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Celebrating Spring in Hindi Posted by Rachael on Mar 27, 2019
As many of you know, Holi/होली was celebrated by countless people around the world this past Wednesday and Thursday (March 20th-21st). Rather than writing another blog about this festival, which celebrates the arrival of spring, the triumph of good over evil (that is, the ascendance of humility, faithfulness and truth over ego and deception) and…
Idioms Continued Posted by Rachael on Jul 21, 2018
In my previous post, I discussed idioms that have to do with facial features. Despite the seeming randomness of this choice, I was taught by one of my greatest Hindi teachers that categorizing idioms and learning them as part of those categories makes it easier. And, he was right, of course! The same goes for…
Idioms with a Twist Posted by Rachael on Jul 7, 2018
Each language has its own stock of colorful and (sometimes) seemingly nonsensical idioms or, as they’re called in Hindi, मुहावरे/muhaavre (मुहावरा/muhaavra, singular). Luckily for the Hindi student, this language is teeming with vibrant turns of phrase that you can slip into almost any conversation. As some of my Hindi teachers have taught me, it is…
Idioms in Hindi – II Posted by Nitin Kumar on Dec 17, 2011
Idioms in Hindi are called मुहावरा (Muhawra) and plural is मुहावरों (Muhawre). Idioms are important part of Hindi language and we use them in our daily conversations. In continuing post, I’ll present some more idioms in Hindi. Some of the idioms end with verbs like होना (to be), उगलना (to spit) etc. I will give a hint, the verb usually…