LESSON NOTES

Lower Beginner S1 #17

Using Hindi Superlatives

CONTENTS

Dialogue - Hindi
Main
English
Romanization
Vocabulary
Sample sentences
Vocabulary phrase usage
Grammar
Cultural insight

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DIALOGUE - HINDI

MAIN

1. के ट : आज शाम तुम या कर रही हो?

2. आरती : आज म अपने मंगेतर के साथ के ट मैच दे खने जा रही ँ

3. के ट : अ ा! सबसे अ ा खलाड़ी कौन है?

4. आरती : स चन त लकर! वह ब त अ ा खेलता है।

ENGLISH

1. Arti : What are you doing this evening?

2. Kate : I am going to see the cricket match with my fiancee.

3. Arti : Really! Who is the best player?

4. Kate : Sachin Tendulkar! He plays really well.

ROMANIZATION

1. aarTi : aaj shaam Tum kya kar rahii ho?

2. kaet : aaj main apne mangeTar ke saath kriket match Dekhne ja rahi hoon

3. aarTii : acchaa! SabaSe acchaa khiLaadii kauN hai?

4. kaet : sachin Tendulkar! vah bahuT acchaa kheLaTa hai.

VOCABULARY

Hindi Romanization English Class Gender

मंगेतर mangetar fiancee noun

खेलना to play verb

शाम shaam evening noun feminine

साथ saath with, together adverb

कौन kaun, kauN who noun, interrogative

जाना jaanaa to go verb

ब त bahuT much, very adverb

अ ा achchha good, nice adjective

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SAMPLE SENTENCES

मेरा मंगेतर मुंबई म रहता है | स चन त लकर एक अ ा के ट खलाड़ी है|

mera mangeTar mumbai mein rehTa hai sachin TenDulkar ek achha kriket khiladi hai

My fiancee lives in Mumbai. Sachin Tendulkar is a good cricket player.

कल शाम को घूमने म मज़ा आया| म रोज शाम आठ बजे तक घर प ँच जाती ँ|

kal shaam ko ghoomne mein maza aaya main roj SHaam aaTH baje Tak GHar pahunCH
jaaTii hoon
It was fun to roam in the evening yesterday.
I reach home by 8 every evening.

इन कपड़ो के साथ ये जूते अ े नह लगगे. म अपनी माँ के साथ बाज़ार जा रही ँ |

iN kapdo ke SaaTH ye juuTe acche Nahiin main apnii maa ke saath baazaar jaa rahi hoon
LageNge.
I'm going to the market with my mom.
These shoes won't match well with these clothes.

म इसक परवाह नही करता क तु हे कौन कॉल कर रहा है,तुम यहाँ कल कौन आ रहा है?
फोन का इ तेमाल नही कर सकते|
kal kaun aa raha hai?
mein iski parwah nahi karta ki tumhe kon call kar
Who is coming tomorrow?
raha hai,tum yahan phone ka istemal nahi kar
sakte.

I don't care who is calling, you cannot use the

phone here.

सुमन कू ल जाएगी। अगले स तांत म बीच पे कौन कौन जा रहा है?

SumaN Skuul jaaegii. agle sapthant mein beech pe kon kon ja raha
hia?
Suman will go to school.
Who is going to the beach next weekend?

आप घर जाईये और आराम क रए | म एक स मेलन म भाग लेने जापान जा रही ँ|

aap ghar jaayiye aur aaraam kariye mai ek sammelan mein bhaag lene japan ja rahi
hun
Please go home and take a rest.
I am going to Japan to attend a conference.

म व व ालय जाती ँ| आज ब त ठं डी हवा चल रही है|

main vishvavidyalay jaaTii hoon aaj bahuT THandii hawa chal rahii hai

I go to the university. Wind is blowing very cold today.

मुझे ब त भूख लगी है| आज मौसम अ ा है|

muJHe bahuT BHooKH lagii hai aaj mausam achha hai

I am very hungry. The weather is good today.

VOCABULARY PHRASE USAGE

कर रही kar rahii means "doing." It comes from the verb karna, which means "to do."

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We can change the verbs into their present continuous form by adding rahi to the root of the verb. So to
say "going," we add rahi to the root of the verb jaana. So it becomes ja rahi.

अ ा! achha! means "good," but it can also be used as an interjection to express surprise or
acknowledgement.

सबसे अ ा sabse achha. It is a phrase which means "the best of all." So if we say सबसे अ ा घर sabse achha
ghar, it means "the best house of all."

It changes according to the number and gender of the noun. So achha changes into achhi if the noun
following it is feminine.

For example, we'd say सबसे अ घड़ी sabse achhi ghadii, which means "the best watch of all."

खेलता khelTa means "plays." It comes from the verb "khelna," which means "to play."

Similarly, we could add Ta/Ti/Te to the root of the verb to make it into present tense.

For example, to say "he goes," we'd say vah jaata hai. We add ta to the root of the verb jaana, which
means "to go."

Another example would be main khaaTi hoon to mean "I eat" (said by a female).

GRAMMAR
The Focus of this Lesson is Learning Superlatives in Hindi.
स चन त लकर! वह ब त अ ा खेलता है।
Sachin Tendulkar! vah bahuT acchaa kheLaTa hai.
"Sachin Tendulkar! He plays really well."

Superlatives are formed by adding सबसे sabse before the head noun. For example, we could add सबसे
sabse before the adjective सु दर sunDar, which means "pretty." So together it becomes sabse sundar,
which means "prettiest of all."

Similarly, we could add sabse to the adjective chhota, and together, it becomes सबसे छोटा sabse chhota,
which means "shortest of all."

To compare two nouns, for example, if A is as good as B, you use equative structures, which are formed
by adding jaisa. For example, if you want to say Arti is as intelligent as Kate, we could say आरती के ट जैसी
समझदार है| aarTii ket jaisi samajhDar hai.

jaisa is similar to "like" in English and must agree with the head noun in gender and number. We have to
take into consideration the gender and number of the subject and not the noun we are comparing it to.

So when we say, "This box is as big as those boxes," the head noun is a box which is "singular" and
"masculine" in gender.

So the sentence becomes यह ड बा उन ड ब जैसा बड़ा है| yah dabba un dabbon jaisa bada hai

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Sometimes we also use the terms ek jaisa/ek jaisi:

For example, we could say यह जुड़वाँ बहने एक जैसी ह yah judwa bahne ek jaisi hain, which means "These twin
sisters are alike."

Sample Sentences

1. माउ ट एवरे ट सबसे ऊंचा पहाड़ है

Maunt aevrest sabse oonCHa pahaad hai.
"Mt. Everest is tallest of all the mountains."
2. यह कमरा होटल के कमरे जैसा अ ा है
Yah kamraa hotal ke kamre jaisa achha hai.
"This room is as good as a hotel room."

Examples from this Dialogue

1. सबसे अ ा खलाड़ी कौन है?

Sabse achha khilaadii kaun hai?
"Who is the best cricketer?"

CULTURAL INSIGHT
Cricket in India

Even though hockey is the national sport of India, cricket manages to gather much more excitement and
a bigger fan following. Cricket is a game that sets the entire nation's heart to beat faster. Hotels, pubs,
and restaurants all have huge TV screens to watch cricket matches. People in India are simply crazy
about watching cricket matches. Those who are really passionate about the game find time out of their
busy day to play, watch, and discuss cricket with like-minded people.
The player Sachin Tendulkar is one of India's cricket superstars.

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