Hindi · Beginner (A1) · Chapter 6 of 12
My home
मेरा घरmeraa ghar
Describe your home in Hindi: rooms, furniture and colours, adjectives that agree with the noun, and where things are.
In this chapter you'll learn to
- Name the rooms and some furniture in a home
- Describe things with adjectives and colours
- Say where something is: on, in, under, next to
- Use the right forms before a postposition: मेरे कमरे में (mere kamre men)
Listen
Anjali visits her friend Kabir's new flat in Delhi. Listen to the whole dialogue first, then line by line.
Kabir
आओ अंजलि, यह मेरा नया घर है।
Aao Anjali, yah meraa nayaa ghar hai.
Come in, Anjali. This is my new home.
Anjali
घर बहुत सुंदर है। कितने कमरे हैं?
Ghar bahut sundar hai. Kitne kamre hain?
The flat is really nice. How many rooms are there?
Kabir
दो कमरे, एक रसोई और एक बाथरूम।
Do kamre, ek rasoee aur ek baathroom.
Two rooms, a kitchen and a bathroom.
Anjali
यह कमरा बड़ा है। और यह लाल कुर्सी बहुत अच्छी है।
Yah kamraa baraa hai. Aur yah laal kursee bahut achchhee hai.
This room is big. And this red chair is really nice.
Kabir
धन्यवाद। मेरा कमरा छोटा है, लेकिन खिड़की बड़ी है।
Dhanyavaad. Meraa kamraa chhotaa hai, lekin khirkee baree hai.
Thanks. My room is small, but the window is big.
Anjali
मेरा फ़ोन कहाँ है?
Meraa fon kahaan hai?
Where's my phone?
Kabir
मेज़ पर है?
Mez par hai?
Is it on the table?
Anjali
नहीं, मेज़ पर नहीं है।
Naheen, mez par naheen hai.
No, it isn't on the table.
Kabir
वहाँ है, कुर्सी के नीचे।
Vahaan hai, kursee ke neeche.
It's there, under the chair.
Understand
Adjectives agree: बड़ा, बड़ी, बड़े
Adjectives that end in -aa change to match the noun, just like / / (meraa / meree / mere): -aa for a masculine noun, -ee for a feminine noun, -e for a masculine plural. So (kamraa, room, masculine) is (baraa) but (khirkee, window, feminine) is (baree).
Adjectives with any other ending never change: (laal, red) and (sundar, beautiful) are the same for every noun. Masculine nouns ending in -aa also change to -e in the plural: (ek kamraa), (do kamre). You'll learn all the plurals in chapter 8.
| Masculine | Feminine | Masculine plural |
|---|---|---|
| (baraa kamraa), a big room | (baree khirkee), a big window | (bare kamre), big rooms |
| (chhotaa ghar), a small home | (chhotee mez), a small table | (chhote ghar), small homes |
| (laal ghar), a red house | (laal kursee), a red chair | (laal kamre), red rooms |
Colours
Most colour words end in -aa and change like (baraa): (neelaa pen), a blue pen, but (neelee kursee), a blue chair. (laal, red) and (safed, white) never change.
| Colour | Masculine | Feminine |
|---|---|---|
| red | (laal) | (laal) |
| blue | (neelaa) | (neelee) |
| green | (haraa) | (haree) |
| yellow | (peelaa) | (peelee) |
| black | (kaalaa) | (kaalee) |
| white | (safed) | (safed) |
Where is it? पर, में, के नीचे, के पास
You know (par, on) and (men, in). Two more useful ones start with (ke): (ke neeche), under, and (ke paas), next to. They all come after the noun. (mere paas), I have, from chapter 5 is literally “near me”.
- फ़ोन मेज़ पर है।Fon mez par hai.The phone is on the table.
- फ़ोन कुर्सी के नीचे है।Fon kursee ke neeche hai.The phone is under the chair.
- कुर्सी खिड़की के पास है।Kursee khirkee ke paas hai.The chair is next to the window.
Before a postposition: कमरे में, मेरे कमरे में
You know from chapter 4 that postpositions such as (men) and (par) come after the noun, and so do (ke neeche) and (ke paas). Before any postposition, a masculine noun ending in -aa changes to -e: (kamraa) becomes (kamre men), in the room. Other nouns don't change: (mez par), (ghar men).
Masculine words in front of the noun that end in -aa, such as (meraa), (kaa) and adjectives, change to -e as well: (mere ghar men), in my home; (Rohan ke ghar men), in Rohan's home; (bare kamre men), in the big room. Feminine words don't change: (meree kursee par), on my chair. This changed form is called the oblique form.
| Postposition | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (men) | in | (kamre men), in the room |
| (par) | on, at | (mez par), on the table |
| (se) | from | (Dillee se), from Delhi |
| / / (kaa / kee / ke) | 's, of | (kamre kee khirkee), the room's window |
| (ke paas) | next to, near | (mere ghar ke paas), near my home |
| (ke neeche) | under | (kursee ke neeche), under the chair |
- मेरी बहन कमरे में है।Meree bahan kamre men hai.My sister is in the room.
- फ़ोन मेरे कमरे में है।Fon mere kamre men hai.The phone is in my room.
More in the grammar: Adjectives: changing and unchanging · Gender of nouns: masculine and feminine · Possession: my, your and “to have” · Postpositions and the oblique case
New words
- आओaaocome (in) · The friendly form, with (tum). Polite: (aaiye).
- नयाnayaanew · feminine (naee), masculine plural (naye)
- घरgharhouse, home, flat · masculine
- सुंदरsundarbeautiful, nice · never changes
- कमराkamraaroom · masculine; plural (kamre)
- रसोईrasoeekitchen · feminine; many people also say (kichan)
- बड़ाbaraabig · / / (baraa / baree / bare)
- लालlaalred · never changes
- कुर्सीkurseechair · feminine
- छोटाchhotaasmall · / / (chhotaa / chhotee / chhote)
- लेकिनlekinbut
- खिड़कीkhirkeewindow · feminine
- मेज़meztable · feminine
- के नीचेke neecheunder · after the noun: (kursee ke neeche), under the chair
Practise
1.The window is big. Which word fits? ___ (khirkee ___ hai.)
2.Match the colours.
Pick a word on the left, then its meaning on the right.
3.Put the words in order to say that this room is very small.
Tap the words below in the right order.This room is very small.
4.How do you say “a green chair”?
5.Kabir says (fon kursee ke neeche hai). Where is the phone?
6.How do you say “in my room”?
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Say it out loud
यह घर बहुत सुंदर है।
Yah ghar bahut sundar hai.
This home is really beautiful.
Listen, then say it out loud, as close to the recording as you can.
Check
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