Hindi1: lesson 6a
क्या प्रीटी रानी से सुंदर है?
Is Preeti more beautiful that Rani?
खेल-सामान्या ज्ञान (जेनरल नॉलेज)
• Go round the class asking people if they
know a general knowledge question. i.e.
• क्या आपको मालूम है कक फ़ीजी क़ी राजधानी का
नाम क्या है?
Do you know the name of the capital of
Fiji? Make a note of how many people
know your fact, and the wrong answers
you get.
• Then we will share our findings with the
class and learn some सामान्या ज्ञान.
शाहरूख अममताभ से खूबसूरत है
Shahrukh is handsomer than Amitabh
• से (‘than’) after one term you are comparing
another term to makes a comparison in Hindi.
(NB the adj. agrees with noun not followed by से)
जॉन अब्राहम सबसे सुंदर है
John Abraham is the handsomest
• सबसे after a term you want to qualify
means that it is the ‘most [adjective]’
(always include an adjective)
खेल - चाय कॉफ़ी से अच्छी है
Activity – Tea is better than coffee.
• Write down sentences comparing these pairs,
change adjectives where needed
• शाहरुख खााँ - सनील दत्त, (सुंदर)
• ससगापर – मलेमशया (बडा)
• महन्दी भाषा - चीनी भाषा (ममककल)
• टोयोटा - बीएमडब्लयू (महाँगा)
• Basic formula: X Y से adj. है etc.
• राम रमेश से लम्बा है। Ram is taller than Ramesh
Adjective agreement
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राम सीता से लम्बा है
Ram is taller than Sita.
सीता राम से लम्बी है
Sita is taller than Ram.
राधा सबसे लम्बी है
Radha is the tallest.
खेल – ककसका घर सबसे दूर है?
Whose house is most far?
• Lets get into a line where the person
whose house is most far away is at one
end and the nearest at the other.
• Make a long line ask your neighbour
• क्या आपका घर मेरे घर से ज़्यादा दूर है?
Is your house further than my house?
• Then if it is swap places until we sorted.
कौन-सा which?
• कौन-सा means ‘which?’ (out of a range of
possible choices).
• It behaves like an adjective that changes
• कौन-सा रुं ग which colour (ms.)
• कौन-सी ककताब which book (fs. & fp.)
• कौन-से गाने which songs (mp.)
• postpositions also influence agreement
• कौन-से कमरे में in which room? (mp. oblique)
खेल - आपको कौन-सा रुं ग पसुंद है?
• Move around the class asking the question
above. It means ‘Which colour do you like?’
People should reply by saying.
• मझको लाल रुं ग पसुंद है। I like red colour. etc.
• Then we will share with the class some
information about who likes which colour.
काला
गलाबी
के सरी
बैंगनी
नीला
भूरा
सफे द
लाल
पीला
हरा
थोडा, छोटा, कम, little, small, less
• मेरे पास थोडा पैसा है।
I have a little money. - थोडा, little (quantity)
• मेरे पास एक छोटी गाडी है।
I have a small car. - छोटा, small (size)
• मझको कम चीनी चामहए।
I want less sugar. - कम, less (relatively)
• NB English muddles up little, small, less
मझे कम खाना चामहए I want less food
• How do you write you want smaller
size/quantity/less of these things? (NB
only use कम with one item from the list)
• चावल
• थाली (i.e. plate of food)
• चाय (adj. agrees with प्याला/कप nm.)
• चीनी
• We will share some of our sentences.
कछ और कोई Some
• आपक़ी जेब में कछ है?
Do you have something in your pocket?
• मेरी जेब में कछ पैसा है।
I have some money in my pocket.
• तम्हारे कमरे में कोई है ?
Is there somebody in your room?
• नहीं, लेककन रसोईघर में कोई औरत है।
• No, but there is some woman in the kitchen.
• NB कछ नहीं nothing, कोई नहीं nobody
आपके झोले में कछ है?
Do you have something in your bag?
• Move around the class asking each other
if they have something in their bag on the
model above (if no bag use जेब nf. pocket)
• At the end we will ask you some questions
about who had what.
• NB कोई takes the form ककसी before a ppn.
So we will ask questions like:
• क्या ककसी के झोले में छतरी थी?
मेलबोनन में सबसे अच्छा ....
The best … in Melbourne is…
• Work in groups of four/five
• Create a top ten list about
Melbourne, i.e. what’s the
best restaurant, shopping
centre, cinema, park,
(football team?) etc.
• Write your list down
• We will share with class our
top ten lists