-Ñ-Ø√- úø ’
Ram:
Hi Shyam and Prem, well met
(éπ©’Ææ’éÓ´úø ç ¨¡Ÿ¶µ ºç).
You are talkingabout the college day perhaps.
(O’®Ω’
College Day
†’ í∫’-Jç* ´÷ö«xúø ’-ûª’-†o-ô’d-Ø√o®Ω’?
- well met
= éπ©’-Ææ’-éÓ´úø ç ´’ç*ü¿-®·çC.
conversation
™
practise
îËߪ’çúÕ)
Shyam:
Yea, about the item we want topresent.
(Å´¤†’. Ç®ÓV ¢Ë ’ç v°æü¿-Jzçîª-¶ßË ’
Å稡ç í∫’Jç*)
Ram:
And what's that going to be?
(àçv°æü¿-Jzçîª-¶-ûª’-Ø√o®Ω’?)
Prem:
Weare yet to take a decision aboutit.
(ü∆E í∫’-Jç* Éçé¬ E®Ωgߪ’ç BÆæ ’éÓ
¢√Lq ÖçC)
Ram:
OK. O, that reminds me. There willbe a talk on 'Decision Making' byProf. Nischai tomorrow at 6 at col-lege. Are you coming?
(Ç, Ø√èπ◊ í∫’®Ìh-*açC. –
reminds me =
í∫ ’®Ìh*a ´÷ö«x-úË-ô°æ ¤p-úø ’ Åçô’çö«çéπü∆ – 'ņoô’dí∫’®Ìh-
*açC—, ÅE – ü∆E-éÀC
English.
O’
con-versation
™ ¢√úø çúÕ. Í®°æ ¤ ÇJçöÀéÀ'E®Ωg-
ߪ’-véπ´’ç— Å稡ç í∫’-Jç*
Prof.
E¨¡aß˝’-´÷ö«x-úø-¶-ûª’--Ø√o®Ω’
college
™. --O’®Ω’-´Ææ’h-Ø√o®√?)
Shyam andPrem:
Oh, sure. No missing it. Prof.Nischai is very good at givingsuch talks. We will certainlymake it.
(ÅüÁ™«
miss
Å´¤û√ç.Åô’-´çöÀN≠æߪ’çO’ü¿ î√™« ¶«í¬
´÷ö«x-úøû√úø ’)
Ram:
Just as our Principal is good at pick-ing such experts.
(Å™«çöÀE°æ ¤-ù’-©†’
áç°œéπ îËߪ’--úø ç™ ´’†
Principal
-™«í∫)
Shyam:
That's true.
Prem:
You are right.
°jÆæ 綵 «≠æù™
prepositions– about, on, at
í∫´’-Eçî√®Ω ’ éπü∆. ´’†™ î√-™«´’çCéÀûÁ©’Ææ’,
about
Åçõ‰í∫’Jç* ÅE.
About the book =
Ç°æ¤Ææ h-é¬Eo í∫’Jç*.
a)
¢Ë ’ç E†o Åûª-úÕí∫’-Jç*
paper
™ îªC¢√ç
Weread about him in the paper.
b)
¢√∞¡Ÿx¢√-∞¡x
school days
í∫ ’Jç* ´÷ö«xúø ’
-èπ◊Ø√o®Ω’
They talked about their school days.
c)
ü∆E í∫’-J- ç* Ø√Íéç í∫’®Ω’h-™‰ü¿’
I do not remember any thing about it.
on:
éÌçîÁ ç °ü¿l, ´·êu N≠æ-ߪ÷-©†’ í∫’-J- ç*
ÅØË--ô°æ ¤p-úø ’
on
¢√úøû√ç.
He is going to talk on decision making
E®Ωgߪ’ v°ævéÀߪ’ í∫’-J- ç*.
a)
´’† v°æñ«≤ƒy--´÷u-Eo í∫ ’-J- ç* ®√Æœ† ¢√uÆæ ç ÅC
It is essay on our democracy.
b)
È®jûª’© Çûª t-£æ «ûª u-© í∫’-J- ç* E¢Ë-Céπ ÅC
It is a report on farmers suicides.
at:
'at'
Ö°æ-ßÁ ÷-í¬-©’ -Éçûªèπ◊ ´·çü¿’ î√™« ûÁ©’-Ææ’-
èπ◊Ø√oçí∫ü∆. É°æ ¤p-úÕC îª÷ü∆lç.
