Archive for 'Hindi Language'
Homonyms in Hindi Posted by Nitin Kumar on May 30, 2011
In Hindi, there are several words which may create confusion because they are very much similar in spelling or pronunciation or both. Lets pay some attention to some of the pair of similar distinguished words (समश्रुति भिन्नार्थक शब्द). Romanized spelling are provided in first brackets and English meanings in second. Common Homonyms or Pair of…
Number (वचन) Posted by Nitin Kumar on May 29, 2011
Many of you might have a confusion on how the noun changes from singular to plural in Hindi. The understanding of grammatical number is important to understand the meaning of whole sentence, let me show you how you can determine or change the number from singular to plural. In Hindi, there are two kind of…
Aap, Tum and Tu Posted by Nitin Kumar on May 28, 2011
You might be little confused with three form of you in Hindi, “Aap”, “Tum” & “Tu”. Even after going through all Hindi films, literature, National broadcast, TV shop and everything at your disposal – Can you differentiate when to use what? Let me show you the points that why some people use a particular form…
Reception of a Guest Posted by Nitin Kumar on May 26, 2011
In India, a guest is respected and honored just like our God. They are treated above all by their host. Let me tell you certain customs that we follow while we welcome our guest. 🙂 Greetings All guests are greeted individually with traditional closed palm “Namaskar” in more formal relationship or less formal “Namaste” when…
Joint Family System Posted by Nitin Kumar on Apr 30, 2011
In India, two family systems are seen quite often. The family system could be nuclear, in which there is only one family living together. This system is very common in big city across India. However, in the business family, small cities and villages, joint family system is quite common. In Joint family, many family or…
Etiquette at Dressing, Meeting & Dining Posted by Nitin Kumar on Apr 29, 2011
After the grammatical lesson on Hindi, now it’s time to learn some cultural prospects of Hindi speaker. I have made a lesson so you could know some of etiquette at dressing, meeting and dining that people follow in North India (Region for native Hindi speakers). Although, these etiquette are more or less same all over India…
Suffixes (प्रत्यय) – Contd Posted by Nitin Kumar on Apr 28, 2011
In continuation of the topic of suffixes, in this lesson I would like to present the second major group of suffixes in Hindi. 2. Suffixes for declension (तद्धित प्रत्यय – Taddhit Pratyy) Those suffixes which add to noun, pronoun, adjective etc to form new words are called तद्धित प्रत्यय (Suffix for Declension) These suffixes are…