Primary School - Swar Vyanjan – 1 Varna Viched ( वर्ण विच्छेद )

In the Hindi language, there are 13 Swar (Vowels) which are used as alphabets as well as signs (Matras) with 37 Vyanjans (consonants).

v  vk   b   bZ   m   Å   _   ,   ,s   vks  vkS  va  v%

    &   k    f    h    q    w     `     s    S    ks    kS    a  % 

v is the first swar (Vowel) in the series of Hindi varnamala. It does not have a sign (matra) All the Vyanjan (Consonants) end with the sound of  v.

eg.  dv·] [kv·

  

At Primary level, kids are taught the concept of Halanth ( ~).

Without the Matra of Swar (Vowel) v the consonants (Vyanjans) are written with Halanth ( ~ ). e.g.-  

d~	[k~	Xk~	?k~	³~
Pk~	N~	t~	>~	´~
V~	B~	M~	<~	.k~
r~	Fk~	n~	/k~	Uk~
i~	Q~	c~	Hk~	e~
;~	j~	y~	o~
‘k~	“k~	l~	g~
{k~	=~	K~	J~

  

When all the consonants (Vyanjans) are added the matra of ‘v’ the halanth  ( ~ ) is removed and varnamala is written as follows-

d	[k	Xk	?k	³
Pk	N	t	>	´
V	B	M	<	.k
r	Fk	n	/k	Uk
i	Q	c	Hk	e
;	j	y	o
‘k	“k	l	g
{k	=	K	J

In Varna Viched ( o.kZ foPNsn  ) kids are taught to identify the matra of swar and Vyanjan (consonant) and divide the alphabets of the word.

e.g. -         Q~ $ v $ u~ $ v   & Qu

           ,  $ M+~ $ bZ        & ,M+h   

       Fk~ $ ,s $ y~ $ vk   & FkSyk

The second post on this topic contains the graded pictorial worksheets for Primary school kids. Again I would like to emphasize that group learning and parental/teacher guidance is very important at this stage of learning.

Please refer to  Swar Vyanjan – 2 Varna Viched ( वर्ण विच्छेद ) for the worksheets.