Hindi 321, Autumn Quarter 2007

Final Examination Checklist

(References to Shapiro’s Primer unless otherwise noted)

I. Devanāgarī script and pronunciation

1. Basic principles, 2.2; alphabetic order 4.6
2. Vowels, 2.3-4
3. Consonants, 3.1-3.3, 4.1, 4.2
4. Pronunciation, 2.3, 3.4
5. Numerals, 4.3; punctuation, 4.4; abbreviations, 4.5

II. Nouns & Adjectives

1. Nouns, 5.1; Masculine nouns, 5.2; Feminine nouns, 6.1
2. Adjectives, 6.2
3. Postpositions – simple, 5.3; compound, 7.4.
4. Vocative Case,16.4.

III. Pronouns

1. Personal and demonstrative pronouns, 6.3, 7.2
2. Oblique case, 8.4
3. Contractions of pronouns + को, 8.4
4. कुछ, कई, कोई, 9.5-9.6
5. Possessive pronouns, 10.2
6. Reflexive possessive pronoun अपना, 13.3

IV. Verbs

1. Habitual, 8.2
2. Progressive, 9.1
3. Perfective, 10.1, 11.1
4. Imperative, 12.1
5. Subjunctive, 13.1
6. Future, 13.2
7. Conjunct verbs, 18.1-18.6
8. Indirect Verb Construction, 15.1

V. Other Constructions

1. Adverbials, 10.3
2. कर construction, 12.3
3. –वाला construction, 12.2
4. Possessive constructions, 7.3
5. चाहना, 16.1
6. Constructions indicating obligation and necessity, 17.1-17.4

VI. Numbers

1. Cardinal numbers, 11.2
2. –वाँ, Ordinal numbers, 11.3
3. –गुना, Multiplicatives,13.4
4. –हरा, 13.5
5. –ओं, 13.6
6. Indefinites. 13.7
7. Fractions, 13.8

VII. Readings from the Jain Reader

1. Ch 4 – करवा चौथ १, २, भैया दूज १, २
2. Ch 5 – महर्षि वाल्मीकि, राम का वनवास
3. Ch 6 – एकलव्य की गुरुदक्षिणा, द्रौपदी का चीर
4. Ch 2 – चार पत्र