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Hindi Diwas:
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India is home to hundreds of languages and dialects — a testament to its rich linguistic diversity. In this lesson, you will watch a video celebrating Hindi Day (हिंदी दिवस) with voices from across India, then practice using Hindi postpositions to describe where cities and people are located.
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Watch the video — Hindi Diwas speakers from across India
Find the cities — Identify where each speaker is from
Learn postpositions — में and पर for describing location
Write sentences — Introduce 3 speakers and their cities in Hindi
Bonus practice — True/false quiz + extra postposition sentences
By the end of this page you will be able to: identify Indian cities on a map, use में and पर correctly in writing, and recognize India's linguistic diversity through language.
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Hindi Day is celebrated on September 14 every year to encourage the use of Hindi across India. As you watch the video, try to find the cities of each speaker and write them down.
Ira Sharma
Mrutyunjay Kumar
Bharat Singh Rajpurohit
Gautam
Jayanti Jha
Ahmed Husain
Abhay Bhatt
VOCABULARY LIST
East - पूर्व
West - पश्चिम
North - उत्तर
South - दक्षिण
🔖 Need help with pronunciation or additional meanings? Click here for an online Hindi dictionary with pronunciation support.
A Brief Note on Postpositions
Languages like English use prepositions to show the relationship between a noun and other words in the sentence. They come before the noun.
Here's an example:
The book is on the table. ("On" tells us the location of the book)
Hindi, on the other hand, uses postpositions. These little words come after the noun they relate to.
Here's an example in Hindi:
किताब (kitaab) मेज़ (mej) पर (par) है (hai). (Literal translation: book table on is. "Par" indicates location here)
Just like पर, the post-position में (mein) is an equivalent of in and is used to describe the location of a person, be it in a larger area like a country or a city, or a smaller area like a school or a classroom. The use of postpositions help us build the meaning of a sentence in English.
Choose 3 people from the video and write in Hindi to introduce which city each person is from and where the city is located using postpositions such as “Poonam is from Delhi. Delhi is in North India. Delhi is next to Haryana."
पूनम दिल्ली से है। दिल्ली उत्तरी भारत में है। दिल्ली हरियाणा के बग़ल में है।
Read the sentences below and click 'True' if the sentences use postpositions correctly.
❓If you would like additional help or clarification regarding the activities or answers, please feel free to contact Poonam Chauhan at poonamc07@gmail.com
Bonus Sentences with Postpositions
Bonus Sentences with Postpositions
ताज महल आगरा में है।
(Taj Mahal is in Agra.)
गंगा भारत की एक नदी है।
(Ganga is a river of India.)
मुंबई और दिल्ली भारत के दो बड़े शहर हैं।
(Mumbai and Delhi are two of India’s big cities.)
पलंग के ऊपर एक तस्वीर है।
(There is a picture above the bed.)
मेज़ के बग़ल में एक गमला है।
(There’s a flower pot next to the table.)
सोफ़ा टीवी के सामने है।
(The sofa is in front of the TV.)
रिपोर्ट के मुताबिक़ दिल्ली का तापमान चालीस डिग्री है।
(According to the report, Delhi's temperature is forty degrees.)
राजा के साथ रानी रहती है।
(The queen lives with the king)
मसूरी दिल्ली से तीन सौ किलोमीटर दूर है।
(Mussoorie is three hundred kilometers further from Delhi.)
बैंक नदी के नज़दीक है।
(The bank is near the river.)
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