HINDI
312—WINTER 2009
Homework
Assignments for
Weeks 5 and 6
(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
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.
For
Wednesday, February 4.
Memorize TYH conversation 9b. Dictation in class. [HW5c]
Prepare (in Hindi, in writing)
these additional questions and their responses:
- Do you read
stories? Which ones?
- What is your
favorite book? Why?
- Do you think
they will make a movie of your favorite book? Why
(not)?
For
Thursday, February 5.
Prepare for vocabulary
quiz on Chapter 9 (including
numbers 70-80). [HW5d] Do, by way of
review, exercises
9b.2 and 9b.3.
For
Friday, February 6.
Prepare for unit test on
Chapter 9.