Sunday, September 5, 2021

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 / and /.

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 - i/ [ɪ] is short i  in ill, it, inn.

                                                      ( Short vowel)

           दिन       -   d̪ɪnə /din(a)  

           दि         -  d̪ɪlə /dil(a)

          किया       -  t̪əja: / takiyaa

·             - 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       -       lə /pul(a)

         सु        -    i: /suee

         छु  -     tʃʰʊa:/ kachuaa

 

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

       soon, spoon, foo(Long vowel)         

                        फूल       -   pʰʊlə /phool(a)          

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

                   जू      - kʰədʒʊ:ɾə/ khajoor(a)

                   खुशबू      -  kʰʊʃəbu: /khushaboo

·       While with the alphabet   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 / and /.

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Happy teaching !!!!!!  


Wednesday, August 18, 2021

Reading Hindi with IPA symbols - Preparatory/Primary school - [ə],a / ā,[a:] Matra

 In this post, I have reading matter – 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.

·       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)

 

  In this post, I have taken up Hindi words and sentences with अ,आ  matra.

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Monday, July 19, 2021

Pronunciation of Swar Vyanjan - Vyanjan (त/प/य/श/संयुक्त वर्ण वर्ग) 4


In this post, I’m uploading the pictorial worksheets of vyanjans त/प/य/श/संयुक्त वर्ण group of words with the symbols of IPA/Transliteration.

These signs are just for extra information to help with the sounds of the alphabets/words.

I hope these pictorial worksheets are helpful in teaching the kids how to pronounce the Hindi words.

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PS - The next posts would be for reading of short sentences based on matras with the help of IPA symbols /Transliteration.





Friday, June 4, 2021

Kriya (Verb) 4 - Class 4,5,6,7

 

In this last post on the topic Verb, I’m uploading worksheets on Compound verb (संयुक्त क्रिया), Nominal verb (नाममधातु क्रिया ), Causative verb (प्रेरणार्थक क्रिया), Incomplete verb (पूर्वकालिक क्रिया) etc.

Each worksheet has instructions at the footer section to make it easy for parents/teachers to follow.

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Kriya (Verb) 3 - Class 4,5,6

 As kids go to higher classes the grammatical topics become extensive and a lot of subtypes are included.

In this post, I am uploading the subtopics, writing Kriya (action words), and their use in three simple tenses (Present/Past / Future tense) and the Intransitive (अकर्मक क्रिया )/ Transitive verb(सकर्मक क्रिया).

All the details of this topic are covered in the following post..

https://balrachna.blogspot.com/2021/06/kriya-verb-classes-1-6.html

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Present times are hard; all of us are living under the threat of Covid.  Stay safe and be happy!!!

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Kriya (Verb) 2 - Classes 1,2,3

 When we start introducing Kriya (Verb) at the Preparatory or The

 primary level, then the first and foremost is to tell them the meaning

 of the word with some examples so that they remember the term

 while relating to it.

Initially, we must just teach them the action words with the help of pictures and matching/fill in the blanks sentences.

It is very important to tell them that any work done can be measured in three different timings….. Work done - past / doing now - present / would do – future.

This way they become familiar with the basic three tenses – Present tense (वर्तमान काल), Past tense (भूतकाल) and Future tense (भविष्यत् काल).

The worksheets I’m uploading in this post is for classes 1,2,3. Parents/teachers can create more worksheets for their kids/students.

Your suggestions, opinions are most welcome. Happy teaching!



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