Series: Hindi Samiti UK — Full Journey (JL to Level 1)

Phase 5: Level 1 (UK Hindi Samiti – Pravesh) – Sentences & Confidence — Part 38 of 48

Goal: Practise saying what happened in the past in Hindi.

You’ll learn: Review verbs, make past tense sentences, listen to pronunciation, and answer quiz questions using Hindi words for common actions.

Warm-up (30 seconds): Can you act out what you did yesterday? Let’s see if you can name those actions in Hindi after this lesson!

Mission: Let’s practise talking about things you did yesterday using simple Hindi words.

Hindi (देवनागरी)	English	Transliteration
खाया	ate	khāyā
पिया	drank	piyā
लिखा	wrote	likhā
देखा	saw/watched	dekhā
बोला	spoke	bolā
सीखा	learned	sīkhā
खेला	played	khelā
गया	went	gayā
पढ़ा	read (past)	paṛhā
मिला	met	milā
सोया	slept	soyā
लाया	brought	lāyā

Audio pronunciation links:

• खाया (khāyā) – Forvo
• पिया (piyā) – Forvo
• लिखा (likhā) – Forvo
• देखा (dekhā) – Forvo
• बोला (bolā) – Forvo
• सीखा (sīkhā) – Forvo
• खेला (khelā) – Forvo
• गया (gayā) – Forvo
• पढ़ा (paṛhā) – Forvo
• मिला (milā) – Forvo
• सोया (soyā) – Forvo
• लाया (lāyā) – Forvo

Example sentences:

• मैंने सेब खाया। (I ate an apple.)
• उसने पानी पिया। (He/She drank water.)
• तुमने कहानी लिखी। (You wrote a story.)
• हमने फिल्म देखी। (We watched a film.)
• मैंने हिंदी बोली। (I spoke Hindi.)
• उसने नई चीज सीखी। (He/She learned something new.)
• बच्चों ने खेला। (The children played.)
• मैं स्कूल गया। (I went to school.)
• तुमने किताब पढ़ी। (You read a book.)
• मैं अपने दोस्त से मिला। (I met my friend.)
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Practice exercises:

1. Say “I ate rice” in Hindi.
2. Write a sentence about something you learned yesterday.
3. Listen to the word “देखा” and repeat it aloud.
4. Ask a friend in Hindi if they went to school yesterday.
5. Make a sentence using “पढ़ा” (read).

Mini quiz:

1. What is the Hindi word for “played”?
2. How do you say “He drank milk” in Hindi?
3. Translate to English: “मैंने कहानी लिखी।”
4. Which word means “slept”?
5. Fill in the blank: “तुमने _____ सीखी।” (You learned something.)

Quiz answers (click to show)

1. खेला (khelā)
2. उसने दूध पिया।
3. I wrote a story.
4. सोया (soyā)
5. नई (nai) – “तुमने नई सीखी।” (You learned something new.)

Helper note: Encourage your child to use these new words in everyday talk and to repeat the audio links for better pronunciation.

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