Mujhe Rang De
Mood/Type:Happy/Dance/Party Song
Movie Name: Takshak
Lesson Level: Intermediate
Skills: Listening, Reading, Writing and Vocabulary
Vocabulary: Conversational and Formal Hindi
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1. The song appears to be long because of repetition of the phrase, रंग दे. रंग means color. Do you know of any song in your native language which talk about color(s). (Time 1 Minute) DO it!
2. How many colors do you have in your native language? Do you know the name of any color in Hindi? (think time 1 minute). DO it! If you want, you can write you answer here.
3. Read the following Hindi words with their English meanings&answer the question below:
मुझे रंग दे- Color me हाँ-Yes नहीं-No सवेरा- Morning जागना- To wake up नाचना-See Song of April Vocab नैना- Eyes सपना- Dream चलूँ-Walk
आसमान-Sky दुनिया-World मोहब्बत- Love
सवेरा, दोपहर and शाम are three words which denote to three time points in a day. If सवेरा means morning and दोपहर noon, what may the meaning of शाम be? Think time is 15-30 seconds. Check you answer.
4. Listen to the song now if you have not listened to it by now. If you listened to it before, you can move to step 5.
5. Listen to the song with Hindi transcript:
रंग दे, रंग दे, रंग दे, रंग दे, मुझे रंग दे, (मुझे रंगे दे) (रिपीट 3 टाइम्स)
मैं बनके मोरनी नाच उठी, मैं नाच उठी, चन्नो नाच उठी
with transcript in English here (scroll down to see the transcript in image form).
6. Close the external transcript link if you opened it. Listen again. Note down words which are content words in the song and tell a story. Is there anything meaningful in the song? Is there is a story?
Please type your answer here using Google input in Hindi.
7. Complete this optional puzzle. Write Hindi words in boxes. Click on the puzzle for full screen view:
8. And take this simple quiz (seven questions) to test your understanding.
9. You may want to read loose English translation of the song here.
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