Reach Hindi A2
12 weeks · 3 milestones
Communicate in simple exchanges on familiar topics in Hindi. Unlike app-based learning, every milestone requires proof of real human communication — not a score on an app.
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The ने (ne) construction is the most distinctive feature of Hindi at A2. In Hindi, past tense with transitive verbs triggers an ergative split: the agent takes ने and the verb agrees with the OBJECT, not the subject. Example: 'राम ने किताब पढ़ी' (Ram read the book — verb पढ़ी is feminine because किताब is feminine). Intransitive past tense follows the subject: 'राम गया' (Ram went — verb गया agrees with masculine subject). Practice with 20 common transitive verbs. Also learn the oblique case: nouns change form before postpositions (e.g. घर → घर में stays the same, but लड़का → लड़के को in oblique).
Proof required
Submit: (1) a conjugation table of 20 transitive verbs in the ने construction (past tense), showing all persons with both masculine and feminine object agreement; (2) 5 sentences demonstrating oblique-case nouns before postpositions, with the object-agreement rule clearly illustrated.
What gets checked
- The conjugation table shows correct object-agreement (not subject-agreement) for all 20 verbs — feminine object → feminine past verb form regardless of agent's gender
- The oblique-case sentences correctly mark which noun is in the oblique and which postposition triggers the change
- At least 2 of the 20 verbs are irregular in their past stem (e.g. लेना → लिया, करना → किया) and are correctly conjugated