LEARN  TO  SPEAK  HINDI 
                                Through English Medium 
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                                       HINDI TEACHER for English Speaking People 
                                                    
                                    The following are portions taken from  
                                         Ratnakar Narale’s Book : 
                   ‘HINDI TEACHER FOR ENGLISH 
                               SPEAKING PEOPLE’ 
                             (available from this web site, see Books Menu) 
                                                    
                                  A>gaRejaI jaananaevaaLaae> ke iLa] ih>dI 
                                angrez& ja@nanae va@lon[ ke liye hind& 
                                                    
                                  THE INTERNATIONAL EDITION 
                                  With a special chapter on speaking ‘Hinglish’ 
                                                    
                                      SYSTEMATIC  HELP  FOR 
                             TEACHING  AND  SELF-LEARNING  HINDI 
                                                    
                                  yaYaaÛma ih>dI samaJanae ]va> saISanae ka 
                                           ]k yaaegya saaZana_ 
                             yatha@-kram hind& samajhane evam[ s&khane ka@ 
                                            ek yogya sa@dhan 
                                                   . 
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                                 Èc{a@rya Ratnakar Narale Ph.D. (Sanskrit) 
                                      Principal, Hindu Institute of Learning 
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                         Let us Learn Hindi.  Aa}yae ihndI saISae>_ 
                          Let us Speak Hindi.  Aa}yae ihndI baaeLae>_ 
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         SUBJECT      SINGULAR   PLURAL 
         I, we         maE>> (main[)     hma (ham) 
         You, you       Aapa (a@p)     Aapa (a@p) 
         He, she, that, they   vah (vah)     vae (ve) 
         This, it, these        yah (yah)     yae (ye) 
          
         (1) This is a house. yah ghar hai. yah zar hE_ Here, the house is doing the action of being, so 
            the house is the subject (ktaa|)_  
         (2) This is my house. yah mera@ ghar hai. yah maera zar hE_ Here also, house is the subject.  
         The house is doing the act of being, I am not the subject, because I am not doing the act of 
            being.  
         (1) ‘I’ or ‘WE’ (main[, ham maE>, hma) refers to the 1st Perason; 
         (2) ‘You’ (a@p, tu@, tum Aapa, taU, tauma) refers to the 2nd Person; 
         (3) The person (or the thing) other than I and You (he, she, it or they vah, ve vah, vae...etc)  
            refers to 3rd Person. 
          
         Person             Singular     Plural  
         First Person   I, we      maE>> (main[)   hma (ham) 
         Second Person You, you       Aapa (a@p)     Aapa  (a@p) 
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         Third Person   He, she, they   vah (vah)   vae (ve) 
          
            •  Words such as I, we, you, he, she, it, they main[, ham, a@p, tu@, tum, vah, ve  maE>, hma, Aapa, 
               taU, tauma, vah, vae that refer to nouns, are called Pronouns.  
             
         (1)  maE> hUã      =  main[ hu@n[  I am     First P\  
         (2)  hma hE>     =  ham hain[  we are    First P\ 
         (3) *Aapa hE>  =  a@p hain[     you are     Second P\  
         (4) *Aapa hE>  =  a@p hain[     you are     Second P\ 
         (5)  vah hE     =  vah hai     He, she is  Third P\ 
         (6)  vae hE>      =   ve hain[     They are    Third P\ 
          
         SINGULAR                PLURAL 
         I     maE>                 We     hma 
         You   Aapa              You    Aapa 
         He      vah               They    vae 
         She   vah               They    vae 
         It     yah               These   yae 
         That    vah               Those   vae 
         This    yah               These   yae 
          
         Am    hUã                Are    hE> 
         Is    hE                Are    hE> 
                                                    
            1. maE> LaDñka hUã (main[ lad LaDñkI hUã (main[ lad (a@p lad (a@p ladñak& hain[)     You are a girl. f\ 
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