The Fun They Had: Word Meanings in Hindi & English Paragraph Wise Class 9 NCERT English

CBSE Class IX English Chapter 1 ‘The Fin They Had’ Paragraph wise word meanings are given here to help students grasp and comprehend the lesson themselves through their self-studies. All the meanings are given in Hindi also for Hindi speaking students.

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The Fun They Had Word Meanings

The main text is spread through pages 5 to 9

1. MARGIE even wrote about it that night in her diary. On the page headed 17 May 2157, she wrote, “Today Tommy found a real book!” It was a very old book. Margie’s grandfather once said that when he was a little boy his grandfather told him that there was a time when all stories were printed on paper. They turned the pages, which were yellow and crinkly, and it was awfully funny to read words that stood still instead of moving the way they were supposed to — on a screen, you know. And then when they turned back to the page before, it had the same words on it that it had had when they read it the first time.

EnglishHindi
Margieमार्जी
diaryदैनिक जीवन की जानकारी रखने की पुस्तक
crinklyखुरदरा
awfully funnyअत्यधिक रूप से मजेदार
readपढ़ना
stood stillस्थिर खड़े होते थे
movingगतिशील
turned backवापस आना

2. “Gee,” said Tommy, “what a waste. When you’re through with the book, you just throw it away, I guess. Our television screen must have had a million books on it and it’s good for plenty more. I wouldn’t throw it away.” “Same with mine,” said Margie. She was eleven and hadn’t seen as many telebooks as Tommy had. He was thirteen. She said, “Where did you find it?” “In my house.” He pointed without looking, because he was busy reading. “In the attic.” “What’s it about?” “School.”

EnglishHindi
Wasteअपव्यय
Televisionटेलीविज़न
Millionदस लाख
Plentyप्रचुरता
Throw awayफेंक देना
Atticछत का कमरा

3. Margie was scornful. “School? What’s there to write about school? I hate school.” Margie always hated school, but now she hated it more than ever. The mechanical teacher had been giving her test after test in geography and she had been doing worse and worse until her mother had shaken her head sorrowfully and sent for the County Inspector.

EnglishHindi
Scornfulअवमानजनक
Writeलिखना
Hateनफ़रत
Mechanicalयांत्रिक
Teacherशिक्षक
Worseबेहतरीन
Shakenहिलाना
Sorrowfullyदुःखी रूप से
Countyजिला
Inspectorनिरीक्षक

4. He was a round little man with a red face and a whole box of tools with dials and wires. He smiled at Margie and gave her an apple, then took the teacher apart. Margie had hoped he wouldn’t know how to put it together again, but he knew how all right, and, after an hour or so, there it was again, large and black and ugly, with a big screen on which all the lessons were shown and the questions were asked. That wasn’t so bad. The part Margie hated most was the slot where she had to put homework and test papers. She always had to write them out in a punch code they made her learn when she was six years old, and the mechanical teacher calculated the marks in no time.

EnglishHindi
Roundगोल
Faceचेहरा
Boxबक्सा
Toolsउपकरण
Dialsघड़ियों
Wiresतार
Apartअलग
Hopedउम्मीद की
Put togetherजोड़ना
Uglyबदसूरत
Slotस्लॉट
Homeworkगृहकार्य
Punch codeपंच कोड
Marksअंक

5. The Inspector had smiled after he was finished and patted Margie’s head. He said to her mother, “It’s not the little girl’s fault, Mrs Jones. I think the geography sector was geared a little too quick. Those things happen sometimes. I’ve slowed it up to an average ten-year level. Actually, the overall pattern of her progress is quite satisfactory.” And he patted Margie’s head again. Margie was disappointed. She had been hoping they would take the teacher away altogether. They had once taken Tommy’s teacher away for nearly a month because the history sector had blanked out completely. So she said to Tommy, “Why would anyone write about school?”

