Hindi for Christmas: Vocab

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Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Describe Your Day in Your Weakest Language

One of people in one of the groups for language nerds that I am in on Facebook posted a challenge. The challenge was to talk about your day in the language that is your weakest. I chose Hindi, which I suppose, if you know Hindi you can see why. So here goes...

मेरे दिन अछा था। पहली मेरी अज art gallery में काम किया। अगली मैं घर लौट आया और Christmas के लिए सज (decorate?) कीया। तेसर मैं कुछ खाना बनाया और मेरे पति के साथ खाया। के बाद हम YoungLife के लिए चल गाये और घर में लोताया (?)। अबी/अबहीं/अभी मैं हिंदी practice कर रही हूं।

Meri din acchi tha. peheli meri aaj art gallery men kaam kiya. Agli/baad main ghar lout aaya aur Christmas ke liye decorate kiya. Tesra, main kuch khaana banaya (i) aur meri pati ke sath khaaya. Ke Bad, hum YoungLife ke liye chal gaye aur ghar men aaya/loutaya. Abhi main hindi practice kar rahi hoon.

I will gladly accept corrections and questions :)

Mere hindusthani doston corrected it for me...

Mera din achcha tha. Pehle maine art gallery mein kaam kiya. Uske baad main ghar laut aayi air Christmas ke liye sajavat ki. Phir maine khana banaya aur apne pati ke saath khaya. Uske baad hum young life ke liye gaye aur waapis ghar laut aaye. Abhi main Hindi abhyaas kar rahi hoon.

Henna print making doodles :)

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

What is the best way to memorize new vocab?

Repeating something over and over and over

may not be the best way to learn, but it works for

memorizing and sometimes I get desperate and

am ok with memorizing with the hope that I vl

someday learn. Check out my Texting in Hindi
post to read about vl.

But really did you know it takes 40 times repeating,
hearing, and speaking a new vocab word to learn it?
That number came from my high school Spanish
classes, so please don't make me explain the details.
main kuch nahin janti hoon
I don't know much...(about the stat)

You can aslo see my India inspired artwork on my
art blog at FeliciaFollum.Blogspot.com or on my
Facebook page.

Thursday, January 16, 2014

Common Hindi Verbs Thought of on the Fly

Here are the first verbs that came to mind when I began my list. And here is a practice sentence where you can fill in the black with the appropriate verb.

Main ______ chahati/a hoon

Main - I
Chahana - to want
Chahati/a - I want (i-feminine, a-masculine)
Hoon - am

Main khaana chahati hoon - I want to eat (said by a female)

Campaign Posters in Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh, India

Chahana              To want

Khaana               To eat

Hasna                To laugh

Pina                     To drink

Karna                  To do

Pyar karna     To love

Banana    To do/to make

Khelna     To play

Likhna To Write

Pardna To read/to study

Natchna To dance

Sona    To sleep

Bolna    To speak

You can aslo see my India inspired artwork on my art blog at FeliciaFollum.Blogspot.com or on my
Facebook page.

Please feel free to practice in the comments.