Learn how to understand a weather forecast
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Eric: Hi everyone, and welcome back to HindiPod101.com. This is Lower Intermediate, Season 1 Lesson 14 - What Does the Weather Forecast Say for India? Eric here. |
| Udita: नमस्ते I'm Udita. |
| Eric: In this lesson, you’ll learn useful phrases for describing the weather in Hindi. The conversation takes place in a home. |
| Udita: It's between Sapna and Disha. |
| Eric: The speakers are siblings, so they’ll be using casual Hindi. Okay, let's listen to the conversation. |
Lesson conversation |
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| Sapna: आज का अख़बार तू पढ़ रही है? ज़रा मौसम का हाल सुनाना। |
| Disha: लिखा है की आज बादल छाई रहेगी, और बारिश होने की सम्भावना है। |
| Sapna: ओहो! फिर तो बहुत ट्रैफिक जैम होगी। बारिश कब होगी? |
| Disha: लिखा है कि दोपहर में बारिश होगी और श्याम तक अासमान साफ़ हो जाएगी। |
| Sapna: अच्छा तो रश ऑवर के वक्त नहीं है, और तापमान? |
| Disha: आज का तापमान है तेईस डिग्री, और रात के वक्त उनीस डिग्री। |
| Sapna: ठीक है, तो आज मैं छाता लेकर निकलूंगी। |
| Eric: Listen to the conversation one time slowly. |
| Sapna: आज का अख़बार तू पढ़ रही है? ज़रा मौसम का हाल सुनाना। |
| Disha: लिखा है की आज बादल छाई रहेगी, और बारिश होने की सम्भावना है। |
| Sapna: ओहो! फिर तो बहुत ट्रैफिक जैम होगी। बारिश कब होगी? |
| Disha: लिखा है कि दोपहर में बारिश होगी और श्याम तक अासमान साफ़ हो जाएगी। |
| Sapna: अच्छा तो रश ऑवर के वक्त नहीं है, और तापमान? |
| Disha: आज का तापमान है तेईस डिग्री, और रात के वक्त उनीस डिग्री। |
| Sapna: ठीक है, तो आज मैं छाता लेकर निकलूंगी। |
| Eric: Now, listen to the conversation with the English translation. |
| Sapna: You're reading today's newspaper? Tell me the weather forecast. |
| Disha: It says that it’ll be cloudy today, and there’s a possibility of rain. |
| Sapna: Oh no, then there'll be traffic jams. When will it rain? |
| Dsha: It says that it'll rain in the afternoon and by evening the sky will clear up. |
| Sapna: Okay, so not during rush hours. And temperature? |
| Disha: Today's temperature is 23 degrees, and 19 degrees at night. |
| Sapna: Okay, so I’ll leave home with an umbrella today. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Eric: Udita, what are the names of the biggest cities in India? |
| Udita: There are a lot of big cities, but the most well known ones are Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai, and Hyderabad. |
| Eric: Are traffic jams common in these cities? |
| Udita: They sure are. Because of the fast economic growth India’s been experiencing, more and more middle-class families are buying bikes and cars. This has greatly contributed to traffic problems in India. |
| Eric: And there’s a wide variety of vehicles on the road too, including bicycles, bicycle-rickshaws, two-wheeler scooter-bikes, motorbikes, three-wheeler "auto rickshaws", cars and buses. |
| Udita: Fortunately though, all of these cities now have subway systems, which have really eased congestion. |
| Eric: So listeners, if you’re travelling in a city with a subway line, we recommend you try the subway during rush hour to avoid traffic headaches! Okay, now onto the vocab. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Eric: Let’s take a look at the vocabulary from this lesson. The first word is.. |
| Udita: अखबार [natural native speed] |
| Eric: newspaper, journal |
| Udita: अखबार [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Udita: अखबार [natural native speed] |
| Eric: Next we have.. |
| Udita: मौसम [natural native speed] |
| Eric: weather |
| Udita: मौसम [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Udita: मौसम [natural native speed] |
| Eric: Next we have.. |
| Udita: छाना [natural native speed] |
| Eric: to spread, to cover |
| Udita: छाना [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Udita: छाना [natural native speed] |
| Eric: Next we have.. |
| Udita: संभावना [natural native speed] |
| Eric: probability, possibility |
| Udita: संभावना [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Udita: संभावना [natural native speed] |
| Eric: Next we have.. |
| Udita: आसमान [natural native speed] |
| Eric: sky |
| Udita: आसमान [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Udita: आसमान [natural native speed] |
| Eric: Next we have.. |
| Udita: तापमान [natural native speed] |
| Eric: temperature |
| Udita: तापमान [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Udita: तापमान [natural native speed] |
| Eric: Next we have.. |
| Udita: तेईस [natural native speed] |
