Scripted
Conversation #3
Hindi 313, Spring 2009
Students are
to prepare the appropriate questions and
possible answers in Hindi before the conversation
session and
turn them in for correction. Be creative
with your answers! Memorize
the corrected questions and answers with a goal for fluid, natural
delivery. During the session, you will
team
up in pairs and follow the script outlined below. You
are welcome to deviate from it and follow
another interesting line of conversation, as long as it is all
conducted in
Hindi. When you have gone through
all the questions, switch roles: the person who has been asking should
now be
answering and vice versa. Half way
through, everyone switches partners. Preferably,
the new partners should be of
different gender than the previous one, so that everyone gets a chance
to ask
all the questions, using masculine verbal endings, and then switch to
feminine
ones or the other way around
Session 3: Entertainment
Ask
each other the
following:
1.
What
are your hobbies?
2.
Do
you often go to the movies/ theatre/ concert/ opera/ dancing?
3.
Where
do you go? How do you go, and with whom?
4.
Have
you seen a particular movie/ play/ concert/ opera/ dancing?
5.
Did
you like it? Why (not)?
6.
Who
is your favorite actor/actress/singer?
7.
Do
you think X acts/sings as well as Y?
8.
You
should (ought to) see a particular movie/ play/ concert/ opera/ ballet.
9.
Which
books have you read?
10.
Did you like it? Why (not)?
(Answer:) You liked book X as much as
book Y.
11.
You should read book
XYZ. It is about …
12.
Do you play an instrument?
13.
Since when have you been
playing?
14.
Why did you learn to play
it?
15.
Provide
any follow-up questions you can think of…
Some Vocabulary
hobby
m
शौक़
movie
f
फ़िल्म
play
(theatre)
m
नाटक
concert
m
संगीत समारोह
opera
m
ऑपेरा,
संगीत नाटिकाf
to
dance
v.i .
नाचना
dance
m नाच
instrument
m
वाद्य
to
play (instrument) v.t. बजाना