Sekhar:
How good are you at Telugu?
(O’èπ◊ ûÁ©’í∫’ áçûª -¶«í¬ ´îª’a?)
Sanjeev:
Just give me some time. I will beas good at it as you are.
(Ø√é¬\Ææ h
time
É´¤y. ؈’ èπÿú≈ F Åçûª¶«í¬´÷ö«x-úø-û√†’)
Sekhar:
I am poor at Hindi
(Ø√èπ◊ £œ «çC ®√ü¿’)
Sanjeev:
I am quick at picking up languages
(¶µ «≠æ©’ Ø√èπ◊ ûª y®Ωí¬ ´≤ƒh®·)
´’†ç ¢Á ·ü¿-öÀÆæ 綵 «≠æù™ îª÷¨»çéπü∆.
a)
He is good at giving such talks.
b)
Our Principal is good at picking suchexperts.good at –
àüÁ jØ√ äéπ N≠æߪ’ç ¶«í¬ ûÁL-ߪ’-úø ç.
Poor at Maths – Maths
®√ü¿’.
Quick at understanding
ûª y®Ωí¬ Å®Ω n ç îËÆæ ’-éÓí∫--©í∫-úø ç. É™«çöÀîÓôx çû√ Ç
í∫’ù«©’, îª®Ω u© ûª®√yûª
'at'
¢√úøû√ç.
a)
Åûª-úø ’ °æ†’-©’-îËÊÆ N≠æ-ߪ’ç™ ñ«°æ uç îË≤ƒhúø ’
He is slow at doing things.
b)
Åûª-úø ’
Maths
èπ◊ ÅÆæ©’ °æE-éÀ-®√úø ’
He is hopeless at Maths.
c)
Åûª--úÕéÀ
grammar
®√ü¿’
He is bad at grammar.
d)
Ç¢Á’ §ƒô™ ´÷ Åçü¿-J™ Côd
She is the best of all of us at singing.
Now practise the following aloud inEnglish:Sushma:
Hi, Sumana,
àçöÀ™« ´î√a´¤?
Sumana:
†’¢Á yçûª
busy
í¬ ÖØ√o-N°æ ¤púø ’?
Sushma:
°∂ æ®√y-™‰ü¿’. -ë«Sí¬ØËÖØ√o, àç 鬢√L
îÁ°æ¤p?
Sumana:
Fèπ◊
English
¶«í¬´îª’a éπü∆. Ñ
les-son
é¬Ææ h
explain
-îË®·.
Sushma:
Ø√èπ◊
English
¶«í¬ØË-´îª’a. é¬E
Explain
îËߪ’--úø ç™ ØˆçûªíÌ°æ p-é¬ü¿’.
Sumana:
Å®Ωn ç îËÆæ ’-éÓ-´úø ç™ Øˆ’ é¬Ææ h
slow.
´÷
teacher
î√-™«
fast
í¬ îÁ°æ ¤hçC.´÷
classmates
î√-™«´’çC ûª y®Ωí¬ØË®Ω’aéÓ-í∫-©®Ω’.
Sushma:
OK.
؈’ v°æߪ’-Ao≤ƒh. îª÷ü∆lç ØËØÁçûª
¶«í¬ îËߪ’-í∫-©ØÓ.
b) Pavan:
Ç ´‚O í∫’-Jç* FÍéç ûÁ©’Ææ’?
Prakash:
à
movie
í∫ ’-Jç* †’´yúø-í∫-úø ç?
Pavan:
†´®Ωçí˚™ É°æ ¤p-úø ’ -Çúø ’-ûª’†o
movie
í∫’Jç*
Prakash:
ÅC ®√ï-éÃ-ߪ÷-©™ ÅNF-AE í∫’Jç*
ņ’-èπ◊çö«.
Pavan:
Ç É°æ¤púø ’ í∫ ’®Ìh-*açC. E†o
paper
™Ñ Å稻Eo í∫’-J- ç* ØËØÓ Â°ü¿l ¢√uÆæ ç
îªC¢√. Åçü¿’™ éÌEo
lines
Ñ*vû√Eo í∫ ’-J- ç* èπÿú≈ -Ö-Ø√o®·.
