mangalwaar ka lekh: An essay on any topic of your choice, unless otherwise specified, will be due every Tuesday.

Most weeks you will find additional assignments to be covered over the entire week posted on this page. "#" refers to the section in the grammar reference book.

week 13: nov 16-nov 18.

1. Review continuous tense, present and past, Snell pg 99 #8.
2. Review ko constructions, Snell, pg 55 #4.4, pg 67 #5.4
3. Review alternative pronoun forms mujhe, tujhe ... for mujh ko, tujh ko ..., Snell pg 68 # 5.5
4. Grammar Review postscript file or this pdf file.
5. Due Tuesday November 16:
   • mangalwaar ka lekh: anything of your choice
6. Due Wednesday November 17:
   • Word order, Snell pg 105 #8.5
   • Click on either this postscript file or this pdf file and complete the exercise.
   • naatak 2
   • Complete handouts given in class if any.
7. Infinitive as a Verbal noun, Snell pg 118 #9.6
8. Oblique infinitive + suffix waalaa/waalii/waale , Snell pg 130 # 10.5
9. Future tense, Snell pg 112, 9.1
10. "Should"/"ought to": ko contruction followed by infinitive followed by chahiee (mujhe jaanaa chaahiee), Snell pg 164 #13.2
11. "Compulsion" with hoona: ko followed by infinitive followed honaa conjugated (mujhe jaanaa hai) Snell 165 #13.3
12. Some colloquial forms, Snell pg 105 #8.6
13. Vocabulary from texts and songs done in class.
14. Body parts and health vocabulary, Snell pg 256, Appendix 5.
15. Compound verbs Snell, pg 139 #52. Note we have not done many of the tenses used in examples in this section. Please skip over those examples and refer only to those having tenses which we have done in class. Do not concern yourself with what the section calls "ne verbs". This occurs in the past perfect tense which we have not yet done.
16. Exam .

week 12: nov 09-11

1. Due Tuesday November 09:
   • Continuous tense, present and past, Snell pg 99 #8.1
   • mangalwaar kaa lekh: observe and describe a "real" scene in the continuous tense.
   • Review the "habitual (imperfective) tense", past and present, Snell pg 75 #6.1 and pg 87 #7.1
   • Click on either this postscript file or this pdf file and do the exercises listed in the file.
   • Complete the handouts given in class if any.
2. Due Wednesday November 10:
   • kar/ke contructions continued, Snell pg 149 #12.1. Note we have not done many of the tenses used in examples in this section. Please skip over those examples and refer only to those having tenses which we have done in class.
   • Click on either this postscript file or this pdf file and do the exercises listed in the file.
   • Click on either this postscript file or this pdf file and do the exercises listed in the file.
   • Complete the handouts given in class if any.
3. ko constructions, Snell, pg 55 #4.4, pg 67 #5.4,pg 91 #7.3
4. Alternative pronoun forms mujhe, tujhe ... for mujh ko, tujh ko ..., Snell pg 68 # 5.5
5. Due Thursday November 11:
   • Review postpositions,
   • Comparisions, Snell pg 53 #4.3
   • Click on either this postscript file or this pdf file and do the exercises listed in the file.
   • Complete the handouts given in class if any.
6. Infinitive as a Verbal noun, Snell pg 118 #9.6.
7. Word order, Snell pg 105 #8.5
8. Vocabulary from texts and songs done in class.

week 11: nov 02-04

1. Review possessive particles kaa, ke, kii , Snell, pg 66 # 5.3
2. Review additional ways of possessing in Hindi: compound postposition ke paas; simple postposition ko pg 101 #8.2
3. ko constructions continued
4. Alternative pronoun forms mujhe, tujhe ... for mujh ko, tujh ko ..., Snell pg 68 # 5.5
5. Review the "habitual (imperfective) tense", past and present, Snell pg 75 #6.1 and pg 87 #7.1
6. kar/ke contructions continued, Snell pg 149 #12.1. Note we have not done many of the tenses used in examples in this section. Please skip over those examples and refer only to those having tenses which we have done in class.
7. Introduction to continuous tense, present and past, Snell pg 99 #8.1
8. mangalwaar ka lekh for November 09: anything of your choice.

