自学印地语2  我们的家庭

javad:Raju ji, Manoj kaun hai?
raju:Manoj hamara bara beta hai.
javed:accha. Arma aur Ram kaun hai?
raju:Mina haman beti hai aur Ram hamara dusra beta hai.

javed:aur Gite ji apki patni hai?
raju:ji ha, Gim meri patni hai.
javed:kya apke bhai dakta.rhai?
raju:ji nahl. ve adhyapak hai.
javed:ve kaise adhyapak hai?
vraju:ve bahut acche adhyapak hai.

javed:Raju ji, who is Manoj?
raju:Manoj is our elder ('big') son.
javed:Right. Who are Meena and Ram?
raju:Meena is our daughter and Ram is our second son.
javed: And Geeta ji is your wife?

raju:Yes, Geeta is my wife.
javed:Is your brother a doctor?
raju:No, he's a teacher.
javed:What kind of teacher is he?
[i.e. 'is he good?']
raju:He's a very good teacher.

Exercise 2a

Translate these sentences into Hindi.
(NB: 'There are' is हैं  hain; 'only' is सिर्फ़ sirf.)

1 My name is Manoj. Raju and Geeta Sharma are my parents.
2 Meena is my little sister and Ram is my little brother.
3 Moti is our dog. He's very cute.
4 This is Meena. She is OK. She is little.

5 Our house isn't very big. There are only five rooms.
6 That boy is my friend; his name is Pratap [परमप  Pramp].
7 Javed sahab is our neighbour. [Use honorific plural.]

Exercise 2b
Here are some sentences with singular subjects. Make them all numerically plural. (Make sure that all verbs, pronouns and adjectives agree!)

यह लड़का बहुत प्यारा है .
yah ladka bahut pyara hai.
यह कुत्ता हमारा नहीं है .
yah kutti hamara nahi hai.
वह लड़का कौन है ?

vah ladka kaun hai?
यह आदिमी  कौन है ?
yah admi kaun hai?
मेरा दोस्त पंजाबी है .
mera dost panjabi hai.
क्या यह कुत्ता आपका है ?
kya yah kutti apka hai?