LESSON TRANSCRIPT

Absolute Beginner S1 #17

Days of the Week in Hindi

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION
LESSON CONVERSATION
POST CONVERSATION BANTER
VOCAB LIST
KEY VOCABULARY AND PHRASES
LESSON FOCUS

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INTRODUCTION
Neha:"Namaste," I'm Neha. and welcome to the Absolute Beginner Series, Lesson 17, Days of the Week.

Maya: "Namaste," I'm Maya In this lesson you'll learn how to say the days of the week in Hindi.

Neha:The conversation takes place in a school dorm.

Maya:It is between two friends, Sonal and Caroline.

Neha:They know each other very well so they will be speaking informal Hindi.

Maya:Let's listen to their conversation.

LESSON CONVERSATION
सोनल:आज कौन सा दन है?

यारो लन:आज मंगलवार है।

सोनल:मने सोचा था क आज बुधवार था।

यारो लन:वह कल है।

Let's listen to the conversation one time slowly.

सोनल:आज कौन सा दन है?

यारो लन:आज मंगलवार है।

सोनल:मने सोचा था क आज बुधवार था।

यारो लन:वह कल है।

Let's listen to the conversation with English translation.

सोनल:आज कौन सा दन है?

Maya:What day is today?

यारो लन:आज मंगलवार है।

Maya:Today is Tuesday.

सोनल:मने सोचा था क आज बुधवार था।

Maya:I thought today was Wednesday.

यारो लन:वह कल है।

Maya:That's tomorrow.

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Maya:Listeners, did you know that India has its own calendar?

Neha:That's right! Not only does it have one, but it actually has many regional calendars that are slightly
different from one another.

Maya:It must be pretty confusing then.

Neha:I guess in a way it is, but then there is an official calendar that everyone follows, one that is based
on the lunar year.

Maya:They also have the international Gregorian calendar right, the one that is used in most of the
world today?

Neha:Yes of course. Anyway, the Indian New Year celebration varies from region to region with different
forms of rituals.

Maya:But most celebrate spring and good harvest since it falls around March and April.

Neha:And since it follows the lunar year the dates are not always in sync with the Gregorian calendar.

VOCAB LIST
Maya:Let's take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson.

:The first word we shall see is:

Neha:आज [natural native speed]

Maya:today

Neha:आज [slowly - broken down by syllable]

Neha:आज [natural native speed]

:Next is:

Neha:कौनसा [natural native speed]

Maya:which

Neha:कौनसा [slowly - broken down by syllable]

Neha:कौनसा [natural native speed]

:Next is:

Neha: दन [natural native speed]

Maya:day

Neha: दन [slowly - broken down by syllable]

Neha: दन [natural native speed]

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:Next is:

Neha:मंगलवार [natural native speed]

Maya:Tuesday

Neha:मंगलवार [slowly - broken down by syllable]

Neha:मंगलवार [natural native speed]

:Next is:

Neha:सोचा था [natural native speed]

Maya:thought

Neha:सोचा था [slowly - broken down by syllable]

Neha:सोचा था [natural native speed]

:Next is:

Neha: क [natural native speed]

Maya:that

Neha: क [slowly - broken down by syllable]

Neha: क [natural native speed]

:Next is:

Neha:बुधवार [natural native speed]

Maya:Wednesday

Neha:बुधवार [slowly - broken down by syllable]

Neha:बुधवार [natural native speed]

:Next is:

Neha:वह [natural native speed]

Maya:that

Neha:वह [slowly - broken down by syllable]

Neha:वह [natural native speed]

:Last we have is:

Neha:कल [natural native speed]

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Maya:yesterday

Neha:कल [slowly - broken down by syllable]

Neha:कल [natural native speed]

KEY VOCABULARY AND PHRASES

Maya::Let's have a closer look at the usage for some of the words and phrases from this lesson.

Neha:In Hindi, you always have to take notice of the gender, not only of the speaker, which is you, but
also of nouns, for example, whether they are masculine or feminine.

Maya:Yes, and in addition you need to take note of the number, for example, whether they are singular
or plural.

Neha:You must obviously know this very well by now.

Maya:So this is the case, even for the word "which."

Neha:कौनसा is used for singular masculine nouns, कौनसे for plural masculine nouns, and कौनसी for
singular and plural feminine nouns.

Maya:The rule is that you end with a आ for singular masculine nouns, ए for plural masculine nouns, and
इ for singular and plural feminine nouns.

Neha:Next we have the verb "to think," or सोच, which comes from the verb सोचना.

Maya:So, irrespective of masculine or feminine, you'd add आ and therefore it becomes…

Neha:सोचा.

Maya:So if you want to say "I thought", you'd say

Neha:मैने सोचा था

Maya:If you are a group of people and you want to say "We thought", you'd say

Neha:हमने सोचा था

Maya:Okay, now let's move onto the grammar.

LESSON FOCUS
Maya:Okay, moving on to the main focus of this lesson. Today we’re going to learn about

Neha:स ताह के दन.

Maya:"Days of the week!"

Neha:We'll first say the words in English, then in Hindi, then a bit slower so that you can hear every
syllable.

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Maya:The first day of the week is "Sunday," which is…

Neha:र ववार, ravivaar, ra-vi-vaar, ravivaar.

Maya:Monday is…

Neha:सोमवार, somvaar, somvaar, somvaar.

Maya:Tuesday is…

Neha:मंगलवार, mangalvaar, man-gal-vaar, mangalvaar.

Maya:Wednesday is…

Neha:बुधवार, budhavaar, bu-dha-vaar, budhavaar.

Maya:Thursday is…

Neha:गु वार, guruvaar, gu-ru-vaar, guruvaar.

Maya:Friday is…

Neha:शु वार, shukravaar, shu-kra-vaar, shukravaar.

Maya:And finally "Saturday" is…

Neha:श नवार, shanivaar, sha-ni-vaar shanivaar.

Maya:Great. Now let's also practice how to say "What day is today?" in Hindi.

Neha:आज कौन सा दन है?

Maya:Here आज means "today," कौनसा means "which," दन means "day," and है means "is."

Neha:So you are literally asking, "Today which day is?"

Maya:Listeners, please repeat. What day is today?

Neha:आज कौन सा दन है? [pause]

Maya:Now to answer this question, for example, if you wanted to say, "Today is Tuesday," you simply
say…

Neha:आज मंगलवार है where आज means "today," मंगलवार means "Tuesday," and है means "is."

Maya:All you need to do is replace मंगलवार with other days of the week. So how would you say, "Today is
Sunday"?

Neha:आज र ववार है.

Maya:Listeners, now it's your turn to say them. Today is Tuesday.

Neha:आज मंगलवार है [pause]

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Maya:Great, now, today is Sunday.

Neha:आज र ववार है. [pause]

Maya:Okay, now before we go, let's review a few more useful words from the lesson notes.

Neha:Sounds good! What should we go over?

Maya:Well, the one that can be quite confusing is the word for "yesterday" and "tomorrow."

Neha:Oh, yes, in Hindi, the same word कल is used for both "yesterday" and "tomorrow."

Maya:And we differentiate it by looking at how the sentence is structured, for example, the context and
the tense.

Neha:Remember, we talked about the verb था, which indicates past tense? Well, if you say कल गु वार था…

Maya:Then it means "Yesterday was Thursday."

Neha:But if you say कल गु वार है, then it means "Tomorrow is Thursday."

Maya:Okay then, that's all for our lesson. Be sure to let us know if you have any questions.

Neha:Thank you for listening everyone!

Maya:Until next time!

Neha:Shukriyaa aur fir milenge!

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