Course Description
This is the intermediate level of Hindi. It will build on the basic reading, writing, grammar, and speaking skills acquired in the introductory course.
Athena Title
INTERMEDIATE HINDI
Prerequisite
HNDI 1002
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Intermediate Hindi will emphasize verbal fluency, vocabulary and conversational skills with the aim of improving the ability to communicate in natural settings. The class proceedings will be, as far as possible, conducted in Hindi.
Topical Outline
Week 1 Intransitive and transitive verb pairs Week 2 Contingent, presumptive, and counterfactual Week 3 Relative-correlative pronouns and adjectives Week 4 Compound verbs Week 5 Groups of verbs of related stem; causative verbs Week 6 Passive forms; conjunct verbs not involving KARNA and HONA some use of infinitives Week 7 Composite verbal expressions with REHNA, JANA, KARNA and CHAHNA Week 8 The adjectival particle SA Week 9 Reduplicative expressions Week 10 Reflexive pronouns Week 11 Non-finite participial constructions Week 12 Further aspects of grammar of nominal forms Week 13 SANDHI Week 14 Formation of words Week 15 Compounding of words
General Education Core
CORE IV: World Languages and Global CultureSyllabus