Must See Nighttime Attractions Posted by kunthra on Dec 21, 2009
India is a host to a number of beautiful attractions. Some of my favorite attractions are those that are more beautiful to behold in the nighttime. This is not an exhaustive list, but here are some of my favorite sites. लाल क़िला or Red Fort is located in Delhi (दिल्ली), India. Red Fort was built by Mughal…
Indian Sweets Posted by kunthra on Dec 18, 2009
Anyone craving Indian sweets? Here are some of my favorite kinds of sweets! जलेबी is the Indian version of a funnel cake. It is orangy-yellowish in color, but sometimes white as well. A जलेबी is a snack that looks as if several rings are intertwined together. First a batter consisting of flour, saffron, sugar and some butter is…
The Instrumental Case Posted by kunthra on Dec 15, 2009
In a sentence like this, “I eat rice with a spoon”, “spoon” would be written in the instrumental case in Hindi. This is because the spoon is used as an “instrument” to eat the rice. In English, the instrumental case can be indicated by using words like, “by” or “with”. Let’s take a look at…
Accusative Case Posted by kunthra on Dec 12, 2009
The accusative case marks the object of the sentence. So in a sentence such as, “I eat rice”, rice will be the कर्म or the object of the sentence. The accusative suffix marker is को. So the sentence “I eat mango” will be आम को. When को is attached to a singular masculine noun that…
The Nominative Case Posted by kunthra on Dec 9, 2009
In Hindi, there are several cases or कारक. The first case or the nominative case (कर्ता) deals with the subject of a sentence. In English, the subject of the sentence, “Sunil dances” would be “Sunil”. In the nominative case, the subject of the sentence has no case suffix, except when the verb is transitive and…
Use of “Here” Part 2 Posted by kunthra on Dec 6, 2009
Just like I promised, I’ll provide the answers for the blanks in the last post and the feminine past and future. You are here (masculine) (single) (आप यहाँ हैं) We are here (masculine) (हम यहाँ हैं) They are here (वे यहाँ हैं) We were here (masculine) (हम यहाँ थे) They were here (masculine) (वे यहाँ थे) You will be here…
Use of “Here” Posted by kunthra on Dec 3, 2009
We’ll take a look at how locative words like here (यहाँ) etc. are used with the tenses we’ve covered so far. I’ll provide some fill in the blank options for the masculine past and future tenses and post the answers in the next post, but I’m going to leave out the feminine past and future so…