3. HINDI PROVERBS
Hindi 11
!र # ढोल स(हाव, लग. / ।
Door ke dhol suhavane lagte hain.
Translation: The drums always sound better at a distance.
Meaning: What you don’t have always looks better than it actually is.
This proverb is very true and most of us learned it through experience. We
always want what others have but once we finally get it, we realize it wasn’t so
great after all. This proverb is very similar to the very popular English quote,
“The grass is always greener on the other side”.
गरज, वा1 बादल बरस. नह5 ।
Garajne wale badal baraste nahin hain.
Translation: The loudest thundering clouds seldom strike.
Meaning: Those who make the most threats rarely do anything.
This proverb describes people who are “all talk”. This proverb reminds me of the
English proverb, “one’s bark is worse than one’s bite”.
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4. HINDI PROVERBS
Hindi 11
आ7म9श;सा पर कोई भी AवBास नह5 करता ।
Aatmaprashansa par koi bhi vishvas nahin karata.
Translation: Nobody trusts someone’s self-recommendation.
Meaning: Self explanatory.
This proverb is almost synonymous with, “Self-praise is no praise”. Boasting
about oneself does not impress anybody.
उषाकाल # पह1 अGधIरा गहनतम हो जाता J ।
Ushakal ke pahale andhera gahantam ho jata hai.
Translation: It’s always darkest before the dawn.
Meaning: Things get better after you go through the worst.
I really like this proverb, it is positive and would give me hope in my bad days.
Proverbs like this keep people from giving up when no hope is left. There are
many similar English proverbs such as, “There’s always a rain after the rain”.
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6. HINDI SHORT STORY
Pyasa Kauva
Ek baar ki baat hai kissi jangal mein ek kauva rahta tha. Ek din usse
badi jor se pyas lagi. Weh pani ki talash mein bahaut door tak udta
raha, parantu kahin bhi usse pani nahi mila. Jab weh bahaut thak gaya
to usse akhir mein ek ghada dikhai diya jismay bahaut thoda-sa pani
tha.
Jab kauvay ne pani pina chaha tu usski chonch pani tak nahi ja saki.
Ussne har tarah se pani pine ki koshish ki, par sab bekar gayi. Kauva
bechain ho uttha, tabhi usse ek upaiy soojha. Ussne aas-paas se
kankad ekatrit kare aur ek-ek karke apni chonch se ghade mein tab tak
dale jab tak pani uppar nahin aagaya. Phir kauvay ne ji bhar kar pani
piya.
Es tarah kauvay ne apni mehnat aur sehanshakti se apni pyas bhujhayi
aur apni jaan bachayi.
I have highlighted the words that I already learned during the course.
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7. HINDI SHORT STORY
Thirsty Crow
Once upon a time, a crow used to live in a jungle. One day he was
really thirsty. He flew far away in search of water, but he didn’t find
water anywhere. When he went a far distance and got really tired , he
saw a pot with very little water in the distance.
His beak was not long enough to reach the water. He tried many
different ways to drink the water but none worked. When he almost
gave up, an idea came to him. He filled the pot with rocks from near by
until the water level rised. He drank as much water as he wanted.
In this way, the thirsty crow saved his life by using common sense and
hardwork.
This story is almost identical to the popular Aesop’s Fable: The Thirsty Crow.
Note: I did not use an online translator to translate the story. I translated the words I knew
myself and used a dictionary for the words I didn’t know
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9. HINDI POEM
Nursery Rhyme
जल की रानी Jal ki rani Water Queen
Original Hindi Version Transliteration English Translation
मछली जल की रानी J Machli jal ki rani hai The fish is the queen
of the ocean,
Jeevan uska paani hai
जीवन उसका पानी J water is her life,
Haath lagao, dar
हाथ लगाओ, दर जाएगी jayegi If you touch her she
will get scared,
बाहर Aनकालो, मार Bahar nikaalo gey,
mar jayegi If you take her out of
जाएगी the water, she will die
I have underlined the words that I already learned during the course.I did not use an online
translator to translate the poem. I translated the words I knew myself and used a dictionary for
the words I didn’t know
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10. BIBLIOGRAPHY
Works Cited
"Hindi Proverbs, Popular Sayings, Hindi Kahavat, Kahawat." INDIF. Web. 05 Apr. 2012.
<http://www.indif.com/kids/hindi_proverbs/hindi_proverbs.aspx>.
"Hindi Proverbs.” Web. 05 Apr. 2012. <http://amrithvani.wordpress.com/2007/06/17/hindi-
proverbs/>.
"Pyasa Kauva - The Thirsty Crow - Hindi Short Story, A Folktale." INDIF. Web. 05 Apr.
2012. <http://www.indif.com/kids/hindi_stories/hindi_short_stories_02.aspx>.
"Hindi Proverbs." - Wikiquote. Web. 05 Apr. 2012. <http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/
Hindi_proverbs>.
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11. TOOLS I USED
Hindi 11
Software for this project: iWork Keynote
Template: “Headlines” by Apple Inc.
Transliteration: Google Transliteration http://www.google.com/transliterate
Translation: Google Translate http://www.translate.google.com
Hindi Dictionary: Shabdkosh http://www.shabdkosh.com/
Bibliography: EasyBib http://www.easybib.com
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