week 10: oct 26-28

1. Due Tuesday October 26:
   • Review Nouns and adjectives with postpositions, Snell pg 41 #3.2, pg 45 #3.3.; Snell pg 80 # 6.4; "at a glance" ps or pdf file.
   • Review possessive particles kaa, ke, kii , Snell, pg 66 # 5.3
   • Review additional ways of possessing in Hindi: compound postposition ke paas; simple postposition ko pg 101 #8.2
   • Click on either this postscript file or this pdf file and do the exercises listed in the file.
2. Due Wednesday October 27:
   • Habitual (imperfective) tense, past and present, Snell pg 75 #6.1 and pg 87 #7.1 continued.
   • Complete the handouts given in class if any.
3. Due Thursday October 28:
   • Click on either this postscript file or this pdf
   • Click on either this postscript file or this pdf file and do the exercises listed in the file.
4. Some ko constructions (page numbers will be posted once covered in class).
5. Body parts and health vocabulary, Snell pg256, Appendix 5.
6. Infinitive as a Verbal noun, Snell pg 103 # 41.
7. Word order, Snell pg 105 #8.5
8. Introduction to kar/ke contructions, Snell pg 149 #12.1. Note we have not done many of the tenses used in examples in this section. Please skip over those examples and refer only to those having tenses which we have done in class.
9. Thursday Oct 28: Exam .
10. Tuesday November 2: mangalwaar ka lekh: write a lekh using the habitual tense.

week 9: oct 19-21.

1. Tuesday Oct 19: naatak .
2. Review possesive particle ka, ke, ki, Snell, pg 66 # 5.3
3. Kinship terms continued, Snell pg 255, Apendix 4
4. Numbers from 20-30, Snell, Apendix 1, pg 251
5. Colours continued
6. Simple Postposition continued, Snell pg 40 #3.1
7. Review Nouns and adjectives with postpositions, Snell pg 41 #3.2, pg 45 #3.3.; Snell pg 80 # 6.4 ; "at a glance" ps or pdf file.
8. Review additional ways of possessing in Hindi: compounnd postposition ke paas; simple postposition ko pg 101 #8.2
9. Introduction to kar/ke contructions, Snell pg 149 #12.1. Note we have not done many of the tenses used in examples in this section. Please skip over those examples and refer only to those having tenses which we have done in class.
10. Introduction to comparisions, Snell pg 53 # 4.3
11. Simple sentence word order, Snell, pg 25 #1.5
12. Possessive Pronouns continued, Snell, pg 77 #6.2
13. Complete the handouts given in class if any.
14. Get familiar with the vocabulary of Text 3 & 4 and songs done in class.
15. mangalwaar kaa lekh: anything of your choice.
16. Thursday Oct 28: Exam..

week 8: oct 13-14.

1. budhwaar Oct. 13: budhvaar kaa lekh
2. Simple sentence word order, Snell, pg 25 #1.5
3. Possessive Pronouns continued, Snell, pg 77 #6.2
4. Review Possessive Particle kaa, ke, kii continued, Snell, pg 66 # 5.3.
5. Introduction to Simple Postposition Snell pg 40 #3.1.
6. Nouns, Pronouns and adjectives with postpositions, pg 41 #3.2, pg 45 #3.3
7. Text 3
8. Introduction to Compound Postpositions, Snell pg 80 # 6.4
9. Kinship terms continued, Snell pg 255, Apendix 4
10. Complete the handouts given in class if any.
11. Get familiar with the vocabulary of Text 3 and of songs done in class.
12. Numbers from 20-30, Snell, Apendix 1, pg 251
13. mangalwaar kaa lekh: anything of your choice.
14. mangalwaar October 19: pahalaa naatak.

week 7: Oct 05-07.

1. Quiz 3: Thursday Oct 07
2. idhar, udhar, kidhar, jidhar
3. Verb Infinitive continued, Snell pg 62 #5.1: Get familiar with the verbs listed in this section.
4. Imperative continued, Snell #5.2 pg 63-64 and Indian School texts on imperatives given out in class.
5. Simple sentence word order, Snell, pg 25 #1.5
6. Interrogatives continued, Snell pg 30 # 2.1
7. Aggregatives, Snell #7.5 pg 93.
8. Colours
9. Days of the week, Snell, Appendix 3, pg 254.
10. Numbers from 1-20, Snell, Apendix 1, pg 251
11. Possessive Pronouns continued, Snell #6.2 pg 77
12. Possessive Adjective apnaa continued, Snell #6.3 pg 79.
13. Possessive particle kaa, ke, kii , Snell, pg 66 # 5.3.
14. Simple Postposition, Snell pg 40 #3.1.
15. Kinship terms continued, Snell pg 255, Apendix 4
16. Suffix waala/waalii, Snell #10.5 pg 130.
17. Particle to, Snell pg 52 # 4.2
18. Rhetorical na?
19. Emphatic hii Snell #9.4, pg 116 (note: you may not be able to understand some of the examples as they are in tenses we have not yet covered. Do not worry about those examples. You will get a general idea of the "emphatic hii and that is all we want at this stage.)
20. kahaa~, yahaa~, wahaa~, jahaa~ continued
21. Nouns continued, Snell #1.3 pg 23-24.
22. Adjectives continued, Snell # 1.4 pg 24-25; #2.2 pg 31; #2.4 pg.34.
23. Noun-verb agreement.
24. Agreement of noun, adjectives and verbs with pronouns, Snell pg 34 #2.4
25. Text 3
26. Introduction to Simple Postpositions, Snell pg 40 #3.1.
27. Vocabulary from texts and songs done in class.
28. tab, jab as additional responses to interrogative
29. budhwaar kaa lekh for Oct 15: anything of your choice. Let your imagination free.

