Namaste class,

In the Hindi class dated Sunday, May 3, we corrected the sentences that were given the previous week:

1. मीठा रास पी।
Drink the sweet juice.

2. पीला आम खा।
Eat the yellow mango.

3. हर दिन भजन गा।
Every day, sing bhajans.

4. लाल छाता ला।
Bring the red umbrella.

5. दस केले खरीद।
Buy ten bananas.

We went through Baarahakharee (see the following link for more information: https://www.hindivivek.com/hindi-varna-bodh/alphabet/baarahakharee/).

Baarahakharee refers to writing a particular Hindi consonant with the short forms of the vowels. For example, the baarahakharee of क is:

क
का
कि
की
कु
कू   के
कै
को
कौ
कं
कः

Note that the Hindi vowel ‘Ri’ (ऋ) is omitted from the above list. Some Hindi text books include ऋ while others omitted. Since the Hindi Vivek Part One omits it, we shall also exclude it when writing the baarahakharee (but as stated before, other books may include it).

We read lesson 7 on page 38 (the ‘ऋ’ lesson). I read and translated the lesson, and then called random students to read. The translation for the lesson is on page 64.

For homework, I gave the following sentences to translate from Hindi into English:

1. वह पत्र पढ़ ।
2. कुरसी और मेज़ ला ।
3. गाय का दूध पी ।
4. अविनाश का तबला बजा ।
5. कपड़े साफ़ कर ।

Also, additional information about imperatives can be found at:
https://www.hindivivek.com/hindi-varna-bodh/grammar/imperatives-commands/

See you in next class.

Regards,
Vasudev.

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