Basic Hindi | Lesson 7 | Postpositions

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Namastē! Lesson 7 | Basic Hindi

Lesson object

1 Interrogatives

2 Postpositions

Revision : Basic interrogatives

English Hindi

How? kaisē?

What? kyā?

How much/many? kitnā / kitnē?

Revision

English Hindi

How are you? Āp kaisē hai?

I am fine Maiṁ acchā / acchī hooṁ

Fine, and you? Thīk, aur āp?

What is your name? Āpakā nāam kyā hai?

My name is ___ Merā nāam ___ hai

Lesson object

1 Interrogatives

2 Postpositions

Today’s conversation!

When did he come? He came yesterday

Where are you from? I am from ___ who are you?

I am Claire

Today we will need to learn the interrogatives'When',

'Where' and 'Who', lets start with 'When'!

Interrogatives

Using interrogations - When

When did he come?

Using interrogation - When

When did he come

Kab vaha ānā

Grammar tip

Come = ānā (in the present tense) In the past however, did+ come

translates as 'āyā'

Using interrogation - When

When did he come

Kab vaha āyā

Grammar tip

In Hindi, 'tomorrow' and 'yesterday' are both translated as 'kal', and one has to figure out what

is being spoken about by the tense of speaker

He came yesterday - Vaha kal āyā He will come tomorrow - Vaha kal ā 'ēgā

Using interrogations - When

Question structureSubject | Interrogation | verb

When did he come?

Vaha kab āyā?

Conversation

He came yesterday

Conversation

When came yesterday

Vaha kal āyā

Conversation

Sentence structureSubject | Object | verb

He came yesterday

Vaha kal āyā

Let's see if you remember…

Exercise : Pick the right option

'When' translates to ___

Solution

'When' translates to ___

Recall what the other options translate as!

Hindi English

Kyā What

Vaha He / She

Next we cover the interrogations 'Where' and'Who'

Interrogatives

Kahān

Grammar tip

Where' in Hindi is pronounced with a nasal sound, like 'hoom'

Here, the 'n' is not completely pronounced, much like the

English word 'angst'

Conversation

Where are you from?

Grammar tip

A preposition is a word, linking one part of a

sentence to the another (subject to object)

A preposition is called so as it comes before the link,

eg 'On the table'

In Hindi however, the link comes afterwards and is

therefore called a postposition

Example, 'On the table' becomes 'table par'

Conversation

Where are you from

Kahān haiṁ Āp sē

Conversation

Question Structure Subject | Interrogation | Postposition

|'To-be' verb

Where are you from?

Āp kahān sē haiṁ?

Postposition - From

Grammar tip

Postposition comes before the 'infinitive'

Postpositional Question Structure

Subject | Interrogation |Postposition | 'To-be' verb

Conversation

I am from ____

Conversation

I am from ____

Main hūn sē ____

Conversation

Postpositional Answer StructureSubject | Reply | Postposition |'To-be'

I am from ____

Main ____ sē hūṁ

Grammar tip

Postpositional Answer Structure

Subject | Reply | Postposition | 'To-be' verb

Interrogatives

Use of interrogation - Who

Who are you?

Use of interrogation-Who

Who are you

Kaun haiṁ Āp

Using interrogations - Who

Basic question structure Subject | Interrogation | 'To-be' verb

Who are you?

Āp kaun haiṁ?

Answering interrogation-Who

I am Claire

Answering interrogation -Who

I am Claire

Maiṁ hooṁ Claire

Answering interrogation-Who

Basic Answer structureSubject | (object) | 'To-be' verb

I am Claire

Maiṁ Claire hooṁ

Let's see if you remember…

Exercise : Pick the right option

'I am from __' translates to ___

Main _ sē hūn

Vaha kab āyā

Āp kaun haiṁ

Solution

'I am from __' translates to ___

Main _ sē hūn

Vaha kab āyā

Āp kaun haiṁ

Recall what the other options translate as!

English Hindi

When did he come? Vaha kab āyā?

Who are you? Āp kaun haiṁ?

Basic interrogatives

English Hindi

How? kaisē?

What? kyā?

When? kab?

Where? kahān?

Who? kaun?

Lesson object

1 Interrogatives

2 Postpositions

Grammar tip

These are some of the common postpositions that we shall learn in the following lessons

Postpositions

Mēṁ

Postpositions

Pē / kō / mēṁ

Grammar tip

As a postposition, 'on' usually takes three forms 'pē' , 'kō' and 'mēṁ'

Postpositions

Mēṁ

Postpositions

English Hindi

From Sē

At Mēṁ

In Mēṁ

On Pē / kō / mēṁ

Of kā

Revision : Basic interrogatives

English Hindi

How? kaisē?

What? kyā?

When? kab?

Where? kahān?

Who? kaun?

Revision : Today's conversation!

English Hindi

When did he come? Vaha kab āyā?

He came yesterday Vaha kal āyā

Where are you from? Āp kahān sē haiṁ?

I am from ___ Main ____ sē hūn

Who are you? Āp kaun haiṁ?

I am Claire Maiṁ Claire hooṁ

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What's next?

In the next lesson we will learn two moreinterrogations and have a

simple conversation!

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