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3.2: Reading/Listening 1- मेरा परिवार

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    मेरा परिवार “My Family”

    Family Bath Time
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    Vocabulary

    Family members and relatives

    Hindi Grammatical Categories English
    परिवार n.m. Family
    रिश्तेदार n.m. Relative
    माँ / माता n.f. Mother
    पिता n.m. Father
    भाई n.m. Brother
    भाभी n.f. Brother's wife
    बहन / बहिन n.f. Sister
    बहनोई n.m. Sister’s husband
    दादा n.m. Paternal Grand father
    दादी n.f. Paternal Grand mother
    नाना n.m. Maternal Grand father
    नानी n.f. Maternal Grand mother
    चाचा n.m. Father’s brother
    चाची n.f. Father’s brother’s wife
    बुआ n.f. Father’s sister
    फूफा n.m. Father’s sister’s husband
    मामा n.m. Mother’s brother
    मामी n.f. Mother’s brother’s wife
    मौसी n.f. Mother’s sister
    मौसा n.m. Mother’s sister’s husband
    चचेरा भाई / बहन n.m./f. Cousin brother-sister (kids of चाचा-चाची)
    फूफेरा भाई / बहन n.m./f. Cousin brother-sister (kids of बुआ-फूफा)
    ममेरा भाई / बहन n.m./f. Cousin brother-sister (kids of मामा-मामी )
    मौसेरा भाई / बहन n.m./f. Cousin brother-sister (kids of मौसा-मौसी )
    सौतेला भाई / बहन n.m./f. Half brother/sister
    पालतू कुत्ता / बिल्ली n.m./f. Pet dog / cat

    शादी के बाद के रिश्तेदार “Family after marriage”

    पति n.m. Husband
    पत्नी n.f. Wife
    बेटा n.m. Son
    बेटी n.f. Daughter
    बहू n.f. Daughter-in-law
    दामाद n.m. Son-in-law
    सास n.m. Mother-in-law
    ससुर n.f. Father-in-law
    साला n.m. Brother-in-law (for a man)
    साली n.f. Sister-in-law (for a man)
    देवर n.m. Brother-in-law (for a woman)
    देवरानी n.f. Wife of a brother-in-law (for a woman)
    ननद n.f. Sister-in-law (for a woman)
    ननादोई n.m. Husband of sister-in-law (for a woman)

    Test Yourself

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    परिवार के बारे में “About the family”

    Context: Shilpa and Peter are in the same Hindi class. Their teacher, Akshay, asked them to collect information about each other’s family members. In this reading/listening, they are asking questions to each other.

    Pre-reading Activity 1: Please respond to the following questions. Please write your response in Hindi in the given space.

    Hindi English Your response in Hindi
    आपका नाम
    Your name
     
    आपके पिता जी का नाम
    Your father’s name
     
    आपकी माता जी का नाम
    Your mother’s name
     
    आपके कितने भाई हैं ?
    How many brother do you have?
     
    भाइयों का नाम
    Your brothers’ names
     
    आपकी कितनी बहनें हैं ?
    How many sisters do you have?
     
    बहनों के नाम
    Your sisters’ names
     
    आपके दादा जी का नाम
    Your paternal grand-father’s name
     
    आपकी दादी जी का नाम
    Your paternal grand-mother’s name
     
    क्या आपके पास कोई पालतू जानवर है?
    Do you have any pet?
     
    पालतू जानवर का नाम
    Your pet’s name
     

    Pre-reading Activity 2: Based on the above information, please draw a family tree.

