Visiting that Ragavendra temple in Bangalore is almost more than a routine for her. She has not seen him ever before in the temple.
He was sitting on the floor with his closed eyes, folded legs and locked fingers in ‘Gnana Mudra’. He looked strange and different with a turban on his head and the very long flowing beard. Some thing was there in his face that attracted her. She could not understand what that was.
She finished her ‘darshan’ and came out; she saw the man was walking in the corridor. Again something was happening in her, she could not understand what was that. She was telling herself, "a poor old man. I have to help him". She ran to him, gave rupees ten in his hand and forced him to accept. He smiled, expressed a reverence like a ‘prasadam’ by keeping it in the forehead and thanked her by keeping the hand in prayer position (‘Namasthey’).
As she came out, she saw the man was getting into his Mercedes Benz, she was perplexed, shivered and ran to him and said, "Sir (Ayya!), Please forgive me, I did not do this to insult you. By seeing your dress and appearance, I thought you are struggling in life and offered you the money. It is a blunder. I am sorry. Please forgive me. Please give me back that money. I am sorry".
The man with the fake beard and turban laughed and replied her politely, "Ammaa.. There is no mistake of yours. It is the other way. The creator is again and again reminding me through some body, "You are nothing. You are not special. Everybody is equal in front of me". He keeps on sending this message again and again and today you happened to be a medium. That’s it. Thanks a ton". His hand again went to prayer position, expressed gratitude to the lady and he went into his car.
When the lady realized the man was none other than Super star Rajini Kanth - Asia’s number one paid actor, he has left the place.
She did not know what to do. With tears in her eyes, she was starring at the direction that the car went.
- From Dr. Gayathri Sreekanth’s "The Name Is Rajini Kanth – A biography"
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Neuters nouns
Neuters:
Diminutives (signaled by the sufix -chen or -lein) generic animal names that includes both sexes, cities, countries (but: die Schweiz, die Türkei, die Tschechoslowakei, die USA (plural), metals (but: der Stahl), letters of the alphabet, colours, languages, an abstract idea derived from an adjective. Nouns ending in -um -tum (but: der Reichtum, der Irrtum), nouns ending -en that are derived from a verb, (other nouns ending in -en tend to be masculine.).
Examples in German:
Europe - Europa
Helgoland - Helgoland
the beautiful Saxonia - das schِne Sachsen
our dear Germany - unser liebes Deutschland
sleeping - das Schlafen
the meal - das Essen
buying - das Einkaufen
the girl - das Mädchen
Diminutives (signaled by the sufix -chen or -lein) generic animal names that includes both sexes, cities, countries (but: die Schweiz, die Türkei, die Tschechoslowakei, die USA (plural), metals (but: der Stahl), letters of the alphabet, colours, languages, an abstract idea derived from an adjective. Nouns ending in -um -tum (but: der Reichtum, der Irrtum), nouns ending -en that are derived from a verb, (other nouns ending in -en tend to be masculine.).
Examples in German:
Europe - Europa
Helgoland - Helgoland
the beautiful Saxonia - das schِne Sachsen
our dear Germany - unser liebes Deutschland
sleeping - das Schlafen
the meal - das Essen
buying - das Einkaufen
the girl - das Mädchen
Femine nouns
Femine:
Female persons, female animals, names of fruits (but: der Apfel, das Ananas), names of flowers and trees, names of a rivers (but: der Rhein, der Main, der Neckar, der Inn) numbers used as a nouns.Nouns ending in -ei -ie -in -ion -ik -tät -heit -keit -schaft -ung, -e when the word has two syllables (except das Auge, das Ende, der Käse, der Name, der Glaube, and male persons or animals), -t or -e when the noun is derived from a strong verb stem.
Examples in German:
the Mrs. - die Frau
the sister - die Schwester
the lady doctor - die Ärztin
the candidate - die Kandidatin
the flower - die Blume
the road - die Straße
the map - die Karte
the unity - die Eins
the thirteen - die Dreizehn
the million - die Million
sister - die Schwester
lady - die Dame
aunt - die Tante
daughter - die Tochter
mother - die Mutter
teacher(female) - die Lehrerin
salesclerk(female) - die Verkäuferin
Female persons, female animals, names of fruits (but: der Apfel, das Ananas), names of flowers and trees, names of a rivers (but: der Rhein, der Main, der Neckar, der Inn) numbers used as a nouns.Nouns ending in -ei -ie -in -ion -ik -tät -heit -keit -schaft -ung, -e when the word has two syllables (except das Auge, das Ende, der Käse, der Name, der Glaube, and male persons or animals), -t or -e when the noun is derived from a strong verb stem.
