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Grandma’s Garden

A grandmother, a small garden and the best tomato dish in the family.

A family story. Notice that the grandmother’s verbs end in हैं, not है: Hindi uses the plural to show respect, even for one person. The father speaks to her with आप.

मेरी दादी सत्तर साल की हैं। वे हमारे साथ रहती हैं। हमारे घर में एक छोटा बगीचा है।

बगीचे में टमाटर, मिर्च और नींबू हैं। हर सुबह दादी बगीचे में जाती हैं। मैं भी उनके साथ जाता हूँ।

आज हम बगीचे से लाल टमाटर लाते हैं। दोपहर को दादी टमाटर की सब्ज़ी बनाती हैं।

शाम को सब साथ में खाना खाते हैं। पापा कहते हैं, “माँ, आपका खाना सबसे अच्छा है।” दादी हँसती हैं।

More sentences on this in “Language in use”: Hindi for the family

Words: 74
Sentences: 11
Words per sentence: 6.7
in the vocabulary: 100 %
measured level: A1
Reading time: 1 min

Grammar in this text

These forms appear in the text in real use. Switch on “Show grammar” above the text to highlight them.

वे हमारे साथ रहती हैं · आपका खाना
Respect makes the verb plural: वे रहती हैं, दादी जाती हैं. The son speaks to his mother with आप: आपका खाना. तू, तुम or आप: choosing your “you” →
टमाटर की सब्ज़ी
का / की / के agrees with the thing that follows: टमाटर की सब्ज़ी (सब्ज़ी is feminine). का, की, के: “of”, agreeing with what follows →

The words from A1 up in this text

Not the hard words in general, but those at your level: all 26 of the 49 words in this text are at A1 or above. You will know everything else by the time you get here.

अच्छा
I see; oh really; OK
A1
आज
today
A1
कहना
to say; to tell
A1
खाना
food; meal
A1
खाना
to eat
A1
घर
house; home
A1
छोटा
small; little; younger
A1
जाना
to go
A1
टमाटर
tomato
A1
दादी
grandmother (father's mother)
A1
दोपहर
afternoon; midday
A1
नींबू
lime; lemon
A1
पापा
dad
A1
बगीचा
garden
A1
बनाना
to make
A1
माँ
mother
A1
मिर्च
chilli; pepper
A1
रहना
to live; to stay
A1
लाना
to bring
A1
लाल
red
A1
शाम
evening
A1
सत्तर
seventy
A1
सब्ज़ी
vegetable; vegetable dish
A1
साल
year
A1
सुबह
morning
A1
हँसना
to laugh
A2

The word lists for this text

The words in this text appear in 10 lists on this site; the number after each says how many come from that list. Having read the text, you have just needed these very words — and can practise exactly them.

The first verbs 6 Food and drink 5 Time and the calendar 5 People and the family 3 The home 2 The first adjectives 1 Colours 1 Feelings 1 Greetings and set phrases 1 Numbers 1

Comprehension questions

3 questions on the text. With each answer the sentence it comes from appears — a question whose answer you cannot find in the text tests nothing.

1. How old is the grandmother?

2. What grows in the garden?

3. What does the father say?