2.5 Study Abroad
Formal Conversation: Study Abroad
Jen is a Hindi student at one of the universities in America and planning to go to India for three months to learn Hindi. In India, she is going to stay with a host family. She is planning to send her host family a video introducing herself. Before she makes the video, she wrote her script.
Vocabulary 4 and Reading
| Hindi | Transliteration | English |
|---|---|---|
| प्रिय adj. | priye | Dear |
| मेज़बान adj. | mezabaan | Host |
| परिवार n.m. | pariwaar | Family |
| बाईस adj. | baaiis | twenty two |
| साल n.m. | saal | year |
| विश्वविद्यालय n.m. | vishwa-vidyaalay | University |
| छात्रा n.f. | chhaatraa | Student (female) |
| मेरा adj. | meraa | My |
| मेजर n.m. | major | Major |
| संगीत n.m. | sangiit | Music |
| राज्य n.m. | raajy | State |
| मगर conj. | magar | But |
| रहना v.it. | rahanaa | To live |
| लोग n.m. | log | People |
| मिलना v.it. | milanaa | To meet |
| x के लिए pp. | X ke liye | For X |
| बहुत adj. & adv. | bahut | Very |
| उत्साहित adj. | utsaahit | Excited |
| आपकी adj. | aapakii | Yours |
| अतिथी n.m. | atithii | Guest |
प्रिय मेज़बान परिवार,
नमस्ते!
मेरा नाम जेन है| मैं बाईस साल की हूँ| मैं एक विश्वविद्यालय में छात्रा हूँ| मेरा मेजर संगीत है| मैं अमेरिका के विस्कॉन्सिन राज्य से हूँ, मगर, मैं न्यु-यॉर्क में रहती हूँ| मेरा फ़ोन नंबर 555-xxx-xxxx है| मेरा ई.मेल एड्रेस jen@gmail.com है|
मैं आप लोगों से मिलने के लिए बहुत उत्साहित हूँ|
आपकी अतिथी
जेन
Test Yourself
Question Answer
Based on the above reading about Jen. Please answer the following questions.
Activity
Imagine that you are meeting someone new either on social media or face-to-face. Please introduce yourself and end by saying “Nice to meet you, bye.” You can record yourself and share this with your friends/teacher and also on social media.
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