Hindi 311, Autumn Quarter 2007

Final Examination Checklist

I. Hindi sounds, Devanāgarī script and romanization

A. Consonants BHS 3, Primer 3.2

Basic forms.

Phonetic characteristics (aspiration, voicing, places of articulation) Primer 3.1

Supplemental sounds (dotted characters)

Consonant clusters BHS 6, Primer 4.1

General principles

Clusters involving र् (cons. + र् , र् + cons.)

common irregular clusters

use of विराम Primer 4.1.2

B. Vowels BHS 4, Primer 2.4

Full forms

mātrā forms

nasalization

C. Other BHS 7

Numerals Primer 4.3

Punctuation Primer 4.4

विसर्ग

Alphabetic order TYH p. 18

D. Romanization

II. Nouns

Masc. vs. Fem.; type 1 vs. type 2; sg. vs. pl. (direct case) (1.3)

Additional features (2.4)

Oblique vs. direct case (3.2)

See also: Primer 5.1, 5.2, 6.1

Vocative case (4.4, Primer 16.4)

III. Pronouns

Personal and demonstrative pronouns (1.1, Primer 6.3);

Additional features (2.4)

Oblique case (3.4, Primer 8.4)

Contractions of pronouns + को (5.5, Primer 8.4)

Possessive pronouns (6.2, Primer 10.2)

Reflexive pronoun अपना (6.3, Primer 13.4)

Summary of information on pronouns (6.5)

IV. Adjectives

Adjectives (inflecting and invariable) (1.4, Primer 6.2)

Agreement of adjectives with mixed genders (2.2)

Oblique case (3.3, Primer 6.2)

Comparison of adjectives (4.3, Primer 14.3)

V. Verbs

Present tense of 'to be' (1.1, Primer 6.4)

Past tense of 'to be' (4.1, Primer 6.4)

Infinitive (5.1)

Commands and requests (5.2, Primer 12.1)

Imperfective present tense (6.1, Primer 8.2)

VI. Other

Interrogative words (2.1, Primer 5.4)

Simple postpositions (3.1, Primer 5.3); compound postpositions (6.4, Primer 7.4)

Yes-no questions (1.2, Primer 5.4)

Simple sentence (1.5, Primer 5.7)

Some constructions with को (4.4, Primer 15.1)

Possessive constructions with का (5.3, Primer 7.3)

Uses of को with indirect and direct objects (5.4, Primer 8.3)

Conversational Features (2.3)

तो (4.2, Primer 26.3, partial)

VII. Vocabulary

Vocabulary from TYH Chapters 1-6.