आप क्या� करते हैं�? What do you do?`

Hindi 1: Lesson 7a

ते म्हैं�र� उम्र क्या� हैं�? How old are you?

• Go round the class asking each other how old you are, remember the answer is:

• मेर� उम्र बी�स स�ल क� हैं� I am twenty (lit ‘my age is of 20 years’)

• Note down people’s ages.• Can you find out the youngest and

oldest person in the class? We will discover if you can figure it out.

मे� ऑस्ट्रेलिलया� मे� रहैंते� हूँ� I live in Australia

• वी�ना� – मे� हिहैंन्दी$ बी%लते� हूँ�। Vina – I speak Hindi.

• प�टर - मे� अँ�ग्रेज़ी� बी%लते� हूँ�।Peter – I speak English.

• verb stem (i.e. verb – ‘naa’ ending found in dictionary form + ते�/ते/ते� + हूँ�/हैं�/हैं%/हैं� = ‘Present Imperfective’ actions done as habits or states

आप क्या� बी%लते हैं�? What do you speak?

• Lets find out what languages we can speak.

• We will ask some of you to say a language you speak. For instance:

•मे� जमे.ना बी%लते� हूँ� I speak German.

मे� गणि1ते पढ़ते� हूँ� I study maths

• Activity: try to write down a subject (हिवीषया nm.) you are studying as above.

• You may need some of the following:• गणि1ते maths• भू6ग%ल geography• हिवीज्ञा�ना science• अँर्थ.शा�स्त्र economics • लि;हिकत्स� medicine (or मेहि=लिसना)

तेमे क्या� करते हैं%? What do you do?

• Activity: as a class make up statements to go with twelve pictures for instance:

• मे� र%ज़ी ल� ट्रे%बी आते� हूँ�। I come to La Trobe daily.

आना�- एनाया6एस

PS र%ज़ी adv. daily, & nm. day

रहि=या% - स नाना� ट$वी� - दीखना� क�मे - करना� लि;ट्ठी$ - लिलखना�

अँख़बी�र - पढ़ना� क ल - ख�ना� लिसनामे� - ज�ना� ;�या - प�ना�

हिपया�ना% बीज�ना� दीवी�ई - लना� प�स� – दीना� फु टबीEल खलना�

हैंमे हिहैंन्दी$ बी%लते हैं� We speak Hindi

• When more than one person is doing an action then if there is a male involved the verb is masculine plural.

• ट्रेक और क�र ज�ते� हैं� Truck and car go. If the doers of the action are things then it agrees with the thing nearest to the verb.

• Activity: describe what is happening in the following pictures.

बी�ते;�ते करना� ग�ना� ग�ना� ग�ड़ी� ;ल�ना�

ज�ना� दीखना� बी�ते करना�

मे� क�रख़�ना मे� क�मे नाहैंH करते�I don’t work in a factory

• नाहैंH before the verb means don’t, the final हूँ� हैं� हैं� हैं% etc. is optional.

आप क्या� दीखते हैं�? What do you watch?

• In small groups interview each other about what you do and don’t watch

• आप क्या� दीखते हैं�? What do you watch?• मे� एनास�आईएस दीखते� हूँ� I watch NCIS. etc. • then get one of you to be a spokesman

and tell the class what you watch.

आप कहैं�� रहैंते हैं�? मे� फ़नाJ क्री�क मे� रहैंते� हूँ�।Where do you live? I live in Ferny

Creek.

• रहैंना� = to live, as in ‘live in a place’• despite being spelled rah- the

verb here sounds like reh- (हैं when not followed by a long vowel sounds ‘eh’)

• also note the difference in spelling• मे� ‘I’• मे� ‘in’

स%ना� मेहैं�ग� हैं%ते� हैं� Gold is expensive

• Statements of lasting validity• An extra हैं%ना� before the final verb, in

the forms हैं%ते� हैं%ते हैं%ते� turns a normal indicative statement into a statement about a lasting truth.

• दी% और दी% ;�र हैं%ते हैं�। 2 and 2 are four. • Activity: Describe a quality for each of

the things in the following pictures• Some may need हैंर समेया (at) all times

मेहैं�ग� ठंM =�

(आइसबीग. nm.)

स Mदीर

अँच्छा� गरमे

(आग nf.)

मे�ठं�

हिकतेना� हैं�? How many?

• Lets do some maths!• दी% और दी% ;�र हैं%ते हैं�। 2 and 2 are four.• Would be easy…• We will tell you ask some more

ते% so…

• ते% can used in several ways• beginning a statement, tends to mean so • after most words (mostly not verbs) for

emphasis• begins a clause in when… then.. and if…

then… statements (these are studied later)

आप क्या� (क�मे) करते हैं� ? What (work) do you do?

by titleमे� दुक�नादी�र हूँ�।

I am a shopkeeper.

by locationमे� दीफ़्तेर मे� क�मे करते�

हूँ�। I work in an

office.

by occupationमे� ट�क्स� ;ल�ते� हूँ�। I drive a taxi.

मेर हिपते�ज� दीफ़्तेर मे� क�मे करते हैं�

• Activity: Occupations• Then each try and write down what

your parents/siblings do.• Then divide into groups and interview

each other about what our parents do.• Then appoint a spokesman to describe

what the families of the group do.