EnglishHindi
Inspectorनिरीक्षक
Finishedसमाप्त हो गया
Pattedसहलाया
Headसिर
Faultदोष
Sectorक्षेत्र
Gearedजुड़ा हुआ
Quickतेज
Happenहोता है
Sometimesकभी-कभी
Slowedधीमा कर दिया
Averageऔसत
Ten-year levelदस साल के स्तर तक
Overallसमग्र
Patternपैटर्न
Progressप्रगति
Satisfactoryसंतोषजनक
Disappointedनिराश
Take awayदूर कर देना
Altogetherपूरी तरह
Onceएक बार
Historyइतिहास
Blanked outबंद हो गया
Completelyपूरी तरह
Tommyटॉमी
Schoolस्कूल
Anyoneकोई भी

6. Tommy looked at her with very superior eyes. “Because it’s not our kind of school, stupid. This is the old kind of school that they had hundreds and hundreds of years ago.” He added loftily, pronouncing the word carefully, “Centuries ago.” Margie was hurt. “Well, I don’t know what kind of school they had all that time ago.” She read the book over his shoulder for a while, then said, “Anyway, they had a teacher.” “Sure they had a teacher, but it wasn’t a regular teacher. It was a man.” “A man? How could a man be a teacher?” “Well, he just told the boys and girls things and gave them homework and asked them questions.”

EnglishHindi
Superiorऊंचा
Stupidबेवकूफ
Old kindपुरानी तरह की
Hundreds of years agoसैकड़ों वर्ष पहले
Loftilyऊँची आवाज में
Pronouncingउच्चारण करते हुए
Carefullyसावधानी से
Hurtदुखी हुआ
Anywayकुछ न कुछ तो
Regularनियमित
Toldबताया
Homeworkघर का काम

7. “A man isn’t smart enough.” “Sure he is. My father knows as much as my teacher.” “He knows almost as much, I betcha.” Margie wasn’t prepared to dispute that. She said, “I wouldn’t want a strange man in my house to teach me.” Tommy screamed with laughter. “You don’t know much, Margie. The teachers didn’t live in the house. They had a special building and all the kids went there.” “And all the kids learned the same thing?” “Sure, if they were the same age.”

EnglishHindi
Smartबुद्धिमान
Almostलगभग
Betchaजिम्मेदारी लेना
Disputeविवाद करना
Strangeअजनबी
Scream with laughterहँसते हुए चिल्लाना
Specialविशेष
Buildingइमारत
Learnedसीखते
Same thingएक ही चीज सीखते

8. “But my mother says a teacher has to be adjusted to fit the mind of each boy and girl it teaches and that each kid has to be taught differently.” “Just the same they didn’t do it that way then. If you don’t like it, you don’t have to read the book.” “I didn’t say I didn’t like it,” Margie said quickly. She wanted to read about those funny schools. They weren’t even half finished when Margie’s mother called, “Margie! School!” Margie looked up. “Not yet, Mamma.” “Now!” said Mrs Jones. “And it’s probably time for Tommy, too.” Margie said to Tommy, “Can I read the book some more with you after school?”

EnglishHindi
adjustedसमायोजित
mindमन
taughtसिखाया जाता है
differentlyअलग-अलग ढंग से
funnyमजेदार
finishedसमाप्त
probablyशायद

9. “May be,” he said nonchalantly. He walked away whistling, the dusty old book tucked beneath his arm. Margie went into the schoolroom. It was right next to her bedroom, and the mechanical teacher was on and waiting for her. It was always on at the same time every day except Saturday and Sunday, because her mother said little girls learned better if they learned at regular hours. The screen was lit up, and it said: “Today’s arithmetic lesson is on the addition of proper fractions. Please insert yesterday’s homework in the proper slot.”

EnglishHindi
nonchalantlyबेपरवाही से
whistlingसीटी बजाते हुए
dustyधूल भरा
tuckedछिपा हुआ
beneathनीचे
schoolroomस्कूल का कक्षा
mechanicalयांत्रिक
regularनियमित
hoursघंटे
lit upजल उठा
arithmeticअंकगणित
lessonपाठ
properउचित

10. Margie did so with a sigh. She was thinking about the old schools they had when her grandfather’s grandfather was a little boy. All the kids from the whole neighborhood came, laughing and shouting in the schoolyard, sitting together in the schoolroom, going home together at the end of the day. They learned the same things, so they could help one another with the homework and talk about it. And the teachers were people… The mechanical teacher was flashing on the screen: “When we add fractions ½ and ¼…” Margie was thinking about how the kids must have loved it in the old days. She was thinking about the fun they had.

EnglishHindi
sighअधःरों की साँस लेना
neighborhoodपड़ोस
laughingहँसते हुए
shoutingचीखते हुए
schoolyardस्कूल का मैदान
homeworkघर का काम
flashingचमकता हुआ

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