Relationships

Mein aur mera parivaar Me and My Family

Compiled by Mala Mehta OAM and Kulvinder Kaur for students in IABBV Hindi School 2011

Mere parivaar se miliye/ Introducing my family

Mother mataji मा�ता�जी�

Father pita ji पि�ता�जी�Sister bahen बहनBrother bhai भा�ईYounger chota छो�टा�Elder badha बड़ा�Is hai ह�This yeh यहMy mera मा�रा�feminineMy mera मा�रा�masculine

Parents- Maata Pita

Mother मा�ता�जी� Maa /Maan ji / Maata ji

Father पि�ता�जी� Pita ji/ Babu ji / Baap(disrespectful when used in a certain way)

Grand MotherGrand FatherGrand MotherGrand Father

Daadi jiDaada jiNani jiNana ji

Elder BrotherYounger Brother

Bara bhai/Bhai/BhaiyaChota Bhai / भा�ई

Elder SisterYounger Sister

Badhi Bahen/DidiChoti Bahen / बहन

SonDaughter

BetaBeti

BoyGirl

LadkaLadki

ManWomanChildChildren

AadmiAuratBacchaBacche

Vocabulary of Relationship

This is my family.यह मा�रा� �रिरावा�रा ह� I Yeh mera parivaar hai I

This is my father. यह मा�रा� पि�ता�जी� ह�I Yeh mere pitaaji hainIThis is my mother.यह मा�रा� मा�ता�जी� ह� I yeh meri maataji hain IThis is my brother.यह मा�रा� भा�ई ह� I Yeh mera bhai hai IThis is my sister.यह मा�रा� बहन ह� I Yeh meri bahen hai I

My name is……. मा�रा�न�मा .....ह� I Meranaam ……… hai I

This is my younger brother.यह मा�रा� छो�टा� भा�ई ह� I Yeh mera chota bhai hai Iयह मा�रा� बड़ा� भा�ई ह� IThis is my elder brother.Yeh mera badha bhai hai I

यह मा�रा� छो�टा� बहन ह� IThis is my younger sister.Yeh meri chotti bahen hai Iयह मा�रा� बड़ा� बहन ह� IThis is my elder sister.Yeh meri badhi bahen hai I

Mera NaamMy name is ________________________________________________

Mein /I am a ___________________________ (ladka/ladki hoon)

Mein /I am in Class _________________ mein hoon.

Mera pata hai/My address is _______________________________

Mere vidyalaya ka naam/The name of my school is __________________

Suggested Activity: Bring Photos or draw some of your favorite things, family members and activities that you do as a family.

Yeh mere mitra hain, hum sab ekathe khelte hain/

These are my friends. We all play together

About Myself

Apne bare mein likho/Write about yourself.

I am Kanika. This my family. My mother, father, brother and I live together.

Some families are very large. Grandparents, uncles, aunts and their children live together in the same house. Such a family is called joint family.

We help each other My father teaches in a college. My mother is a doctor.All of us share the work at home.

My Family

There are f________________ people in my family. We are a small family. My uncle, aunt and cousins live with my grandfather.My uncle and my father are brother. My cousins are the children of my uncle and aunt. They are a large family.

Where is India?

Meet ChotiChoti is seven years old. She lives with her mother and father, three brothers, two sisters, two aunts and four cousins.

Choti’s house does not have electricity or running water.

Choti’s loose shirt and trousers are called shalwar kameez

Choti lives in Rajasthan. This is a very hot, dry part of India. Choti wears traditional, light clothes to keep cool.

On the FarmChoti’s family have a small farm. They grow wheat and vegetables.

Choti’s family use oxen to Plough the land

Choti’s mother is milking the buffalo.

Choti’s family are vegetarian. This means they do not eat meat. The family keep a few chickens for eggs and a buffalo for milk.

Choti’s dayChoti goes to school six days a week, from ten until five. She also has lots of jobs to do at home. She gathers firewood for cooking and collects water from the village well.

Water from the well is used for drinking, cooking and washing.

Choti is learning how to embroider bright material. Her mother and the other village women sell their beautiful material in markets and shops.