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Introduction to Marathi Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by

the Marathi people of western and central India. Official language of the state of Maharashtra. 90 million fluent speakers worldwide 4th largest number of native speakers in India

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathi_language

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Course Prerequisites

A computer with speakers Familiarity with Hindi is helpful Lots of enthusiasm

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Course Objectives

Conversational knowledge of Marathi Cover the dialect of Marathi spoken in

Mumbai Will NOT cover how to write Marathi in

Devanagri script

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In this lesson you will learn: Use simple everyday phrases Count up to 10 Pronouns Conjugation of a verb Introduction to grammar

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Common PhrasesHello! Namaskar!

How are you? (formal) Tumhi kaase ahaat?

How are you? (informal) Kay mhantos?Kay mhantes?

I am fine! Mee majjet aahe!

Thank you! Dhanya-vaad

Ok Theek aahe!

What time is it? Kiti vajle?

I am hungry! Mala bhook lagli!

Do you speak English? Tumhala ing-rajee yete ka?

Bye! Tata!

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Count from 1 to 10

1 Ek 6 Saha

2 Don 7 Saat

3 Teen 8 Aath

4 Chaar 9 Nauu

5 Paach 10 daha

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Pronouns

I Mee We Aamhi

You Tu YouTumhi (used for

elders)

He Tohh They Tey

She Tee They Tey

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Verb – “to be” in present tense

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I am Mee aahe We are Aamhi aahot

You are Tu aahes You are Tumhi aahaat

He is Tohh aahe They are Tey aahet

She is Tee aahe They are Tey aahet

Introduction to nouns

All nouns in Marathi have a gender (like in Hindi or French)

Gender is not to be confused with sexMazhye pustak Vs mazhi vahi

Articles used for the noun should agree with the gender and number of the nounMazhya vahya

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Revision

Make sure you make a vocabulary list of the words covered in this lesson

As you go along, you should try building your vocabulary

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