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Namast! Lesson 9 | Basic Hindi

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Lesson object

Demonstratives

2 Usage of demonstratives

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Revision : Basic interrogatives

English How much/many? How? What? When? Where? Who? Which? Why? Hindi Kitn / kitn? Kais? Ky? Kab? Kahn? Kaun? Kaunsa? Kyon?

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Revision : Conversation!

English Which language do you speak? I speak Spanish/Hindi Why are you angry? I am angry because I stole my money

Hindi p kaunsi bh bltay h?

Mai Spanish/Hindi blt/blt hoo p nrj kyon ho? Mai nrj hoo kyki mr paisey gum ho gay

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Lesson object

Demonstratives

2 Usage of demonstratives

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Today's conversation!

This is Mark That is Lisa

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Demonstratives

Demonstratives are words relying on an external frame of reference(they are not things said in the sentence itself) that indicate what entity is a speaker referring to

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Demonstratives

For example, 'That car' answers the question, 'Which car'? (car being the external frame of reference here)

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Demonstratives

This

Yaha

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Demonstratives

That

Vaha

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Demonstratives

Demonstratives point to the entity a speaker is referring to This = Yaha That = Vaha

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Lesson object

Demonstratives

2 Usage of demonstratives

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Demonstratives - example
Let's take an example: Say youre at a party and Lisa is standing next to you while Mark is on the dance floor, away from you To introduce them you would say: This is Lisa = Yaha Lis hai That is Mark = Vaha Mrk hai

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Demonstratives - example

This is Lisa

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Demonstratives - example

This Yaha

is is

Lisa Lis

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Demonstratives - example

This is Lisa

Yaha Lis hai

Sentence Structure Demonstrative | Subject | 'To-be' verb To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Hindi

Demonstratives - example

That is Mark

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Demonstratives - example

That Vaha

is hai

Mark Mrk

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Demonstratives - example

That is Mark

Vaha Mrk hai

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Grammar tip

This (Yaha) is used to indicate objects / people in close proximity That (Vaha) is used to indicate objects / people who are not around (not present / close-by)

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Demonstratives - example

How many fruits?

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Demonstratives - example

How many kitn

fruits phal

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Demonstratives - example

How many fruits?

Kitn phal?

Kitn is used as 'fruits' is plural

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Grammar tip
Kitn is used as 'fruits' is plural The actual question being asked here is how many fruits are these / those? thus the answer becomes 'Yaha Kitn phal hai?' 'These' and 'those ' (pronouns) also acts as a demonstrative

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Demonstratives - example

How many fruits(are these)?

Yaha kitn phal hai?

Question structure Demonstrative | Interrogation | Suject | 'To-be' verb To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Hindi

Let's see if you remember

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Exercise : Pick the right option

'How many fruits' translates to___

1
Yaha Lis hai

2
Kitn phal

3
Yaha kitn phal hai

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Solution

'How many fruits' translates to___

1
Yaha Lis hai

2
Kitn phal

3
Yaha kitn phal hai

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Recall what the other options translate as!

English This is Lisa How many fruits are these

Hindi Yaha Lis hai Yaha Kitn phal hai

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Revision : Demonstratives

English This That These Those

Hindi Yaha Vaha Yaha Vaha

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Revision : Today's conversation!

English This is Lisa That is Mark How many fruits? How many fruits(are these)?

Hindi Yaha Lis hai Vaha Mrk hai Kitn phal? Yaha Kitn phal hai?

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Culture leaf

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Culture leaf - Games in India

Field Hockey is the national game on India A wide variety of sports is played throughout the country These include kabbadi, kho kho, pehlwani, and gilli-danda British rule brought many popular sports in India including football, rugby, cricket, golf, tennis, squash, Hockey, boxing, snooker, and billiards Indians are crazy about cricket

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Culture leaf - Games in India

India is the birthplace of chess The original word for 'chess' is chaturanga (Sanskrit) meaning 'four members of an army' Which were mostly likely elephants, horses, chariots, and foot soldiers

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What's next?

In the next lesson we will lean how to use demonstratives along with interrogations! We will answer questions such as What is this?' 'When did this happen?' and many more!

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Credits
Content Culture Alley Culture leaf http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport_in_India Image http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ChessSet.jpg

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Dhan'yavd! See you at the Alley!

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