Archive for September, 2009
Chicken Tikka Masala Posted by kunthra on Sep 28, 2009
Chicken Tikka Masala (चिकन टिक्का मसाला) is a curry dish with chicken tikka. Chicken tikkas (मुर्ग़ टिक्का) are roasted chicken chunks. The chicken is prepared by separating it from the bone and cutting it into chuncks on skewers. Then the chicken is marinated in spices like turmeric powder and yogurt. Then the chicken is baked in…
Answers Posted by kunthra on Sep 25, 2009
She slept. To sleep = सोना. (वह सोई) We cleaned the room. To clean = साफ करना. Room = कमरा. (हमने कमरा साफ किया) The toy broke. To break = टूटना. Toy = खिलौना. (खिलौना टूटा) I laughed (feminine). To laugh = हंसना. (मैं हँसी) He picked up the pen. To pick = उठाना. Pen…
Transitive and Intransitive Exercise Posted by kunthra on Sep 22, 2009
Try to translate these sentences into Hini. There will be a mix of both intransitive and transitive verbs. She slept. To sleep = सोना. We cleaned the room. To clean = साफ करना. Room = कमरा. The toy broke. To break = टूटना. Toy = खिलौना. I laughed (feminine). To laugh = हंसना. He picked…
Intransitive Verbs in the Past Tense Posted by kunthra on Sep 19, 2009
When an action performed by the doer only affects himself/herself, the verb is called an intransitive verb. In the sentence, “Tom sang a song,” sang is an intransitive verb because Tom and no one else is singing a song. Let’s use the verb “to come” (आ) as an example. I came (masculine) – मैं आया…
Transitive Verbs Ending in a Consonant Posted by kunthra on Sep 16, 2009
There are also transitive verbs that end in a consonant in the simple past tense. For these verbs, the suffix आ is attached to the stem of the verb. I wrote – मैंने लिखा We wrote – हमने लिखा You wrote – आपने लिखा He wrote – उसने लिखा She wrote – उसने लिखा They…
Past Indefinite Perfect Tense Part 2 Posted by kunthra on Sep 13, 2009
The verbs in this post end in a vowel in the stem of the verb. When the stem ends in a vowel, the suffix या is attached to the stem of the verb. This is the stem of the verb to drink: पी I drank water – मैंने पानी पीया We drank water – हमने…
Past Indefinite Perfect Tense Posted by kunthra on Sep 10, 2009
In English, the past indefinite perfect tense is can be expressed as “I ate, I drank, I came” etc. All verbs end in ना. However, when you take this ending off and take a look at the stem, some of them end in consonants and some of them end in vowels. For this post, we’ll…