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The document presents a lesson about a new teacher introducing himself to his students in Hindi. It includes sentences for translation, vocabulary exercises, and explanations of key phrases and grammatical elements in Hindi. The focus is on basic classroom interactions and understanding the structure of Hindi sentences.

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Chapter 1

The document presents a lesson about a new teacher introducing himself to his students in Hindi. It includes sentences for translation, vocabulary exercises, and explanations of key phrases and grammatical elements in Hindi. The focus is on basic classroom interactions and understanding the structure of Hindi sentences.

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पाठ – 1

मैं और आप
I and you
STORY – LESSON 1

• The new teacher enters the classroom


and introduces himself to the students
(2nd sentence).

• He greets them (1st sentence).,. he


tells them his name (2nd sentence) and
why he is there (3rd sentence).

• He ends up with a question – asking, is


he in the right classroom (4th sentence)?
Sentences
1. नमस्ते, बच्चों। Namaste, baccoṃ.
2. मेरा नाम राजू है । Merā nām Rajū hai.
3. मैं आपका अध्यापक हूूँ। Maiṃ āpkā adhyāpak hūṃ.
4. यह दसव ीं है ? Ye dasvīṃ hai?
Exercise
1) Translate the below sentences in Hindi!

(a) He is a teacher.
(b) Is your name Raju?
(c) He is Raju’s teacher?
2) Write these words in Devanagari (Hindi script)!

(a) Rām (b) Kamrā (c) Harā (d) Kakā (e) Padak
Translation
1. Hello /to the students
2. My /name /Raju /to be
(My name is Raju)
3. I /your /teacher /to be
(I am your teacher)
4. This /the 10th class or standard /to be?
(Is this the 10th standard?)
Explanation
1. Namaste - नमस्ते is a « Hello » and « Bye »; bit formal; it is accompanied by the gesture “joining
both hands on the chest’’. We do not use it among friends; normally, for friends, we simply nod heads
or say ‘Hello’ in English. I will teach you other versions later (let us keep it simple for now).

2. Baccoṃ - बच्चों - plural form of ‘baccā’बच्चा - A child/kid, often, a teacher uses this for
his/her students. ‘Baccā’ becomes ‘bacce’ बच्चे in plural and ‘baccoṃ,’ when there is an inherent ‘to.’
In Hindi, like English, we can say ‘Hello to you’ or ‘Namaste to you.’

3. Merā nām – मेरा नाम - ‘Merā’ is ‘possessive adjective. ‘My;’ ‘Nām’ is ‘name’ – Here, let me
clarify that, in Hindi, nouns have gender, and ‘Nām’ is a masculine noun; therefore, we use ‘Merā’ on
the other hand, with a feminine noun, it would be ‘Merī’ मेरी (we will see in details later), for now just
remember this.

4. Hai - ह-
ै The verb ‘to be’ conjugated with ‘third person’ ‘Merā nām’ singular. Like ‘Is/ am/ are in
English.
5. Maiṃ - ‘I’

6. Apkā - ‘Āp + kā’ – Āp - You – is used in two ways – to address


someone with respect/formally or to address a whole class of students (in
plural). ‘kā’ is a ‘postposition’ indicating ‘possession’ – so ‘āpkā’ is literally ‘of
you/your.’

7. Adhyāpak – teacher

8. Hūṃ - ‘Am’

9. Ye - ‘This’ - ‘Ye’ pronounced ‘Ye’ ये but written ‘Yaha’ यह - due to the


evolution of the language.

10. Dasvīṃ - ‘Das’ is ‘ten’; ‘vīṃ’ converts ‘Das’ into its ordinal form.

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