Hindi1: lesson 6a क्या प्रीटी रानी से सुंदर है? Is Preeti more beautiful that Rani?

खेल-सामान्या ज्ञान (जेनरल नॉलेज) Go round the class asking people if they know a general knowledge question. i.e. क्या आपको मालूम है कि फ़ीजी की राजधानी का नाम क्या है? Do you know the name of the capital of Fiji? Make a note of how many people know your fact, and the wrong answers you get. Then we will share our findings with the class and learn some सामान्या ज्ञान.

शाहरूख अमिताभ से ख़ूबसूरत है Shahrukh is handsomer than Amitabh से (‘than’) after one term you are comparing another term to makes a comparison in Hindi. (NB the adj. agrees with noun not followed by से)

जॉन अब्राहम सबसे सुंदर है John Abraham is the handsomest सबसे after a term you want to qualify means that it is the ‘most [adjective]’ (always include an adjective)

खेल - चाय कॉफ़ी से अच्छी है Activity – Tea is better than coffee. Write down sentences comparing these pairs, change adjectives where needed शाहरुख खाँ - सुनील दत्त, (सुंदर) सिंगापुर – मलेशिया (बड़ा) हिन्दी भाषा - चीनी भाषा (मुश्किल) टोयोटा - बीएमडब्लयू (महँगा) Basic formula: X Y से adj. है etc. राम रमेश से लम्बा है। Ram is taller than Ramesh

Adjective agreement राम सीता से लम्बा है Ram is taller than Sita. सीता राम से लम्बी है Sita is taller than Ram. राधा सबसे लम्बी है Radha is the tallest.

खेल – किसका घर सबसे दूर है? Whose house is most far? Lets get into a line where the person whose house is most far away is at one end and the nearest at the other. Make a long line ask your neighbour क्या आपका घर मेरे घर से ज़्यादा दूर है? Is your house further than my house? Then if it is swap places until we sorted.

कौन-सा which? कौन-सा means ‘which?’ (out of a range of possible choices). It behaves like an adjective that changes कौन-सा रंग which colour (ms.) कौन-सी किताब which book (fs. & fp.) कौन-से गाने which songs (mp.) postpositions also influence agreement कौन-से कमरे में in which room? (mp. oblique)

खेल - आपको कौन-सा रंग पसंद है? Move around the class asking the question above. It means ‘Which colour do you like?’ People should reply by saying. मुझको लाल रंग पसंद है। I like red colour. etc. Then we will share with the class some information about who likes which colour. कालागुलाबीकेसरीबैंगनीनीला भूरासफ़ेदलालपीलाहरा

थोड़ा, छोटा, कम, little, small, less मेरे पास थोड़ा पैसा है। I have a little money. - थोड़ा, little (quantity) मेरे पास एक छोटी गाड़ी है। I have a small car. - छोटा, small (size) मुझको कम चीनी चाहिए। I want less sugar. - कम, less (relatively) NB English muddles up little, small, less

मुझे कम खाना चाहिए I want less food How do you write you want smaller size/quantity/less of these things? (NB only use कम with one item from the list) चावल थाली (i.e. plate of food) चाय (adj. agrees with प्याला/कप nm.) चीनी We will share some of our sentences.

कुछ और कोई Some आपकी जेब में कुछ है? Do you have something in your pocket? मेरी जेब में कुछ पैसा है। I have some money in my pocket. तुम्हारे कमरे में कोई है ? Is there somebody in your room? नहीं, लेकिन रसोईघर में कोई औरत है। No, but there is some woman in the kitchen. NB कुछ नहीं nothing, कोई नहीं nobody

आपके झोले में कुछ है? Do you have something in your bag? Move around the class asking each other if they have something in their bag on the model above (if no bag use जेब nf. pocket) At the end we will ask you some questions about who had what. NB कोई takes the form किसी before a ppn. So we will ask questions like: क्या किसी के झोले में छतरी थी?

मेलबोर्न में सबसे अच्छा.... The best … in Melbourne is… Work in groups of four/five Create a top ten list about Melbourne, i.e. what’s the best restaurant, shopping centre, cinema, park, (football team?) etc. Write your list down We will share with class our top ten lists