    Reading

    Please read the following conversation aloud with a partner (or alone)

    Hindi English
    शिल्पा: नमस्ते पीटर ! आप कैसे हैं ? Shilpa: Hello Peter! How are you?
    पीटर: नमस्ते शिल्पा, मैं अच्छा हूँ, धन्यवाद | और आप ? Peter: Hello Shilpa, I am well, thanks. And you?
    शिल्पा: मैं भी ठीक हूँ | धन्यवाद | चलिये, काम शुरू करते हैं | Shilpa: I am okay too. Thanks. Let’s start the work.
    पीटर: ठीक है| बताइये, आपका परिवार कहाँ रहता है ? Peter: Okay. Please tell, where does your family live?
    शिल्पा: मेरा परिवार शिकागो में रहता है | और आपका ? Shilpa: My family lives in Chicago. And yours?
    पीटर: मेरा परिवार डेट्रॉइट में है | Peter: My family lives in Detroit.
    शिल्पा: आपकी माता जी का नाम क्या है ? Shilpa: What is your mother’s name?
    पीटर: मेरी माँ का नाम लिज़ है | आपकी माँ का नाम क्या है? Peter:My mother’s name is Liz. What is your mother’s name?
    शिल्पा: मेरी माँ का नाम देवकी पटेल है | आपकी माँ क्या करती हैं ? Shilpa: My mother’s name is Devaki Patel. What does your mother do?
    पीटर: मेरी माँ एक विद्यालय में अध्यापिका हैं | और आपकी माँ ? Peter: My mother is a school teacher. and your mother?
    शिल्पा: मेरी माँ एक गृहिणी हैं | आपके पिता जी का नाम क्या है ? Shilpa: My mother is a house-wife. What is your father’s name?
    पीटर: मेरे पिता जी का नाम एडम है, और वह एक डॉक्टर हैं | और आपके पिता जी का नाम क्या है और वह क्या करते हैं ? Peter:My father’s name is Adam, he is a doctor. What is your father’s name and what does he do?
    शिल्पा: मेरे पिता जी का नाम कृष्णचंद पटेल है, और वह एक वैज्ञानिक हैं | Shilpa: My father’s name is Krishnachand Patel, and he is a scientist.
    पीटर: आपके कितने भाई बहन हैं ? Peter: How many brothers and sisters do you have?
    शिल्पा: मेरा एक भाई है, उसका नाम साहिल है| मेरी कोई बहन नहीं है| और आपके कितने भाई बहन हैं ? Shilpa: I have a brother, his name is Sahil. I have no sisters. And how many brothers and sisters do you have?
    पीटर: मैं इकलौता हूँ | मेरे कोई भाई बहन नहीं हैं | Peter: I am only one. I have no brothers and sisters.
    शिल्पा: क्या आपके दादा-दादी भी आपके साथ डेट्रॉइट में रहते हैं ? Shilpa: Do your grand-parents live with you in Detroit?
    पीटर: नहीं मेरे दादा-दादी हमारे साथ नहीं रहते | उनका अपना अलग घर है| क्या आपके दादा-दादी आपके साथ रहते हैं? Peter: No, my grand-parents do not live with us. They have their own separate house. Do your grand-parents live with you?
    शिल्पा: जी हाँ | हिन्दुस्तानी परिवार में, माता-पिता, भाई-बहन, दादा-दादी, चाचा-चाची, सब एक साथ एक घर में रहते हैं | Shilpa: Yes, In an Indian family, mother-father, brother-sister, grand-parents, uncle-aunt, all live together in the same house.
    पीटर: अरे वाह ! यह तो बहुत अच्छी बात है | अच्छा, फिर मिलेंगे, नमस्ते | Peter: Oh Wao! This is a very good thing. Okay, see you again, Namaste.
    शिल्पा: ठीक है, बाय Shilpa: Okay, Bye

    Listening

    परिवार के बारे में

    Activities

    Please provide the following information about Shipa and Peter. Please note that some answers may not be available in the text, you can leave them blank.

    सवाल “Questions” शिल्पा पीटर
    x का परिवार कहाँ रहता है ?  
    x की माता जी का नाम  
    x की माता जी क्या करती हैं ?  
    x के पिता जी का नाम  
    x के पिता जी क्या करते हैं ?  
    x के कितने भाई-बहन हैं?  
    x के भाई का नाम  
    x की बहन का नाम  

    Family Tree: Based on the above reading/listening, please draw Shilpa’s and Perter’s family trees.

    Writing/Speaking

    Based on your pre-reading, and reading, please write (10-15 sentences)/audio record introducing your own family members.

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    Complete the following conversation: Please choose the correct question/prompt for each answer/response in the following conversation.

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    धन्यवाद !


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