Archive for January, 2011
Letter Writing in Hindi Posted by Nitin Kumar on Jan 31, 2011
Writing a Letter is always helpful and interesting, whatever the language may be. Hindi is no different but are you aware of all the right greeting and vocabulary that you need in Hindi letter, how to place the address and subject? Let me show you, how to write a Letter in Hindi for various occasions…
Words Pair Posted by Nitin Kumar on Jan 30, 2011
Today, I would like to teach an interesting topic. There are words in Hindi that goes in pair. These pair can be from a same word, two different words, opposite words, meaningful & meaningless and two meaningless words. As every Hindi speaker uses these words pair in daily life, it is important to have an…
Similar Hindi Words Posted by kunthra on Jan 28, 2011
There are some Hindi words that are spelled similarly, but have radically different meanings. Here are some Hindi words that you should be careful of: निदैश = instruction निदेश = order अवधि = a time frame अवधी = belonging to Ayodhyā उदर = stomach उधर = thither रीता = empty रीति = mode निर्धन =…
Indian Republic Day Posted by Nitin Kumar on Jan 27, 2011
After India got its independence from British colonial rule in 1947, the Government of India Act 1935 was used as the governing document of India. The Constitution of India came into force on 26 January 1950 replacing the Government of India Act 1935 thus making India a Republic State. The 26th of January is one…
Transformation of Hindi Sentences Posted by Nitin Kumar on Jan 24, 2011
In continuing our grammar lesson on Hindi sentence, in this post I will show you how you can transform a sentence in Hindi from one form to another. सरल वाक्य (Simple Sentence) to मिश्रित वाक्य (Mixed Sentence) To make the mixed sentence from the simple sentence, we have to divide the simple sentence into two clauses…
Types of Hindi Sentence Posted by Nitin Kumar on Jan 22, 2011
Types of Hindi Sentence I hope you were eagerly waiting for the next grammar lesson and here it comes. Today, we will learn the types of sentence in Hindi. Let us see the classification of sentence types into more detail and an example from each of them. 1) By Construction On construction, the sentence in…
Pongal Posted by kunthra on Jan 21, 2011
In the state of Tamil Nadu, there is a big harvest festival called Pongal. This is a day where people give thanks for the first harvest of the season. This festival is named after a rice, cashew and brown sugar dish called pongal. Here is a video showing you how to make pongal: In addition…