Prakash:
؈÷ îªC¢√ Ç ¢√uÆæ ç. ü∆E ®Ωîª-®·ûª
Éô’-´çöÀ N¨Ïx-≠æ-ù™ î√-™« ûÁL-Ní∫-©
¢√úø ’. (N¨Ïx-≠æù –
analysis)
Pavan:
¢√u≤ƒ© N≠æ-ߪ÷-E-éÌÊÆh, Ç °ævAéπ
cen-tre page articles
ÅFo ¶«í¬ØËÖçö«®·. Å®·ûËÅFo ®√ï-éÃ-ߪ÷-©†’-
í∫’-JçîËÖçö«®·.
AnswersSushma:
Hi Sumana, What brings youhere?
(ÉC
conversational expres-sion.
ÉC O’
conversation
™¢√úø çúÕ)
Sumana:
How busy are you now?
Sushma:
Doesn't matter.
(ÉD O’
conversa-tions
™ ¢√úø’-ûª÷çúø çúÕ-)
I am atleisure. (at leisure –
ë«S;
pronun-ciation:
-™„ï. ï –
measure
™ ™«í¬,
pleasure
™ ™«í¬).
What do youwant?
Sumana:
You are good at English, Pleaseexplain this lesson.
Sushma:
I am good at English, but I am notso good at explaining.
Sumana:
I am a littleslow at under-standingthings. Ourteacher is fast.Many of myclassmatesare quick atlearning.
Sushma:
OK I'll try. Let us see how good Iam at it.
b) Pavan:
What do you know about themovie?
Prakash:
What movie are you talkingabout?
Pavan:
The one showing at Navrang.(Showing –
Çúø-úø ç.
The movie isnow showing at the theatre.
äéπÆœE´÷ Çúø-úøç
'run'
ÅE èπÿú≈Åçö«ç.
The movie ran for a hun-dred days)
Prakash:
I think it’s (it is) a movie aboutcorruption in politics.
Pavan:
Yes, that reminds me. I read anarticle in the paper on the sametopic yesterday.
(°ævAéπ©™,
maga-zines
™ ¢√u≤ƒ-©†’
articles
Åçö«®Ω’)
There were some linesin it about this movie.
Prakash:
I read it too. The writer is veryclever at this kind of analysis.
Pavan:
Talking about articles,
(N≠æ-ߪ÷-E-
éÌÊÆh –
talking about/ coming to) allthe centre page articles in thepaper are good. The trouble is, allof them are on politics.
Amar:
Dad, I am starting for college. Whenwill you be there?
(؈’
college
éÀ¢Á∞¡ŸhØ√o. O’È®-°æ ¤p-úø ’çö«®Ω’
Åéπ\úø?)
Dad:
You mean, at the college?
(†’´y-†-úø ç,
college
™Ø√?)
You know, mother isgoing to hospital. I am taking herthere; after coming back from thehospital I will see you at the college.
(Å´’t
hospital
èπ◊ -¢Á-∞¡Ÿ-ûÓçC éπü∆.
؈’ BÆæ’-Èé--∞¡Ÿ-ûª’Ø√o†’.
Hospital
†’ç*´*a-† ûª®√yûª
college
èπ◊-´≤ƒh†’.)
Where is Arun?
(Å®Ω’ù˝ áéπ\úø?)
Amar:
He has gone to temple. You knowtoday is friday. Every friday he goesto temple. His engineer friend is atthe temple supervising some repairs.
(¢√úø ’ í∫’úÕ-éÀ -¢Á-∞«}úø ’. Ñ ®ÓV ¨¡Ÿvéπ¢√®Ω ç
éπü∆. v°æA ¨¡Ÿvéπ-¢√®Ωç ¢Á∞«húø’. ¢√∞¡x
Engineer friend
èπÿú≈ Åéπ\úËÖØ√oúø ’.)
Dad:
Your mother needs some medicines.Perhaps the shop is open now.
(Å´’tèπ◊ ´’çü¿’©’ 鬢√L.
Shop
ûÁJîËÖçô’çüË¢Á ÷?)
Amar:
That shop is my friend’s. He opensshop quite early. I think it is opennow.
