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Fruits Wordsearch Posted by kunthra on Apr 10, 2010
I have a word search on fruits. See if you can find the following words : apple – सेब bannana – केला coconut – नारियल grape – अंगूर guava – अमरूद lemon – नीबू mango – आम pear – नाशपाती pumpkin – कददू pomegranate – अनार watermelon – तरबूजा ऱ ङ ह आ द व…
Particles Posted by kunthra on Apr 7, 2010
The भर particle denotes the meaning of somehing being full, whole, or being in the entire. दिन is “day” and “the whole day” is दिन भर He watches tv all day – वह दिन भर टीवी देखता है वह = he. दिन = whole/all. भर = day. टीवी = tv. देखता है = watches पड़ा denotes the meaning of unexpectedness वह रोई is…
Churches in India Posted by kunthra on Apr 4, 2010
Christianity takes up only a small portion of India’s population, but there are still Christians here and there who will observe Easter this Sunday: If you’re wondering where these services will take place, there are a bevy of churches in India. Some of them are quite beautiful. The Mar Thoma Church was the first Christian church…
The ही Particle Posted by kunthra on Apr 1, 2010
ही can be used to mean “only” and “just” : Only I work here – यहाँ मैं ही काम करता हूँ यहाँ = here. मैं = I. ही = only. काम करता = work. हूँ = suffix for first person When ही is used after pronouns, it can give the sentence an emphatic meaning : They themselves will come – वे आप ही आएँगे वे…
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…