HINDI 321, AUTUMN QUARTER 2009
Homework Assignments for Weeks 6-7
Assignments marked with the symbol ! are to be turned in on the day due and will be graded.
For Monday, November 2. Prepare carefully the reading passages भैया दूज, pages 38-39
For Tuesday, November 3. Prepare for a vocabulary quiz on items marked with * and their sub-entries for करवा चौथ १ & २, भैया दूज १ & २, as well as #s 60-80.
In preparation for a review session on adverbials and on the कर construction, review Primer, sections 10.3 and 12.3. Although it is not indicated on your class schedules, we will also go over the –वाला construction (12.2.)
For Wednesday, November 4. Prepare carefully the reading passage महर्षि वाल्मीकि (pp. 50-51).
For Thursday, November 5. Complete preparation of the reading passage महर्षि वाल्मीकि
! [HW6a] Partly based upon the भैया दूज passages, translate the following sentences into Hindi, using the subjunctive verbal forms wherever possible:
1. Because of the fierce heat of the sun, they may stay at home all day.
2.
It appears that she
might have given
birth to two daughters, Yamuna and
3. Let’s act with (the god) Agni like gods!
4. Should the king, pleased with/at this, begin to give money to the people? [Word as an extremely polite suggestion]
5. When she hears that her sister has arrived, she may wish to go to meet her.
6. After some time I may remember your (int.) name.
7. It is possible that he may have sent his son to look for them.
8. All three teachers are displeased, as if their students never do their schoolwork.
9. The mother should lovingly feed her guests meat- and vegetable-samosas (समोसा, m).
10. Mother should stop, lest her friend die from eating so many of her samosas.
For Friday, November 6. ! [HW6b] Based upon the reading passage महर्षि वाल्मीकि , answer the following questions in complete Hindi sentences. Try to not be terse, but instead elaborate your answers.
(१) अपने जीवन के शुरू में वाल्मीकि क्या करने से अपना और अपने परिवार का पेट पालते थे ?
(२) सप्तऋषियों को
देखते ही
वाल्मीकि ने
क्या किया
?
(३) वाल्मीकि ने
सप्तऋषियों से
क्या चीज़
मांगी ?
(४) सप्तऋषि क्या
जानना चाहते थे ?
(५) वाल्मीकि का
उद्धार कैसे
होगा ?
(६) एक दिन
वाल्मीकि ने
नदी के
किनारे क्या
देखा ?
(७) यह क्यों कहा जाता है कि ‘शोक से श्लोक निकला ’ ?
For Monday, November 9. Prepare carefully the reading passage राम को वनवास (pp.52-53).
For Tuesday, November 10. Prepare for a vocabulary quiz on items marked with * and their sub-entries for महर्षि वाल्मीकि & राम को वनवास, as well as #s 80-100.
In preparation for grammar review session, review material on conjunct verbs (Primer 18.1-18.6).
For Wednesday, November 11. NO CLASS. VETERANS DAY HOLIDAY.
For Thursday, November 12. Prepare reading passage केवट प्रसंग (pp. 53-54).
For Friday, November 13. Complete the केवट प्रसंग reading. ! [HW7a] Based upon the reading passages राम को वनवास & केवट प्रसंग, answer the following questions in complete Hindi sentences:
१. राजा दशरथ के परिवार के बारे में बताइये ।
२. राजा दशरथ राम को युवराज क्यों बनाना चाहते थे ?
३. कैकेयी को राजा ने वर क्यों दिये थे ? उसने क्या वर माँगे और कब ?
४. जब राम ने वन जाने का निश्चय किया तब क्या हुआ ?
५. भरत और शत्रुघ्न कहाँ से बुलाये गये और क्यों ?
६. ख़बर सुनकर भरत ने क्या किया ?
७. राम ने भरत की बात क्यों नहीं मानी ?
८. भरत ने राम के वनवास के दौरान क्या किया ?
९. केवट राम को गंगा पार कराने नाव क्यों नहीं लाया ?
१०. केवट राम से क्यों डरता है ?
११.उसने यह समस्या कैसे हल की ?
१२.सीता ने केवट को अँगूठी क्यों देनी चाही ? केवट ने उसे क्यों इनकार किया ?
For Monday, November 16. Study for vocabulary quiz on items marked with * and their sub-entries for केवट प्रसंग & लक्ष्य-बेध, as well as large #s.