट - clump
शक्तिशाली - powerful
असाधारण - exceptional
छलांग - leap

WE HAVE THE HINDI OPEN HOUSE NEXT WEEK FROM 3:55pm THRU 4:05pm.   YOU ARE ALL WELCOME TO JOIN AND SHARE YOUR IDEAS.  ALL PARENTS ARE WELCOME TO JOIN. 


Thanks and regards,

Manisha / Priya

अक्टूबर  ४, २०१४

Hari Om!

With Pujya Gurudev's grace we covered promouns (सर्वनाम) in first person singular (मैं), first person plural ( हम), second person plural (तुम,  आप), third person singular (यह, वह) and third person plural forms (वे, ये).

Children created sentences with these pronouns in class.

We reviewed ekvachan and bahuvachan for words ending in अ, आ और ई.

Dictation was given on the difficult words from the chapter baagh

Here are a few questions that the children are expected to answer for the next class as homework.

१.  बाघ बंगाल का बादशाह क्यों कहलाता है ?
२.  भारत का राष्ट्रीय पशु  क्या है ?
 ३.  बाघ चालक पशु क्यों कहलाता है ?
 ४. बाघ का भोजन क्या होता है ?

Please review pronouns as well.  We will be building on it.

Thank you.

Manisha / Priya

 हम, तुम,  आप, यह, वह, वे, ये 

Sept 26th, 2014

Hari Om Parents!

The students were tested on their understanding of ekvachan and bahuvachan.  Students have made mistakes.  Please have them review this again and again.  I will proceed with pronouns in singular and plural and have them work on sentences next.

The chapter on Bagh (Tiger) was covered.  They have to read the chapter and learn the spellings of difficult words.  Preferably know the meanings of difficult words and use them in sentences.

Sorry for the delay in updating.  I moved last Monday and things have been in disarray.

Appreciate u giving the opportunity to teach your children.

Thanks and regards,

Manisha / Priya

Sept 20th, 2014

Hari om parents!

Today the children were given a sheet with basic reading material for Hindi level 5.  Please have them retain this material for future class references.

Besides that we continued with plural form of words when they have a sound of aa and e in them.  The children were asked to make sentences of the plural form of the words covered in class as homework.

They were also given a task of making verbal sentences using main and hoon and also mujhe chahiye.

We will continue with a short prose lesson, some grammer and spoken hindi in the next class.

The plural form of the following words was given as hw for creating sentences:

कथा, माला, सेना, तोता, कला, लड़का, शीशा, कमरा, ताला, नाला, दरवाज़ा, पैसा

(PS:  I have included a couple words not given in class as well).

Thanks,

Manisha / Priya

Sept, 13th, 2014

Hari Om!
With Gurudev's blessing we had our second Hindi class.

We had a basic Akshar test followed by barakahdi for a couple akshar.

We covered Vachan and the rule for words ending with the sound of a on what the plural form should be.  We will cover some basic reading next class along with further rules on bahuvachan for words ending in aa ki matra.

Please revise what was covered.  The students have been asked to make sentences of the 7 shabd that are in bachuvachan form.

Please make sure that students get a notebook, pencils and eraser for the class.

I have created a google group for the class and will share google docs with the group that they will be required to bring to class.

Thank you for giving the opportunity to work with your children.

Regards,

Manisha / Priya / Padma