Visheshan (Adjective) - Primary school (classes 1,2,3)

 Adjectives are known as Visheshan ( विशेष गुण) in Hindi.

Visheshan is ‘describing words’ which describe a person, place, thing or state. In other words, they describe the action, state, quality or quantity of nouns/pronouns.

It’s important to remember that the noun word associated with an adjective is called विशेष्य.

Without the presence of a noun word or विशेष्य, the use of adjectives is worthless.

In Primary classes, we introduce four types of Adjectives –

1.   गुणवाचक विशेषण (Adjective of Quality)

2.   संख्यावाचक विशेषण (Adjective of Number)

3.   परिमाणवाचक विशेषण (Adjective of Quantity)

4.   सार्वनामिक/संकेतवाचक विशेषण (Demonstrative Adjective )

Earlier I had posted about Adjectives/Visheshan for Preparatory classes. I’m sharing the link to that post…

https://balrachna.blogspot.com/2020/02/visheshan-adjective-3-describing-words.html

In this post I am uploading notes along with the practice worksheets to help the teachers/parents to help their kids to understand the concept of Adjectives /Visheshan

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Reading Hindi with IPA symbols - Preparatory/Primary school - u[ʊ] उ, oo/ ū [ʊ:] ऊ

 In this post is the reading matter of उ- u[ʊ] and ऊ – ū [ʊ:]  matra words and sentences with IPA symbols to help non-Hindi speaking kids.

    उ – u / [ʊ] is short  "u" in put, push, pull. (short vowel)

  ऊ  - oo, ū / [ʊ:] as the sound of  long "u/oo” in soon, spoon, fool (Long vowel)

                                                            

I point it out again while helping the kids to read, keep the following two points in mind....

·       👀Many consonants which are part of the Hindi language do not exist in English. ड़/ढ़ are difficult to pronounce in English.

·    👀   Following consonants with a नुक्ता (dot) under the alphabet is part of Urdu and Persian words. eg. क़लाम, ख़ान, ग़ैर जहाज़, ज़ीरा, फ़नकार

           क़      ख़      ग़      ज़      फ़     ड़      ढ़

          [q]     [x]      [ɣ]     [z]      [f]     [ɽ]    [ɽʱ]    (IPL)

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Reading Hindi with IPA symbols - Preparatory/Primary school - i, [ɪ] / ī, [i:]

 In this post, I have reading matter of  i, [ɪ] इ / ī, [i:] ई  Matra words and sentences with IPA symbols to help the non-Hindi speakers. Many subscribers earlier had requested this particular topic to help them teach their English speaking kids.

It is important to be able to distinguish between short and long vowels for correct pronunciation because these vowels, in combination with consonants, are used to form words.

        इ - i/ [ɪ] is short ‘i’  in ill, it, inn. (short vowel)

         ई  - ee/ [i:] as sound of  long ‘ee’  in feet, esteem

                                                            (Long vowel)

·       It is noteworthy that many consonants which are part of the Hindi language do not exist in English. ड़/ढ़ are difficult to pronounce in English.

·       Following consonants with a नुक्ता (dot) under the alphabet is part of Urdu and Persian words. eg. क़लाम, ख़ान, ग़ैर जहाज़, ज़ीरा, फ़नकार

   क़    ख़    ग़   ज़    फ़   ड़      ढ़

         [q]     [x]      [ɣ]     [z]      [f]     [ɽ]    [ɽʱ]    (IPL)

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The difference between nasal- अनुस्वार (अं ) and semi nasal -अनुनासिक (अँ ).

This blog post is on request to explain the difference between nasal- अनुस्वार (अं ) and semi nasal -अनुनासिक (अँ ).

To start with, अनुस्वार (अं ) is a varna/alphabet whereas अनुनासिक (अँ) is a semi nasal sound (matra/sound).

अनुस्वार (अं ) is taught to students when Swar (अ,आ,इ,ई.........अं,अ:) is introduced.

While teaching Hindi, we tell kids matra of अनुस्वार (अं ) is बिंदु (dot) while अनुनासिक (अँ) is चंद्रबिंदु (meaning moon dot in Sanskrit)

I have uploaded three worksheets explaining these two terms with examples. I hope it clears your doubts. Please feel free to get in touch in case of further queries.

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How to differenciate the pronounciation of words with the matra of इ/ई and उ/ऊ

 I have been requested to describe how to differentiate the pronunciation of words with the matra of इ/ई and उ/ऊ.

As we all know that Hindi is a phonetic language. It is important to be able to distinguish between short and long vowels for correct pronunciation because these vowels, in combination with consonants are used to form words.

·       The sound of इ - i/ [ɪ] is short ‘i’  in ill, it, inn.

                                                      ( Short vowel)

           दिन       -   d̪ɪnə /din(a)  

           दिल          -  d̪ɪlə /dil(a)

          तकिया       -  t̪əkɪja: / takiyaa

·           ई  - ee/ [i:] as sound of  long ‘ee’  in feet, esteem

                                                           (Long vowel)

          तीर         -  t̪i:ɾə /teer(a)

          मछली        - mətʃʰəli: /machalee

         सिपाही        - sɪpa:ɦi: /sipaahee

·       The matra of उ / ऊ is placed at the bottom of the alphabet. 

        e.g. – उ - कु, चु, टु ... / ऊ - कू, चू, टू ...

·       The sound of उ - u /[ʊ] as sound of short "u" in put, push, pull  

                                                                                     ( Short vowel)

         पुल       -       pʊlə /pul(a)

         सुई         -    sʊi: /suee

         कछुआ   -     kətʃʰʊa:/ kachuaa

 

·       The sound of ऊ - oo/ [u:] as sound of long "u/oo” in 

       soon, spoon, fool (Long vowel)         

                        फूल       -   pʰʊlə /phool(a)          

                   तूफ़ान      - t̪u:fa:nə /toofaan(a)

                   खजूर      - kʰədʒʊ:ɾə/ khajoor(a)

                   खुशबू      -  kʰʊʃəbu: /khushaboo

·       While with the alphabet र  matra of उ / ऊ  is marked like रु/रू.

                   रुमाल          -   (र् + उ = रु) - ɾʊma:lə /rumaal(a)

                                                        ( Short  vowel)                                      

                रूप       - (र् + ऊ = रू)  - ɾu:pə /roop(a)  

                                                                       (Long vowel)

         Last but not the least, the use of की/कि.

Ø की is the Possessive Case(कारक), which shows the relation of Noun/Pronoun to some other word in a sentence.

         Ram’s book.      राम की किताब

Ø कि is conjunction(समुच्चयबोधक) which connects two phrases or clauses. 

Ram said that he lost his book. 

राम ने कहा कि उसकी किताब खो गई।

I hope this post has been helpful in clearing the doubts regarding the pronunciation of words with the matra of इ/ई and उ/ऊ.

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