This document provides an introduction to learning Hindi through English. It includes:
1. An index listing 16 lessons on topics like the Hindi alphabet, consonants, vowels, sentence structure, dialogues and more.
2. The first 3 lessons cover the Hindi alphabet, common consonants, and how to pronounce the characters like their English equivalents.
3. Examples and exercises are provided to help readers practice writing and reading basic Hindi letters, consonant clusters, and words.
This document provides an introduction to learning Hindi through English. It includes:
1. An index listing 16 lessons on topics like the Hindi alphabet, consonants, vowels, sentence structure, dialogues and more.
2. The first 3 lessons cover the Hindi alphabet, common consonants, and how to pronounce the characters like their English equivalents.
3. Examples and exercises are provided to help readers practice writing and reading basic Hindi letters, consonant clusters, and words.
This document provides an introduction to learning Hindi through English. It includes:
1. An index listing 16 lessons on topics like the Hindi alphabet, consonants, vowels, sentence structure, dialogues and more.
2. The first 3 lessons cover the Hindi alphabet, common consonants, and how to pronounce the characters like their English equivalents.
3. Examples and exercises are provided to help readers practice writing and reading basic Hindi letters, consonant clusters, and words.
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HINDI LEVEL I A PRIMER
Ratnakar Narale
PUSTAK BHARATI Books India |-| +||-|l
INDEX ~-|>||||
Lesson 1 The Hindi Alphabet 1 Lesson 2 Common Hind& Consonants 2 Lesson 3 Speaking Hindi Characters 3 Lesson 4 Writing Hind& Consonants 4 Lesson 5 Writing Hind& Vowels 7 Lesson 6 Writing Hind& Vowel Signs 8 Lesson 7 Writing Hind& Compound Consonants 11 Lesson 8 Writing Special Characters 14 Lesson 9 Introduction to Sandhi 16 Lesson 10 Introduction to Hind& Numerals 17 Lesson 11 Making your own Hind& sentences 19 The Pictorial Dictionary 24 Brain Surgery of the Hindi Grammar 48 Lesson 12 Relational Postpositions 51 Lesson 13 Adjectives and Adverbs 76 Lesson 14 Conjunctions and Expressions 80 Lesson 15 General Knowledge 84 Lesson 16 General Dialogues 86 HINGLISH for English Speaking People 93
1 Learn Hindi through English Medium - Course Level I LESSON 1 |z|| ||:
THE HINDI ALPHABET
Hind& Vowels : ~ ~| , , ~ + } } ~| ~| ~ ~: a a@ i & u u@ r< e ai o au m[ h< .
Hind& Consonants : | | t| k kh g gh n[
-| ~ | ;| ~| c{, ch c{h, chh j jh, z n~
: < | t> t>h d< d<h n<
-| | = t| -| t th d dh n
| ~ | +| | p ph, f b bh m
~| | | y r l v, w
| | | z s{, sh s< s h
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LESSON 2 =|| ||:
COMMON HINDI CONSONANTS
| | t| ka kha ga gha n[a (nga)
-| ~ | ;| ~| cha Chha ja jha, za n~a
: < |
t>a t>ha d<a d<ha n<a
-| | = t| -| ta tha da dha na
| ~ | +| | pa pha, fa ba bha ma
~| | | ya ra la va, wa | | | z s{a, sha s<a sa ha
Special Compounds +|. |. | ks<a, tra, gya
3 Learn Hindi through English Medium - Course Level I LESSON 3
SPEAKING HINDI CHARACTERS
Alphabet Hind& Sounds like, as in Alphabet Hind& Sounds like, as in a (~ a in America t> ( t in cut> a@ (~| a in ca@r t>h (: th in t> with breath i (, I in India d< (< d in red & (, ee in peel d<h ( dh in adhere u ( u in put n< (| n in band u@ (~ oo in moon r< (+ ri in ring t (-| t in (soft t) e (} a in bake th (| th in thunder ai (} a in actor d (= th in other o (~| o in go dh (t| dh in buddha au (~| ou in count n (-| n in men
k ( k in milk p (| p in cup kh (| kh in khyber ph,f (~ ph, f in photo g (| g in god b (| b in rub gh (t| gh in ghost bh (+| bh in abhore n[ ( n in bring m (| m in mug
c{, c (-| ch in chum y (~| y in yes c{h, chh (~ chh c{ with breath r ( r in rub j (| j in jug l (. | l in love jh, z (;| dgeh in hedgehop v,w (| v, w in rave n~ (~| n in hinge s{, sh (| sh in shut s< (| sh in should s (| s in sun h (z h in hug
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EXERCISE 1 : (on what we learned so far) Read and Write the following characters in Hind& : 1. ka ba ka 2. ba va ka 3. va ba ka 4. kaba, baka --- ---- -- --- --- -- -- -- --- ------ -----
EXERCISE 2 : (only on what we learned so far) Read and Write the following characters in Hind& : 1. kapa, ka 2. pas<a, kas<a 3. pha, ba, ka, s<a pa, pava 4. bakabaka, kabakaba . ||. |~ o. |. | . |. ||. ~ . |~. ||. |~|
(4.3) -| ta, -| na, | ga, | ma, +| bha, | n<a -| -| | ta na ga
takiya@ (pillow) na@g (cobra) ga@y (cow)
6 Learn Hindi through English Medium - Course Level I | +| | ma bha n<a
