HINDI
312—WINTER 2009
Homework
Assignments for
Weeks 3 and 4
(All
references are to
the Teach Yourself Hindi textbook)
Assignments
marked with the symbol ! are to be
done in
writing and turned in to be corrected and graded. The symbol — marks
assignments to be
prepared for conversations.
For Tuesday, January 20. Read
carefully TYH,
section 8.2 (Primer 23.5)
! [HW3a] Using
continuous verb
forms, translate into Hindi:
- Shiva
(proper noun, m.) was speaking.
- I
(m.) am thinking.
- We
(m.) are not buying.
- You
(तूm.) are not
asking about
my store.
- She
is
coming from Delhi.
- We
(m.) are going to Mumbai.
- Lakshmi
(prop. n. f, respect) was reading a book.
- Sangeeta
was writing a letter to Kṛṣṇa.
- Ram's
younger brother was making a plan.
- I
(f.) was calling the wrong number.
- She
was saying that I am not coming home tomorrow.
For
Wednesday, January 21.
Memorize Conversation
8b. — [HW3b]
Prepare (in
Hindi, in
writing) these additional questions and their responses
(provide
English translation of your responses to help us understand what you
are trying
to say):
1.
Do
you have any pencils?
2.
How
many brothers and sisters do you have?
3.
Are
they living with you? Or are you living alone?
4.
How
many [pairs of] shoes do you have?
5.
Do
you have a cold?
6.
Do
you have a car?
7.
Do
you have time to see a movie tonight? Which one are you seeing?
8.
What
are you doing after this class?
9.
What
were you doing yesterday evening?
For Thursday,
January 22. Read
remainder of
grammar sections in TYH, Chapter 8. Supplemental reading, Primer,
10.3
(Adverbs), 19.7 (Dates). !
[HW3c]
Do
in writing exercises 8a.1, 8a.2 and 8b.1.
For
Friday, January 23.
Memorize Conversation
8b. — [HW3d] Prepare (in
Hindi, in
writing) these additional questions and their responses
(provide
English translation of your responses):
1.
What is
today’s date?
2.
Where are you
staying
right now?
3.
Where will
you eat
dinner (रात
का खाना/भोजन) today? (use
continuous
tense)
4.
What are you
eating for
dinner?
5.
What are you
doing at
this university (विश्वविद्यालयm)?
! [HW3e] Translate
each of the
following into Hindi (do this assignment on a separate sheet of paper
than the
conversation questions above):
1.
The post
office is to
the left of the hospital.
2.
He is talking
loudly
with her.
3.
Her birthday
is next
month, on Feb. 2.
4.
Listen
attentively every
day!
5.
We are going
to Kathmandu on the 31st of Jan.
6.
At what time
is Ajay
coming to your house?
7.
Please drive
the car
carefully and arrive punctually.
8.
She is
standing outside,
under my window. (Hint: use होना)
9.
How does Mr.
Khanna
drive? Very badly!
10.
Sangeeta is
quickly
showing me her stories.
For
Monday, January 26.
Prepare for
vocabulary quiz on Chapter 8 (including numbers 60-70, days of the
weeks, Hindi
names of months in the Western calendar system).
For
Tuesday, January 27.
Prepare for unit test
on TYH, Chapter 8. The test will be
30 min.
long, after which we will start on Conv 9a in class (no need to
prepare).
For
Wednesday, January 28.
Prepare carefully
reading passage that will be passed out in class on Monday, January 28.
For
Thursday, January 29. Read
carefully TYH,
sections 9.1-9.3, and Primer, 13.3 (Future), 7.1 (presumptive
only).
For
Friday, January 30.
Memorize carefully
TYH, conversation 9a. — [HW4a] Prepare (in
Hindi, in
writing) these additional questions and their responses:
- What work
will you do after finishing school?
- Where will
you work?
- Will you see
a movie this weekend (सप्ताहांतm)? Which one?
(or Why not?)
- Will you
study tonight? With whom? (or Why not?)
For
Monday, February 2. ! [HW5a] Write in
your best
formal Hindi a short paragraph (consisting
of at least 10 sentences) entitled मेरा परिवार. In
this paragraph
describe either your real family or a fictive family, enumerating the
members
of the family and giving some basic facts about them. In the
course of the
paragraph make sure you use each of the present imperfective, past
imperfective, present continuous, past continuous, and future tenses.
Provide
an English translation of your paragraph.
For
Tuesday, February 3. Read TYH,
sections
9.4, 9.5, and 9.6 and Primer, 8.5 (ही
and
भी). ! [HW5b] Do exercises
9a.1 and
9b.2.