Namaste class,

In our Hindi class dated Sunday, September 21, we corrected the homework on the board. I forgot that I had given you some verbs to change to the imperatives. Here are the answers to that exercise:

The second exercise was corrected on the board:

1. किरण, तू गाना गा । किरण, तुम गाना गाओ । किरण जी, आप गाना जाइए ।
2. राज, तू किताब खोल । राज, तुम किताब खोलो । राज जी, आप किताब खोलिए ।
3. राजा, तू अखबार पढ़ । राजा, तुम अखबार पढ़ो । राजा जी, आप अखबार पढ़िए ।
4. कविता, तू चाय पी । कविता, तुम चाय पिओ । कविता जी, आप चाय पीजिए ।
5. रीटा, तू काम कर । रीटा, तुम काम करो । रीटा जी, आप काम कीजिए ।

After correcting the homework, we went to the next lesson of the Hindi Vivek Part 1 book, lesson 7 (पाठ ७) on page 38. I read out the vocabulary and translated the lesson.

Then I went on to prepositions in Hindi. Prepositions are words which show the relationship between two nouns or elements in a sentence. For example, the pen is in my hand, or the book is on the table.

There are five simple postpositions in Hindi:
में – in
पर – on
से – from, with, by
तक – up to, as far as, until
को – to

Prepositions are called ‘post-positions’ in Hindi as they come after noun. Here are some examples:

हाथ में – in the hand
मैदान में – in the field
कमरे में – in the room

मेज पर – on the table
जमीन पर – on the ground
छत पर – on the roof

बस से – by bus
यहाँ से – from here
मुझ से – than me

आज तक – until today
अब तक – until now
डेबे तक – up to/as far as Debe

राम को – to Raam
आप को – to you
शाम को – at evening

Try reading the above sentences aloud so that you can remember them.

The bell rang early, so I did not assign any homework for the week. As I’ve mentioned before, we will need to go through all fifty numbers , so continue reading and learning them, as I will take them up at some point.

Regards,
Vasudev.