
Unit 16 of the Bol Marathi curriculum
Tell time and talk about seasons. Six lessons: vocabulary, bridges, speaking, grammar and culture.
वेळ व हंगाम • Time & Seasons · तास, तारीख, महिना, वर्ष, ऋतु
Unit 16
Marathi Numbers, Time & Seasons: Clock, Calendar, Days
Tell time and talk about seasons.
What you will learn
वेळ सांगणे, दिनदर्शी व हंगामांची भाषा.
- Tell time · वेळ सांगणे
- Read calendar · दिनदर्शी वाचणे
- Describe seasons · हंगाम वर्णन
Speaking practice sentences
Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
Lesson 4
Lesson 5
Lesson 6
Practice
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Hindi → Marathi bridges
- एक बजे ढाई बजे साढ़े तीन → एक वाजले ढाई वाजले साडे तीन — Time telling.
- सोमवार मंगलवार बुधवार → सोमवार मंगळवार बुधवार — Weekdays.
- जनवरी फरवरी मार्च → जनवरी फेब्रुवारी मार्च — Months.
- वसंत गर्मी बरसात सर्दी → वसंत ग्रीष्म वर्षा शिशिर — Six seasons.
- मिनट घंटा दिन हफ्ता → मिनिट तास दिवस आठवडा — Duration units.
- अब बाद पहले जल्दी देर → आता नंतर आधीच लवकरच उशिरा — Relative time.
Grammar notes
Telling Time
एक वाजले, ढाई वाजले, साडे तीन, पौने चार.
Telling time: ēka vājalē (one o'clock), ḍāhī vājalē (two-thirty), sāḍē tīna (three-thirty), paunē chāra (quarter to four).
Days & Dates
सोमवार, मंगळवार, बुधवार, गुरूवार, शुक्रवार, शनिवार, रविवार.
Days of the week: sōmavāra (Monday) through ravivāra (Sunday) - each name ends in -vāra (day).
Months & Year
जनवरी, फेब्रुवारी, मार्च, एप्रिल, मे, जून, जुलै, ऑगस्ट, सप्टेंबर, ऑक्टोबर, नोव्हेंबर, डिसेंबर.
Months use English loanwords: janavarī, phēbruvārī, mārca, ēprila, mē, jūna, jūlā, āgaṣṭa, sapaṭēmbara, ākṭōbara, nāvēmbara, ḍisēmbara.
Seasons
वसंत, ग्रीष्म, वर्षा, शरद, हेमंत, शिशिर.
The six classical seasons (ṛtu): vasanta (spring), grīṣma (summer), varṣā (monsoon), śarada (autumn), hēmanta (early winter), śiśira (late winter).
Duration & Frequency
मिनिट, तास, दिवस, आठवडा, महिना, वर्ष. रोज, साप्ताहिक, मासिक.
Duration: miniṭa (minute), tāsa (hour), divasa (day), ātavāḍa (week), mahīnā (month), varṣa (year). Frequency: rōja (daily), sāptāhika (weekly), māsika (monthly).
Relative Time
आता, नंतर, आधीच, लवकरच, उशिरा, जास्त वेळ.
Relative time: ātā (now), nantarē (later), ādhīcha (already), lavakaracha (soon), ushīrā (late), jāsta vēḷa (a long time).
Culture notes
- Indian Time System — Muhurat, Choghadiya, Rahukal, Yamagand - auspicious times.
- Marathi Calendar — Chaitra, Vaishakh, Jyeshtha, Ashadh, Shravan, Bhadrapad, Ashwin, Kartik, Margashirsh, Paush, Magh, Falgun.
- Festival Calendar — GudiPadwa (Chaitra), Ganesh (Bhadrapad), Diwali (Kartik), MakarSankranti (Paush).
- Agricultural Seasons — Kharif (monsoon), Rabi (winter), summer crops.
- Daily Routine — Morning exercise, lunch, evening prayer, night sleep.
- Time Idioms — Time idioms: vel na ghalata (without wasting time), veleche pahoon (time is a treasure to behold), vel gamavu naka (don't let time slip away).
How to practice this unit
Read each Marathi sentence aloud, check it against the Hindi, then cover the Marathi and recall it from the English. In the app the same unit adds listening quizzes, speaking checks, sentence building and review before you forget.
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