自学印地语5：你想什么？

उस को ये जीजे दीजिए . us ko ye eize dijie. Please give these things to him/her.
उन को मेरा पैसा दो .un ko meriI paisa do. Give my money to them.
मुझ को बाती.mujh ko batiIie. Please tell me.
तुम मुझ को कौन नहीं देती हो .tum mujh ko kueh nahin deti ho. You give me nothing.

pronoun + postposition are usually written together as one word
(उसको us ko),
though on the page opposite they were written as two
(उस को  us ko),
to show you more clearly what's going on.

Geeta talks to her children

Geeta is getting Manoj and Ram to help in the house. First, some new words:

कुंडा  kaunsa which?
साफ़ करनाsaf kama to clean
jo which, who
अखबार akhbiIr m. newspap

.Manoj beta, ye kitiIben tum almiIri men rakho.
kaunsi kitiIbe?
han ye, jo meri mez par padi hain.
Arma kaha hai? usko bulao.

accha Minu, tum yahan ho?
tum yah kamra saf karo. Ram,
tum pitaji se pucho ki akhbar kahan hai. unse kaho ki ccha baithe hain.

Manoj, son, put these books in the cupboard. Which books? Yes
these, which are lying on my table. Where's Meena? Call her.
Oh, Meena, you're here? You clean this room. Ram, ask father
where the newspaper is. Tell him that Uncle is sitting [waiting].

Did you know?

2 What do you like, what do you want?

Liking things

In English, we can say 'I like London'; the subject of this is'!'. But we could also say 'London appeals to me', which makes 'London‘ the subject. Hindi has many such constructions. They work like this: .

Liking things

In English, we can say 'I like London'; the subject of this is'!'. But we could also say 'London appeals to me', which makes 'London‘ the subject. Hindi has many such constructions. They work like this: .