4. Revision : Basic interrogatives
English
Hindi
How?
kaisē?
What?
kyā?
How much/many?
kitnā / kitnē?
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5. Revision
English
Hindi
How are you?
Āp kaisē hai?
I am fine
Maiṁ acchā / acchī hooṁ
Fine, and you?
Thīk, aur āp?
What is your name?
Āpakā nāam kyā hai?
My name is ___
Merā nāam ___ hai
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7. Today’s conversation!
When did he come?
He came yesterday
Where are you from?
I am from ___
who are you?
I am Claire
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8. Today we will need to learn the interrogatives
'When',
'Where' and 'Who', lets start with 'When'!
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10. Using interrogations - When
When did he come?
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11. Using interrogation - When
When
Kab
did
he
vaha
come
ānā
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12. Grammar tip
Come = ānā (in the present tense)
In the past however, did+ come
translates as 'āyā'
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13. Using interrogation - When
When
Kab
did
he
vaha
come
āyā
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14. Grammar tip
In Hindi, 'tomorrow' and 'yesterday' are both
translated as 'kal', and one has to figure out what
is
being spoken about by the tense of speaker
He came yesterday - Vaha kal āyā
He will come tomorrow - Vaha kal ā 'ēgā
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15. Using interrogations - When
When did he come?
Vaha kab āyā?
Question structure
Subject | Interrogation | verb
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18. Conversation
He came yesterday
Vaha kal āyā
Sentence structure
Subject | Object | verb
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19. Let's see if you remember…
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20. Exercise : Pick the right option
'When' translates to ___
1
2
3
Kab
Vaha
Kyā
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21. Solution
'When' translates to ___
1
2
3
Kab
Vaha
Kyā
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22. Recall what the other options translate as!
Hindi
English
Kyā
What
Vaha
He / She
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23. Next we cover the interrogations 'Where' and
'Who'
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25. Grammar tip
Where' in Hindi is pronounced with a
nasal sound, like 'hoom'
Here, the 'n' is not completely
pronounced, much like the
English word 'angst'
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26. Conversation
Where are you from?
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27. Grammar tip
A preposition is a word, linking one part of a
sentence to the another (subject to object)
A preposition is called so as it comes before the link,
eg 'On the table'
In Hindi however, the link comes afterwards and is
therefore called a postposition
Example, 'On the table' becomes 'table par'
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29. Conversation
Where are you from?
Āp kahān sē haiṁ?
Question Structure
Subject | Interrogation | Postposition
|'To-be' verb
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31. Grammar tip
Postposition comes before the 'infinitive'
Postpositional Question Structure
Subject | Interrogation |Postposition
| 'To-be' verb
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32. Conversation
I am from ____
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34. Conversation
I am from ____
Main ____ sē hūṁ
Postpositional Answer Structure
Subject | Reply | Postposition |'To-be'
verb
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35. Grammar tip
Postpositional Answer Structure
Subject | Reply | Postposition | 'To-be' verb
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39. Using interrogations - Who
Who are you?
Āp kaun haiṁ?
Basic question structure
Subject | Interrogation | 'To-be' verb
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42. Answering interrogation-Who
I am Claire
Maiṁ Claire hooṁ
Basic Answer structure
Subject | (object) | 'To-be' verb
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43. Let's see if you remember…
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44. Exercise : Pick the right option
'I am from __' translates to ___
1
2
3
Main _ sē hūn
Vaha kab āyā
Āp kaun haiṁ
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45. Solution
'I am from __' translates to ___
1
2
3
Main _ sē hūn
Vaha kab āyā
Āp kaun haiṁ
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46. Recall what the other options translate as!
English
Hindi
When did he come?
Vaha kab āyā?
Who are you?
Āp kaun haiṁ?
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49. Grammar tip
These are some of the common postpositions
that we shall learn in the following lessons
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51. Postpositions
On
Pē / kō / mēṁ
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52. Grammar tip
As a postposition, 'on' usually takes three
forms 'pē' , 'kō' and 'mēṁ'
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56. Revision : Basic interrogatives
English
Hindi
How much/many?
kitnā / kitnē?
How?
kaisē?
What?
kyā?
When?
kab?
Where?
kahān?
Who?
kaun?
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57. Revision : Today's conversation!
English
Hindi
When did he come?
Vaha kab āyā?
He came yesterday
Vaha kal āyā
Where are you from?
Āp kahān sē haiṁ?
I am from ___
Main ____ sē hūn
Who are you?
Āp kaun haiṁ?
I am Claire
Maiṁ Claire hooṁ
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58. Culture leaf
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59. Culture leaf - Handicrafts in India
India is synonymous to exotic arts and
handicrafts traditions.
From pottery, metal craft, woodcraft, stone works,
gems and jewellery, textiles, leatherwork to
mesmerizing paintings, hand crafted games,
traditional toys and dolls, carpets and floorings and
awe inspiring sculptures and statues - India has
perfected almost all the arts and handicrafts known
to humanity.
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60. Culture leaf - Handicrafts in India
The handicrafts industry
operates in rural and semi
urban areas throughout the
country and has a potential
Indian and International
market with around 67000
exporters to tap the market
The value of handicrafts
produced last year were of
Rs.26,213 Crore
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61. What's next?
In the next lesson we will learn two more
interrogations and have a
simple conversation!
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