yagya (yajn~a) tha@l& (plate) EXERCISE 6 : (only on what we learned so far) Read and Write the following characters in Hind& : (B) . t|. ||. |-|. ~|+|. ~||. |. t|-| z. t|-|. ~||.|. |. |. ||. . ||. -|| .. t|-|. ||. |z. |~|. +. +|~|. |~|-|. -||-|. |. ~. || . t|. -||. t|. |-|. ||. ||
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(4.8) t>a , t>ha :, d<ha , da =. d<a <, n[a <, jha ;|. ha z : = t>a t>ha d<ha da
t>ama@t>ar (tomato) thappa@ (stamp) d<hakna@ (lid) dil (heart) < ;| z d<a n[a jha ha
d<or (rope) jha@d<u (broom) ha@th& (elephant)
EXERCISE 7 : (only on what we learned so far) Read and Write the following characters in Hind& : . : = z. < < ;| .. ;| z ;| +. =| | | |-| . <|| <~ < o. =z-|. =| . |~. |: . z:. |-| v. |-| -|. ||= c. ||. z|. ||
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11 Learn Hindi through English Medium - Course Level I +|<|. +|l<. +|l<-||. |<-||. |<l. |. ||<. ||<-||. l. |<-||. |<|,. |<-||. ||<+ LESSON 5 ||-||| ||:
PRACTICING THE HINDI VOWELS
(5.1) ~ a, ~| a@, ~| o, ~| au , i, , & ~ a ~| a@ ~| o ~| au , i , &
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THIS EXERCISE IS ONLY FOR READING AND WRITING HINDI WORDS
READ the Hind& words and WRITE them for practice (help is given in the brackets)
| (mai - I), z| (ham - we), ~|| (a@p - you), -| (tu@ - you) -|| (tum - you), |z (vah - he, she), | (ve - they), z| (hame - to us), ~||| (a@p ko - to you), || (us ko - to him, to her), -|| (un ko - to them), |-| (mai ne - I), ~||-| (a@p ne - you), -|-| (tu@ ne - you), -||-| (tum ne - you. |-| (us ne - he, she. |;| (mujhe - to me), ~||| (a@p se - from you. |;|| (mujh se - from me. -|;|| (tujh se - from you -||| (tum se - from you. || (us se - from him, her. -|| (un se - from them. | ||| (mere pa@s - with me. | ||~| (mere liye - for me. ~|| ||~| (a@pke liye - for you. z|| ||~| (hama@re liye - for us. -| ||~| (unke liye - for them. || (mera@ - my. |l (mer& - my. | (mere - our. z||| (hama@ra@ - my. z||l (hama@r& - my. z|| (hama@e - my. -|| (tera@ - your. -|l (ter& - your. -| (tere - your. ~||| (a@p ka@ - your. ~||l (a@p k& - your. ~|| (a@p ke - your. |;|| (mujhme - in me). -|| (tere me - in you). -|;|| (tujhme - in you). ~||| (a@p me - in you). || (us me - in him, her). -|| (un me - in them). |;| | (mujh par - on me). -| | (tere par - on you). -|| | (tum par - on you). -|;| | (tujh par - on you). ~|| | (a@p par - on you). | | (us par - on him, her). -| | (un par - on them)+ | z (mai hu@ - I am). -| z (tu@ hai - You are). -|| z| (tum ho - You are). ~|| z (a@p hai - You are).
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COMPOUNDING THE CONSONANTS (Compare the following chart with the one given on page 1)
Hind& Half-Characters :
~ ( (| (| t (t| k kh g gh n[
- (-| ~ (| ; (;| ~ (~| c{, ch c{h, chh j jh n~
: < (| t> t>h d< d<h n<
- (-| (| = t (t| - (-| t th d dh n
(| ~ (~ (| + (+| (| p ph,f b bh m
~ (~| (| (| y r l v,w
(| (| (| z s{, sha s< s h
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SPECIAL COMPOUND CHARACTERS
(1) Character d (= forms following commonly used SEVEN compound letters :
(i). d + ga = dga writen as : = - | =| , +|||,l-|| (ii) d + da = dda written as : = - = == | (iii) d + dha = ddha written as = - t| =t| | (v) d + bha = dbha written as : = - +| =+| . |l|.||,l-|| (v) d + ya = dya written as : = - ~| =~| ||| (vi) d + ma = dma written as : = - | =| | (vii) d + va = dva written as : = - | =| ; ;|
(2) Characters ra and r (. form following TWO types of compounds :
(A) WHEN FULL CONSONANT ra ( comes after a half consonant character, it is written as a slant line attached to that (half) consonant. (Note : Even though that half consonant apprars to be written as a full consonant, it is actually a half consonant) :
(i) k (half) + ra (full) = kra ( - > -|> (ii) g + ra = gra ( | - | | ~| (iii) t + ra = tra ( -| - -| | |||| (iv) d + ra = dra ( = - = =| (v) sh + ra =shra ( | - ~ |l
(vi) t> or d<+ ra= tra, d<ra ( - (truck. | (ra@s<t<ra nation. t|-|| (Dhr<tara@s<t>ra) (vii) s + ra = sra (| - | |z
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(B) WHEN HALF CONSONANT r ( ) comes before any full consonant character, the r ( is written as ( over that full consonant. (viii) r + k ( - + ~ (arka extract. || (svarga heaven.
AGAIN REMEMBER : (i) The slant line character ( represents the full (ra), it does not represent half (r) eg\ | | - |||
(ii) The curved line character ( represents half (r), it does not represent full (ra) eg\ | - | ||
(3) Character z forms following three types of very common compound letters :
(i) h + ma = hma (z - | u (ii) h + ya = hya (z - ~| z. ||z (bahya outer (iii) h + r> = hr> (z - + ; ;=~| (hr>day heart)
THE SPECIAL LETTER kta
(4) Character k : character k + ta = kta. kta can be written as - -| ~-|_ but there is a special character for this combo which is written as - -| ~-|