(Ç
shop
´÷
friend
C. ¢√úø ’ûª y®Ωí¬ØË B≤ƒhúø ’. É°æ ¤púø ’ ûÁJîËÖçô’ç
ü¿-†’-èπ◊çö«)°jÆæ 綵 «≠æù™ ´’†ç í∫´’Eç*çC– äÍé ´÷ô
´·çü¿’, äéπ Ææçü¿-®Ωs¥ ç™
'the'
¢√úø-úø ç, ÉçéÓ
Ææ çü¿-®Ωs¥ç™
'the'
¢√úø-éπ-§Ú-´-úø ç. Ñ °æJ-ÆœnA
´·êuçí¬ v°æüË-¨»© ´·çü¿’ ´Ææ’hçC.éÌEo v°æüË-¨»©’ v°æûË u-éπçí¬ éÌEo Ö°æ-ßÁ ÷-í¬©Íé
°æJ-N’-ûª çí¬ Öçö«®·.
School, college, institu-tion
™«çöÀN Nü∆u-¶µ«u-≤ƒ-EéÀ, Nü∆u ¶üµ ¿-†èπ◊
(learning and teaching)
°æJ-N’ûª ç, v°æûË uéπç.
Å™«Íí
hospital, clinic, nursing home
™«çöÀN¢Á jü¿uç §Òçü¿--ú≈EéÀ, ¢Á jü¿uç îËߪ’--ú≈EéÀv°æûË uéπç. Ééπ
temples, churches, mosques (masjids)
™«çöÀN °æ ‹ï-©èπÿ, Ç®√-üµ ¿-†èπ◊, v§ƒ®Ω n-†-©èπ◊ v°æûË uéπ
v°æüË-¨»©’. Ñ v°æüË-¨»©/ Ææ n™«© v°æûËuéπ Ö°æ-ßÁ ÷-í¬©’
v°æ≤ƒh-NÆæ’h-†o-°æ ¤púø ’
'the'
®√ü¿’.
I AB
Students/ go to school, college,lecturers/ are at university etc.professors...A
éÀ çü¿ îÁ°œ p† ¢√∞¡x çü¿®Ω÷
B
éÀçü¿ îÁ°œ p† îÓôxèπ◊
¢√öÀv°æûË uéπ Ö°æ-ßÁ ÷í∫ ç éÓÆæ ç ¢Á∞«h®Ω’ 鬕öÀd,
school, college, etc
´·çü¿’
'the'
®√ü¿’. N’í∫-û√-¢√∞¡Ÿx, Åçõ‰
schools, colleges, etc
Ö°æ-ßÁ ÷-í∫ çûÓ
Ææç•çüµ¿ç™‰E¢√∞¡Ÿx,
go to/ are at the school/ college etc.Astudent goes to college/ their parents goto the college.(to meet the principal, pay the fees, etc)
II
¶µ ºèπ◊h©’
(devotees),
°æ ‹ñ«®Ω’©’ v§ƒ®Ωn-† Ææ-n-™«©èπ◊
-¢Á-∞¡-û√®Ω’.
They go to temple/ to church/ tomosque, etc.
Éçü∆éπöÀÆæ綵 «≠æù™,
the engineer is at thetemple to supervise some repairs
-Å-Ø√oç
.
(-Åéπ\úøÇߪ’† °æ ‹ïéÓÆæ ç ¢Á-∞¡}úø ç ™‰ü¿’ éπü∆)
III
Doctors, nurses, patients go to hospital.
O∞¡x çü¿-JéÀ
hospital
ûÓ °æE 鬕öÀ d,
hospital
´·çü¿’
'the'
®√ü¿’. Éçü∆éπöÀ Ææ 綵 «≠æù™
Amar'sfather, after returning from the hospital
ÅØ√oúø ’ éπü∆. Åçõ‰Çߪ’† Åéπ\-úÕéÀ
patient
í¬ØÓ,
doctor
í¬ØÓ ¢Á-∞¡}úø 癉-ü¿’ ÅE éπü∆.
Apatient is at hospital. Their friends and rel-atives go to the hospital to see.
-É™«Íí
business persons
-N≠æ-ߪ’ç™
openshop, close shop, are at shop.
Éûª-®Ω’-™„ j-ûË
go tothe shop, are at the shop.
Karun:
What's your brother, Kesav?
(O’
brother
àç îËÆæ’hçö«úø ’ Íé-¨¡¢˛?)
Keshav:
He goes to college.
(Åçõ‰– Åûª-úø ’
college student
ņo-´÷ô. D-E-ØË
'He goes to college'
-Å-E ÉçéÓ Nüµ ¿çí¬ îÁ°æ p-úø ç).
-Ç-C¢√®Ωç 2 --ÅéÓd•®Ω ’ 2005
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