Hindi 311

Homework Assignments for Weeks 1-3

For Thursday, October 1. Read carefully the course handouts given out in class. Note that you are responsible for all the information given in this outline. Read BHS, Units 1 and 2.

For Friday, October 2. Read carefully BHS, Unit 3.

For Monday, October 5. Read carefully BHS, Unit 4. [HW2a] Do in writing exercises 1-3 (pp. 24, 26, 29). Make sure to use the ruled paper passed out in class and to write in pencil (despite the recommendation in the textbook to write with a pen). Make sure that your Hindi writing fits in the ruled paper in the prescribed manner. Always write the question first then your answer beside it – this ensures that you get maximum Devanāgarī practice. Pay careful attention to the diacritics (the dots and lines below/above letters) in the Romanized words.

For Tuesday, October 6. Review BHS, Units 3 and 4. [HW2b] Do in writing exercises 4-8.

For Wednesday, October 7. [HW2c] Do in writing exercises 9-11. Learn the order of vowels and consonants as given on the supplemental sheet passed out in class. Read carefully TYH, pages 19-22, paying careful attention to the grammar in 1.1 (personal pronouns and the verb 'to be') and 1.2 (questions and answers). Read Conversation 1a. [Supplementary: Primer 6.3-6.4].

For Thursday, October 8. Read carefully BHS, Unit 6. You may find this a bit tricky, but don't panic. We'll go over it carefully in class.

For Friday, October 9. Read Conversation 1b in TYH.

For Monday, October 12. [HW3a] Do in writing exercises 12-16 in BHS. [HW3n] Turn in your chosen “Hindi name” written in Devanāgarī, with its meaning. Attempt Dictionary Drill exercise (handed out in class earlier, not to be turned in yet). Bring to class your Oxford Hindi-English dictionary.

For Tuesday, October 13. Prepare for written test on the Devanāgarī writing system. This quiz is on the content of BHS, Units 2-4 and 6. You are responsible for the written forms of Devanāgarī characters, transcription from Roman in Devanāgarī and vice versa, the Devanāgarī alphabetic order, and the formation of basic consonant clusters. (You will not be required to sound out Hindi words or write them down from oral prompts).

For Wednesday, October 14. Read carefully BHS, Unit 7 (pages 72-81). [HW3b] Turn in Dictionary Drill.

For Thursday, October 15. Read TYH, 1.3-1.5. [HW3c] Do in writing exercises 1a and 1b. Write the entire sentence for Exercise 1a, and also write out the Devanāgarī passage in Exercise 1b. Don’t write out the Romanized versions.

For Friday, October 16. [HW3d] This homework assignment is to be turned in and will be graded.

Translate the following sentences into Hindi.

1. The house is empty.
2. One room is very small but the other rooms are large.
3. There are two tables, one red chair, three fans, a cupboard, and a large bed. 
4. Are the chairs OK?
5. Hindi, Punjabi and Gujarati are Indian languages.
6. This big garden is very beautiful and clean. 
7. These small birds are very beautiful.
8. Are these new cars Indian? They are not Indian, they're Russian. 
9. This white bicycle is quite old. 
10. Paternal Uncle (use –जी) and Grandmother (use – जी) are good people. 
11. But these old men are not good.  Both [of them] are lazy (आलसी).

For Monday, October 19. Prepare for vocabulary quiz on TYH, Chapter 1.