week 6: Sep 28-Sep 30.

1. For Tuesday, Sep 28:
   • Go over Text 2, including the terms of relationships from the vocabulary section, four to five times. Read the text with minimal reference to the transliteration.
   • Go over "Verb Infinitive", Snell pg 62 #5.1: Get familiar with the verbs listed in this section.
   • Go over "Imperatives", Snell #5.2 pg 63-64
   • Terms of relationship, Snell Appendix 4 pg 255.
   • "mangalwaar kaa lekh", draw a Family tree and come prepared to share with class. Write a small paragraph on some of the members in your family tree.
   • Complete handout given in class.
2. For Wednesday, Sept. 29:
   • Complete homework given in class
3. For Thursday, Sept. 30:
   • Do the ExTemplate exercise: "apnaa parichay".
4. Interrogatives continued, Snell pg 30 # 2.1
5. kahaa~, yahaa~, wahaa~, jahaa~ continued
6. Nouns continued, Snell #1.3 pg 23-24.
7. Adjectives continued, Snell # 1.4 pg 24-25; #2.2 pg 31; #2.4 pg.34.
8. Noun-verb agreement.
9. Agreement of noun, adjectives and verbs with pronouns, Snell pg 34 #2.4
10. Noun-adjective agreement continued, Snell, pg 31 #2.2
11. Vocative case, Snell pg 56 #4.4.
12. Possessive Pronouns continued, Snell #6.2 pg 77
13. Possessive Adjective apnaa, Snell #6.3 pg 79.
14. Possessive particle kaa, ke, kii, Snell, pg 66 # 5.3.
15. Suffix waala/waalii, Snell #10.5 pg 130.
16. Particle to, Snell pg 52 # 4.2
17. Rhetorical na?
18. Emphatic hii Snell #9.4, pg 116 (note: you may not be able to understand some of the examples as they are in tenses we have not yet covered. Do not worry about those examples. You will get a general idea of the "emphatic hii and that is all we want at this stage.
19. Aggregatives, Snell #7.5 pg 93.
20. Simple sentence word order, Snell, pg 25 #1.5
21. Days of the week, Snell, Appendix 3, pg 254.
22. Introduction to Simple Postpositions, Snell pg 40 #3.1.
23. Introduction to nouns and adjectives with postpositions, pg 41 #3.2, pg 45 #3.3.
24. Vocabulary from texts given in class.
25. Vocabulary from Text chai banaao
26. Vocabulary from texts and songs done in class.
27. mangalwaar kaa lekh for Oct 05: anything of your choice. Let your imagination free.

week 5: Sept 21-23.

1. Quiz 2: Tu Sep 21.
2. Interrogatives continued, Snell #1.2 pg 22 and #2.1 pg 30.
3. Nouns continued, Snell #1.3 pg 23-24.
4. Adjectives continued, Snell #1.4 pg 24-25; #2.2 pg 31; #2.4 pg 34.
5. Simple sentence word order, Snell, #1.5, pg 25.
6. Cardinal numbers 0-20, Snell Apendix 1 pg. 251.
7. Aggregatives (eg. dono~), Snell #7.5, pg 93.
8. Agreement of noun, adjectives and verbs with pronouns, Snell, #2.4 pg 34.
9. For Wednesday, Sep 22:
   • Go over portion of Text 2, covered in class, including the terms of relationships from the vocabulary section, four to five times. Read the text with minimal reference to the transliteration.
   • Terms of relationship, Snell Appendix 4 pg 255.
10. Introduction to Verb Infinitive, Snell #5.1 pg 62.
11. Introduction to Imperative, Snell #5.2 pg 63-64
12. Possessive Pronouns, Snell #6.2 pg 77
13. Introduction to some ways of possessing: possessive particle kaa, ke, kii , Snell, pg 66 # 5.3.
14. Possessive Adjective apnaa, Snell #6.3 pg 79.
15. Suffix waala/waalii, Snell #10.5 pg 116.
16. Review class notes on yahaa~, vahaa~ kahaa~, jahaa~.
17. Review class notes on idhar, udhar, kidhar, jidhar.
18. Review class notes on itnaa, utnaa, kitnaa, jitnaa.
19. Particle to.
20. Rhetorical na?.
21. Emphatic hii.
22. Colours
23. Complete handouts given in class.
24. For the Tuesday Sept. 28th "mangalwaar kaa lekh", draw a Family tree and come prepared to share with class. Write a small paragraph on some of the members in your family tree.

