Greetings and introductions; talking about habits and routines; simple present tense; introduction to Hindi sound system; Hindi alphabet—letter recognition and formation; cultural point—how and when to greet someone in social situations, and non-verbal communication; language point— different pronouns for the old and the young, relationship between adjectives and gender.
Talking about weather; asking about location of places; negotiating with autorickshaw driver; present continuous tense, imperatives, masculine and feminine; verbs for daily activities; dependent vowel signs; word formation; cultural point— relationship between men and women, taboos in India; language point—use of suffixes to change the politeness of commands; English loan words.
Making plans; asking for prices; inquiring about availability; future tense; singular plural; nasal sounds; numbers; time expressions; colours; conjuncts and their sounds; cultural point—gift giving, and art of negotiating in India; language point—Hindi loan words in English, and colloquial expressions.
Offering and asking for food; refusing politely; talking about health; expressing feelings; adjectives; possessive pronouns; sounds of joint letters; words related to food; parts of the body; sentence formation; punctuation; cultural point: eating etiquette, and do’s and don’ts in India; language point—formal vs. informal language.