| Eric: 23 |
| Udita: तेईस [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Udita: तेईस [natural native speed] |
| Eric: Next we have.. |
| Udita: उनीस [natural native speed] |
| Eric: 19 |
| Udita: उनीस [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Udita: उनीस [natural native speed] |
| Eric: And lastly.. |
| Udita: छाता [natural native speed] |
| Eric: umbrella |
| Udita: छाता [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Udita: छाता [natural native speed] |
| KEY VOCAB AND PHRASES |
| Eric: Let's take a closer look at the usage of some of the words and phrases from this lesson. The first phrase is.. |
| Udita: मौसम का हाल |
| Eric: which means “weather news” |
| Udita: mauSam means “weather,” kaa means “of'” and haaL means “condition”. |
| Eric: So, altogether... |
| Udita: मौसम का हाल |
| Eric: literally means “the state of the weather.” But you can translate it as “weather news”. You’ll often hear news readers use this phrase when they’re giving the weather forecast. |
| Udita: Right. The most common technical term for a “weather report” is “mauSam kii jaaNkaarii.” |
| Eric: This literally means “weather information”. Can you give us an example using this phrase, Udita? |
| Udita: Sure. For example, you can say.. मौसम का हाल जानने के लिए आगे देखते रहिए। |
| Eric: ..which means “Keep watching to hear the weather news.” Okay, what's the next phrase? |
| Udita: बादल छाना |
| Eric: which means “cloud cover” |
| Udita: “baaDaL” means “clouds” and “chaaNaa” is the verb used with “baaDaL” to talk about cloud cover. |
| Eric: In Hindi the word “cloud” is uncountable, so the word... |
| Udita: “baaDaL” |
| Eric: can refer to both one cloud or many clouds. Udita, can we use the same phrase to say “the clouds are covering the sky,” in the present tense? |
| Udita: For that, you should use the word chaa instead of chaaNaa . “baaDaL chaa rahe hain” - “the clouds are covering the sky”. |
| Eric: Can you give us an example using this phrase? |
| Udita: Sure. For example, you can say.. तेज़ी से बादल छा रहे हैं। |
| Eric: .. which means “Clouds are gathering rapidly.” Okay, now onto the lesson focus. |
Lesson focus |
| Eric: In this lesson you will learn how to understand weather forecasts. Talking about the weather in Hindi requires a specific set of vocabulary. |
| Udita: Right. In Hindi, we don’t use adjectives to talk about weather like in English. |
| Eric: Instead, there are specific verbs and nouns used to describe weather. |
| Udita: Exactly. To describe weather you can either use होना hoNaa, meaning “to be,” or रहनाrahNaa meaning “to stay”. |
| Eric: So to make a proper sentence, first, you take a noun related to the weather, then add the verb “to be” or “to stay” in the appropriate form. Udita, following this pattern, how would you say “It is sunny” in Hindi? |
| Udita: That would be DHuup hai. DHuup is a feminine noun which means “sunshine,” and hai means “be”. |
| Eric: If you want to say “It will stay sunny” in Hindi you can use the verb “to stay,” which is... |
| Udita: रहनाrahNaa |
| Eric: So, altogether that would be… |
| Udita: DHuup rahegii, which means “It will stay sunny”. |
| Eric: You could also say... |
| Udita: बाहर धूप है। |
| Eric: “It is sunny outside.” or…. |
| Udita: दिनभर धुप रहेगी। |
| Eric: “It will stay sunny all day.” Great! What about “It's raining” ? |
| Udita: “Rain” in Hindi is बारिश baaris. It is a feminine noun. You can use it with the verb होना hoNaa meaning “to be”. So, “It's raining” would be यहाँ 'बारिश हो रही है. You can also use the words “barSaaT” and “varsaa” for rain. |
| Eric: Udita, let's give our listeners some sample sentences. |
| Udita: Okay, bahuT baaris ho rahii hai. |
| Eric: “It’s raining heavily.” |
| Udita: abhii barSaaT kaa mauSam hai. |
| Eric: “It’s rainy season right now.” |
| Udita: syaam Se varsaa suruu ho jaaegii. |
| Eric: “It will start raining from the evening.” Can we also use this pattern to say “It's windy” or “It's hot” in Hindi? |
| Udita: Yes. गर्मी garmii is a feminine noun meaning “heat” or “warmth,” and हवा havaa is a feminine noun meaning “wind”. |
| Eric: So, “It's hot” would be… |
| Udita: garmii hai |
| Eric: And “it's windy” would be |
| Udita: havaa hai. |
| Eric: Listeners, remember that we have more examples in the lesson notes, so please be sure to check them out! |
Outro |
| Eric: Okay, that’s all for this lesson. Thank you for listening, everyone, and we’ll see you next time! Bye! |
| Udita: अलविदा |
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