A Door Into Hindi by 
Afroz Taj

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Devanagari

The Hindi Writing System

Lesson 1
Bazaar

1.1 Word order 
1.2 Questions with क्या, कहाँ
1.3 Negation
1.4 Articles
1.5 Punctuation

Lesson 2
Qutub Minar

2.1 Personal Pronouns
2.2 Verb होना and auxiliary verbs
2.3 Verb infinitive and root
2.4 Present imperfect tense
2.5 Present progressive
2.6 To want to

Lesson 3
Jewelry Store

3.1 Nouns: masc and fem
3.2 Nouns: singular and plural
3.3 Adjectives
3.4 Possessive Pronouns
3.5 का, के, की
3.6 Apna,
3.7 Emphatics
3.8 To be able to (सकना)

Lesson 4
Review (not available)
Lesson 5
Delhi
5.1. Postpositions
5.2 Oblique of nouns
5.3 Oblique of adjectives and possessives
5.4 Oblique of pronoun
5.5 के postpositions
5.6 के पास = "to have"
Lesson 6
Taxila

6.1 Dative case
6.2 Special dative forms
6.3 Dative constructions
6.4 Infinitive as a noun
6.5 Imperatives
6.6 Past of होना: था/थे/थी/थीं

Lesson 7
Aligarh

7.1 Oblique with destinations
7.2 "In order to"
7.3 Past imperfect
7.4 Past progressive
7.5 Since/For

Lesson 8
Review (not available)
Lesson 9
Taj Mahal

9.1 Optative/Subjunctive
9.2 Future
9.3 Telling Time
9.4 Parts of the day
9.5 Verb root + कर
9.6 Supposed to
9.7 और = "more"

Lesson 10
Jaipur

10.1 Family relations
10.2 To have brothers, sisters, etc.
10.3 Plural for respect,
10.4 Animate direct objects
10.5 Verb with चाहिये
10.6 मिलना

Lesson 11
Islamabad

11.1 Requests with प्रार्थना
11.2 Whether = कि
11.3 Conditional sentences
11.4 Future imperatives
11.5 पड़ना = to have to

Lesson 12 Review
Lesson 13
Benares
13.1 Comparitives
13.2 Superlatives
13.3 To have difficulty or ease = कठिनाई or आसानी
13.4 "intention" 
13.5 Relative pronouns
Lesson 14
Lost boy
14.1
Perfect Form of the Verb = Simple Past Form of the Verb
14.2 The Perfect Tense = Simple Past
14.3 The Present Perfect Tense
14.4 Fractions
14.5 Vते रहना
14.6 Causative Verbs
Lesson 15
Samosas
15.1 ने construction
15.2 Days of the Week
15.3 Numbers
15.4 gender and number of unknowns
Lesson 16 Review
Lesson 17
Nainital
17.1 Future Constructions
17.2 Presumptive
17.3 "Maybe" with Subjunctive
17.4 Seasons and Weather
17.5 Compound Verbs
17.6 Perspiration
17.7 Adjective Doubling
Lesson 18
18.1 Ordinal Numbers
18.2 विचार = ख़्याल
18.3 जानकारी = ख़बर
18.4 लोग
Lesson 19
Kasganj
19.1 पानी बरसना
19.2 बर्फ़ or बरफ़
19.3 V - ते समय / वक़्त
19.4 वाला
Lesson 20 Review
Lesson 21
Crazy Husband
21.1 The Months in Hindi
21.2 V ने वाला
21.3 Verbs with करना v. होना 
21.4 शायद= perhaps, maybe, probably
21.5 Since 
21.6 To have an interest = दिलचस्पी होना / रखना
Lesson 22
Truth or Dream
22.1 Oblique with time expressions
22.2 चीज़ v. बात 
22.3 चुकना 
22.4 To have fun / to enjoy = मज़ा लेना / आनन्द लेना
Lesson 23
Lahore
23.1 The Seasons गर्मी, सर्दी, जाड़ा, ठड
23.2 Directions = दिशाएँ 
23.3 as / as = वैसा / जैसा
23.4 as / as = उतना / जितना 
23.5 The Passive 
Lesson 24 Review

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