自学印地语

The consonants
The vowels
Conjunct characters
Nasals
Other signs
Loanwords from English
Silent 'Inherent vowels'

01 नमस्तते  greetings

In this unit you will learn：
how to Say who you are, greet people and Say goodbye；
how to ask questions about things and people。

Language points：
the verb 'to be'；
basic sentence constnJction；
question fonnation。

1 Saying hello，
2 Who and how people are，
My and mine，
Yes / no questions，
you，
Practise what you've learnt，
3 This and that; he, she, and it。

4 More questions:
What's this?
Raju meets his new neighbour, Javed
Exercise 1a
Exercise 1b
Glossary

02 our family

In this unit you wlll liean:
about masculinesand feminines,
about fonnal and infonnal,
ways of speaking to people.

Language points:
agreement of number and gender,
cardinal and ordinal numbers.

1 Gender matters:
Practise what you've learnt;
all of the nouns have a gender;
Some adjectives never change;
Role play.

2 Number:
Two types of masculine noun;
Two types of feminine noun;
fill the gapl;
Practising some plurals;
Some numbers;
Bingo;
Ordinal numbers: first, second, third.
Ordinal numbers quiz.

3 Getting familiar.
4 Getting formal:
RaJu JI, Oeeta ji;
We and our;
Javed asks Raju about his family;
Exercise 2a;
Exercise 2b;
Exercise 2c;
Glossary.

03 In the room

In this unit you will learn:
to say where people and things are;
to describe things;
to talk about ownership.

Language points:
postpositions and case;
word order.

1 Some more questions:
What's this like?
Some questions for you.
2 Where? On the table:
Practise what you've learnt;
At home, at school, at work;
Word order;
Where's the cat?
Do you have ...