week 4: sep 14-16.

1. For Tuesday, Sep 14:
   • Tuesday writing ("lekh"): Write a simple conversation between two or more people. Use simple present tense of verb honaa. Use a variety of greeting forms and ways to address people along with vocabulary from Text 1. Let your imagination go wild. You can already say a lot in Hindi. So use your Hindi creatively.
   • Go over entire Text 1, including the vocabulary and grammar four to five times. Read the text with minimal reference to the transliteration.
2. For Wednesday Sept. 15 do the ExTemplate exercise: "Parichay" by 10am Wednesday.
3. Read Text 2 four to five times with minimal reference to the transliteration in the text.
4. Familiarize yourself with the vocabulary of Text 2.
5. Terms of relationship, Snell Appendix 4 pg 255.
6. Interrogatives continued, Snell #1.2 pg 22 and #2.1 pg 30.
7. Nouns, Snell #1.3 pg 23-24.
8. Adjectives, Snell # 1.4 pg 24-25; #2.2 pg 31; #2.4 pg.34.
9. Cardinal numbers 0-13 continued, Snell Apendix 1 pg. 251.
10. Aggregatives (eg. dono~), Snell #7.5, pg 93.
11. Review class notes on yahaa~, vahaa~ kahaa~, jahaa~.
12. Word pairings, echo words and repitition of words.
13. Tuesday writing due Sep 21

week 3: sep 07-09.

1. For Tuesday Sept. 07:
   • Do the following ExTemplate exercise: "Hindi Script Recognition".
   • Write your name
   • Do the conjunct character homework given out in class
   • Read Snell pages 1-18 and learn to recognize all Vowels and Consonants.
2. Read Text 1 four to five times with minimal referenc to to the transliteration in the text.
3. Familiarize yourself with the vocabulary lists of text 1.
4. Read, understand and learn personal pronouns and simple present and simple past tense of the verb honaa, Snell #1.1 pg 21 and #4.1 pg. 51. (Ignore the sentences given as examples in this section.)
5. Interrogatives, Snell #1.2 pg 22 and #2.1 pg 30.
6. Learn numbers 0-13, Snell Apendix 1 pg. 251.
7. Tuesday writing due Sept 14: Write a simple conversation between two or more people. Use a variety of greeting forms and ways to address eachother.

week 2: aug 31-sep 02.

1. Complete handouts given in class.
2. For Tuesday, Aug 31:
   • Go over "introduction 2"
   • Practice the Hindi Sound system and the Devanagari script, Snell pg. 5-11.
     You may find the following link useful:
     • Hindi Alphabet: University of Pennsylvania's Hindi program .
3. For Wednesday, Sep 01:
   • Go over "greetings " covered in class.
   • Do the following ExTemplate exercises:
     • "Vowel Recognition".
     • "Consonant Recognition 'ka-~n'" (i.e. the first two consonant lines).
4. For Thursday Sep 02:
   • Go over "simple conversation" covered in class.
   • Do the following ExTemplate exercise:
     • "Consonant Recognition '.ta-na'" (i.e. the 3rd and 4th lines of the consonants).
     • "Consonant Recognition 'pa-ha'".
5. Interrogatives, Snell #1.2, pg 22 and #2.1 pg 30.
6. For Tuesday Sept. 07 Do the following ExTemplate exercise:
   • "Hindi Script Recognition".

week 1: aug 24-26.

1. For Wednesday, Aug 25: Go over "introduction 1" covered in class.
2. Practice the Hindi Sound system and the Devanagari script, Snell pg. 5-11 (till section "Visarga"). You may find the following link useful:
   • Hindi Alphabet: University of Pennsylvania's Hindi program.
3. Complete assignment given in class.
4. For Thursday, Aug 26: Go over "introduction 2" and "greetings " covered in class and complete any other assignment given in class.