4 1.1 हिंदी स्वर वर्ण “Hindi Vowel Letters”
Please watch this video of vowel letters with examples. While you are watching you can pause the video and try to say each vowel letter and examples out loud.
Instructor Video: Vowel letters with examples
How to Write Vowel Letters
Please watch the following video to learn how to write vowel letters. Please pause the video and practice writing these vowel letters.
Instructor Video: How to write vowel letters
Table 1. Hindi Vowel Letters “हिन्दी स्वर वर्ण”
| Hindi |
अ |
आ |
इ |
ई |
उ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | a | aa | i | ii | u |
| Hindi |
ऊ |
ए |
ऐ |
ओ |
औ |
| English | oo | e | ai | o | au |
| Hindi | |||||
| English | un | uh | Ri |
Table 2. Examples of Vowel letters in English and Hindi words.
| Vowel Letters | English Examples | Hindi Examples |
|---|---|---|
| अ | ABOUT, AGAIN | अनार |
| आ | ARM, CAR | आम |
| इ | PIN, KIN | इमली |
| ई | PEEL, FEEL | ईख |
| उ | PUT, BULL | उल्लू |
| ऊ | SCHOOL, POOL | ऊन |
| ए | PEN, DEN | एक |
| ऐ | PAN, VAN | ऐनक |
| ओ | POST, MOST | ओखली |
| औ | CAUGHT, BOUGHT | औरत |
| अं | UNDER, UNDO | अंडा |
| अ: | RAMA, SHIVA | दुःख, अंततः |
| ऋ | KRISHNA, KRISHI | ऋषि |
Worksheet 1. Please practice writing vowel letters now
Worksheet 1. Hindi language learners can download the worksheet below to practice writing vowel letters.
Test yourself
Activity 1:
Activity 2:
Please record your vowel sounds here and share it with your friends/teacher for further feedback.
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Dressing mirror
ऋतिक का कमरा "Hritik's Room"
Vocabulary
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| दरी n.f. Rug | बिस्तर n.m. Bed | कुर्सी n.f. Chair |
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| मेज़ n.f. Table | सोफ़ा n.m. Sofa | अलमारी n.f. Wardrobe |
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| किताब n.f. Book | पौधा n.m. Plant | तस्वीर n.f. Picture |
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| परदा n.m. Curtain | बत्ती n.f. Light bulb | पंखा n.m. Fan |
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| फूलदान/ गुलदस्ता n.m. Flower vase | घड़ी n.f. clock/watch | आईना n.f. Mirror |
Test Yourself
Reading/Listening
Context: Vidya comes back to Hritik's home. This time, Hritik is showing her his room.
Pre-Reading Activities
Please collect photos of the several things in your room, then on the back of your each photo, please write its name in Hindi. It should look like a flash-card but with photos.
Reading
| Hindi | English | |
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| ऋतिक: | आओ विद्या, आज, मैं तुम्हें अपना कमरा दिखाता हूँ | | Come Vidya, today, I show you my room. |
| विद्या: | चलो | | Let's go. |
| ऋतिक: | यह मेरा कमरा है | मेरे कमरे में, एक बिस्तर है, एक मेज़, एक कुर्सी और एक छोटा सोफ़ा भी है| बिस्तर के बगल में एक छोटी मेज़ है | उस मेज़ पर, एक बिजली की बत्ती, एक फूलदान और एक घड़ी भी है | | This is my room. In my room, there is one bed, one table, one chair, and one small sofa too. On that table, there is an electric bulb, a flower vase, and one clock too. |
| विद्या: | पढ़ाई की मेज़ पर, क्या है ? | What are on the study table? |
| ऋतिक: | पढ़ाई की मेज़ पर, एक कंप्यूटर, कुछ किताबें और एक कॉफ़ी कप है | | On the study table, there is a computer, a few books, and a coffee cup. |
| विद्या: | इस अलमारी में क्या है ? | What is in this almirah? |
| ऋतिक | इस अलमारी में, मेरे कपड़े और जूतें हैं | देखो, उस दीवार पर सुन्दर तस्वीरें हैं | दरवाज़े के पीछे एक आईना भी है | | In this almirah, there are my clothes and shoes. Look, there are beautiful pictures on that wall. There is a mirror behind the door too. |
| विद्या: | तुम्हारे कमरे का परदा बहुत सुन्दर है | और लगता है कि पंखा नया है | | The curtain of your room is very beautiful. It seems that fan is new. |
| ऋतिक: | जी हाँ, नया पंखा और नयी दरी भी | | Yes, New fan and new rug too. |
| विद्या: | तुम्हारा कमरा बहुत बड़ा और हवादार भी है| | Your room is very bog and airy too. |
| ऋतिक: | धन्यवाद ! क्या तुम भी मुझे अपना कमरा और घर दिखाओगी? | Thanks ! Will you also show me your room and house? |
| विद्या | हाँ, ज़रूर, क्यों नहीं ? | Yes, indeed, why not? |
Listening
Activity
Please make a list of at least 10 things of Hritik's room and then of your room.
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Drawing: Based on the above description of Hritik's room, please draw a picture Hritik's room.
Writing/Speaking
As you read how Hritik gave a description of his room to Vidya. Now, it is your turn to describe your room in 10-15 sentences. Please write them on the paper first and then audio-record yourself. Alternatively, you can also video-record describing your room.
Record yourself here:
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Goals of this Chapter
- In this chapter, you will begin with review of chapter 2.
- You will learn kinship vocabulary.
- You will learn how to introduce your family members
- You will learn adjectives to describe your family members.
- You will learn how to ask question to learn more about family members.
- In grammar, you will learn about adjectives.
- You will learn how adjective and noun conjugate.
- You will learn degree of adjectives.
- You will learn possessive maker का/की/के ('s) in Hindi.
- You will learn Wh- question words.
- You will learn how to form a Wh- question sentence in Hindi.
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