Archive for the year 2012
Prepositions in Hindi Posted by Nitin Kumar on Aug 19, 2012
Preposition in Hindi is called संबंध बोधक (Sanbandha Bodhak). Prepositions are important as they join the various part of the sentences (noun, pronouns etc) to form a logical sentence. Prepositions in Hindi are of 10 types. Let me show you these types with the pronunciation scheme as well as their English translation. 1. काल वाचक…
Independence Day of India Posted by Nitin Kumar on Aug 16, 2012
India got its freedom (स्वतंत्रता – Svatantrata) from the British rule on 15th August, 1947. Before independence, the India state consists of Pakistan as well as Bangladesh. However, the independence has seen the partition of the independent state into India and Pakistan. The struggle for self- rule from British Empire started in the 19th century. The…
Vande Matram – National Song of India Posted by Nitin Kumar on Aug 14, 2012
First of all, I would like to wish all our Indian members, a very happy Independence Day! After a long struggle for independent rule, India got freedom from British rule on 15th August in 1947. Independence struggles of India and its freedom fighter were associated with some patriotic songs which after independence got due recognition…
Practice on Hindi Compounds Posted by Nitin Kumar on Aug 12, 2012
Do you remember our post on the compounds in Hindi? If not or you didn’t see the previous post on the compounds, lets have some practice on the same. Compounds in Hindi are called समास (Samaas). It is used to shorten the sentence construct. For example, if you want to say the room for cooking, you…
Janmashtami Posted by Nitin Kumar on Aug 11, 2012
India is a land of vast diversity. Because of its multi-cultural, multi-ethnic and multi-linguistic society, there are numerous festivals (उत्सव – Utsav) which are celebrated as per a particular community and region. However, there are some festivals which are celebrated all over India. One such festival is Krishna Janmashtami (कृष्ण जन्माष्टमी) or simply, Janmashtami. Janmashtami celebrates…
Nominal Suffix in Hindi – Continued Posted by Nitin Kumar on Jul 28, 2012
In continuation of our previous post, I will present the two more types of nominal suffix in Hindi. Like previous post, we will go into various suffix which come under two types of nominal suffix. Examples are with Devanagari (Hindi script), Romanized Hindi and English translation for your understanding. New readers and members can find the previous…
Nominal Suffix in Hindi Posted by Nitin Kumar on Jul 28, 2012
In the previous post on Suffix, we have coverd the primary suffix in Hindi. In this post, I would like to discuss the nominal suffix in Hindi. These are called तध्दित प्रत्यय (Tadhdit Pratyay) in Hindi. These suffix can be added to the nouns, adjectives or adverbs to form nouns or adjectives. The nominal suffix can…