Examples in German:
the Mrs. - die Frau
the sister - die Schwester
the lady doctor - die Ärztin
the candidate - die Kandidatin
the flower - die Blume
the road - die Straße
the map - die Karte
the unity - die Eins
the thirteen - die Dreizehn
the million - die Million
sister - die Schwester
lady - die Dame
aunt - die Tante
daughter - die Tochter
mother - die Mutter
teacher(female) - die Lehrerin
salesclerk(female) - die Verkäuferin
Masculine nouns
Masculine:
Male persons, animals days of the week, months and seasons, alcoholic beverage (but: das Bier!), geographical directions and most phenomena connected to the weather.Nouns ending in -ig -ing -ast -ling -ich -or -us -m (usually), -er when derived from a verb, nouns derived from the stem of a strong (irregular) verb and not end in -t or -e.
Examples in German:
the man - der Mann
the father - der Vater
the American - der Amerikaner
the teacher - der Lehrer
the boss - der Chef
the psychologist - der Psychologe
Monday - der Montag
April - der April
the winter - der Winter
the north - der Norden
the butterfly - der Schmetterling
the carpet - der Teppich
the Tutor - der Tutor
communism - der Kommunismus
brother - der Bruder
uncle - der Onkel
son - der Sohn
teacher(male) - der Lehrer
salesclerk(male) - der Verkنufer
Male persons, animals days of the week, months and seasons, alcoholic beverage (but: das Bier!), geographical directions and most phenomena connected to the weather.Nouns ending in -ig -ing -ast -ling -ich -or -us -m (usually), -er when derived from a verb, nouns derived from the stem of a strong (irregular) verb and not end in -t or -e.
Examples in German:
the man - der Mann
the father - der Vater
the American - der Amerikaner
the teacher - der Lehrer
the boss - der Chef
the psychologist - der Psychologe
Monday - der Montag
April - der April
the winter - der Winter
the north - der Norden
the butterfly - der Schmetterling
the carpet - der Teppich
the Tutor - der Tutor
communism - der Kommunismus
brother - der Bruder
uncle - der Onkel
son - der Sohn
teacher(male) - der Lehrer
salesclerk(male) - der Verkنufer
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Noun - Deutsch
All German nouns belong to one of three grammatical genders: masculine, feminine, or neuter. For example: Peter [Peter], Koffer [suitcase], Firma [company], Buch [book] are also nouns. Nouns in German are easy to identify because they are all capitalized.
Examples in German:
Our son is driving to the city by car.
Unser Sohn fنhrt mit dem Auto in die Stadt.
Sohn (son), Auto (car), Stadt (city) are nouns.
NOUNS TYPES:
Proper nouns are names of specific people, things, locations, or ideas:
Karl =Karl
the United Nations = die Vereinten Nationen
Communism = Kommunismus
Common nouns are names of general 'categories' of people, objects, places, or concepts:
boy = Junge
organisation = Organisation
Countable nouns are names of anything that can be counted:
one suitcase = ein Koffer
three books = drei Bücher
many thanks = vielen Dank
Uncountable nouns name what cannot be counted:
wine = Wein
air = Luft
The gender is most easily identified by the noun's definite article in the nominative case: der (masculine), die (feminine and plural), and das (neuter).
Masculine
the man - der Mann
the table - der Tisch
the rock - der Stein
Femenine
the woman - die Frau
the sun - die Sonne
the question - die Frage
Neuter
the child - das Kind
the fire - das Feuer
the book - das Buch
Source : anonymous
Examples in German:
Our son is driving to the city by car.
Unser Sohn fنhrt mit dem Auto in die Stadt.
Sohn (son), Auto (car), Stadt (city) are nouns.
NOUNS TYPES:
Proper nouns are names of specific people, things, locations, or ideas:
Karl =Karl
the United Nations = die Vereinten Nationen
Communism = Kommunismus
Common nouns are names of general 'categories' of people, objects, places, or concepts:
boy = Junge
organisation = Organisation
Countable nouns are names of anything that can be counted:
one suitcase = ein Koffer
three books = drei Bücher
many thanks = vielen Dank
Uncountable nouns name what cannot be counted:
wine = Wein
air = Luft
The gender is most easily identified by the noun's definite article in the nominative case: der (masculine), die (feminine and plural), and das (neuter).
Masculine
the man - der Mann
the table - der Tisch
the rock - der Stein
Femenine
the woman - die Frau
the sun - die Sonne
the question - die Frage
Neuter
the child - das Kind
the fire - das Feuer
the book - das Buch
Source : anonymous
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