Archive for March, 2010
Particle भी Posted by kunthra on Mar 30, 2010
The particle भी means “also” or “too”. Rāmu also went – रामू भी गया रामू = Rāmu. भी = also. गया = went. भी can also be used after a pronoun I came too – मैं भी आया मैं = I. भी = too. आया = came. Here are other pronouns that you can substitute with “I… too”…
Rama Navami Posted by kunthra on Mar 27, 2010
Rāma Navamī (राम नवमी) is a festival that celebrates the birth of Rāma. Rāma is considered one of the incarnations of Vishnu (विष्णु), the chief god of gods. In some places, Rāma is celebrated with his wife Sītā (सीता), his brother Lakshmana (लक्ष्मण), and an ardent devotee of Rāma named Hanumān (हनुमान्). The festivities may…
Indian Numbers 1-100 Posted by kunthra on Mar 24, 2010
Here’s is an organized chart where you can compare the devanagari numerals with the arabic numerals. For more on Indian numerals, go to https://blogs.transparent.com/hindi/ and type the word “numbers” in the top right corner where it says, “enter search terms”. Then scroll down and you’ll see the Indian numerals as well. Arabic Numeral Notation Indian Numeral Notation…
Masculine/Feminine/Singular/Plural Conversions Posted by kunthra on Mar 21, 2010
When a masculine word ends in अ, इ, ई, उ, ऊ, it does not change in the plural : So बाल (child) will be बाल (children) When a masculine word ends in आ, change it to ए to make it plural : काला (black singular) = कालो (black plural) When a feminine word ends in…
New Years Posted by kunthra on Mar 18, 2010
Last week, in many different regions in India, people celebrated the New Year according to the various Indian calendars. New Years to the Sindhis (सिन्धी) is called Cheti Chand. This day also marks the birth of a river deity famous in Sindhi lore. New Years to the Telegu people is called युगादी. On this day a mixture…
Converting Masculine Words to Feminine Words Posted by kunthra on Mar 15, 2010
For today’s lesson we’ll look at ways to convert masculine words to feminine words. If a word ends in अ or आ, change it to ई : पुत्र (son) will become पुत्री (daughter) If a word ends in आ, change it to इया : डिब्बा (case/box in the masculine) will be डिबिया (case/box in the…
Adverbs Posted by kunthra on Mar 12, 2010
Adverbs can be placed in various places of a sentence. For instance, adverbs may be placed before an adjective: It is not very bad – यह बहुत बुरा नहीं है (very = adverb) यह = it. बहुत = very. बुरा = bad. नहीं = not. है = is. Adverbs can also be placed before a verb : Suniil walks fast – सुनील तेज चलती है (fast=…