Namaste class,

In our last Hindi class (Sunday, March 22, 2015), we did not have any written work to correct, but you had to write the Hindi sentences from lesson 3 in your books.

I read through the next lesson on the Hindi Vivek Part One book, lesson 4 on page 35 (the ‘ई’ lesson). After reading and translating it, various students read the sentences. As mentioned, some students still need to learn and know by heart the Hindi vowels and consonants, so that reading can become easier and more fluent. You can use the letters on page 18, arranged in random order, to test yourself in recalling them.

I explained a little about Hindi adjectives. You can think of Hindi adjectives as falling into two broad categories: those that end in आ (‘aa’) and those that don’t.

1. For adjectives that do not end in आ, they remain unchanged regardless of the nouns following them, for example लाल (‘laal’, which means red).
2. For adjectives that end in आ, they change depending on the number (singular or plural) and gender (masculine or feminine) of the nouns following them, for example, पीला  (‘peelaa’, which means yellow).

For adjectives ending in आ, the following rules apply:
a. For masculine single nouns, the adjective remains unchanged
b. For masculine plural nouns, the final आ changes to ए.
c. For feminine single or plural nouns, the final आ changes to ई

For example:
लाल घर – red house लाल साड़ी – red sari लाल कमरे – red rooms
Note that लाल does not change.

पीला घर – yellow house पीली साड़ी – yellow sari
पीले कमरे – yellow rooms
Note that पीला (yellow) changes to पीली because साड़ी (sari) is feminine and पीले  because कमरे (rooms) is masculine plural.

See the following link for more information:
https://www.hindivivek.com/hindi-varna-bodh/parts-of-speech/adjectives/

For homework, you had to write out the Hindi sentences in lesson 4 with translation in your books.

I gave five sentences to translate from English into Hindi:
1. Eat mango, banana, and apple.
2. Don’t eat fish.
3. Drink tomato juice.
4. Bring the umbrella.
5. Wear the blue kurta.

You may use Google Translate to translate any word you don’t know, but remember that translating entire sentences may give an incorrect result!

Note also that there will be no Hindi classes on Easter Sunday (Sunday, April 5, 2015). Classes will resume the following Sunday (Sunday, April 12).

Regards,
Vasudev.

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