What are common mistakes with औपचारिक लेखन?

Carrying spoken vocabulary into a written application. 🇷🇺 Russian speakers: the kantselyarit instinct transfers well, which makes reading easy; writing still requires the specific Sanskritic formulas, which have to be learned as fixed openings.

औपचारिक लेखन: rules, examples & exercises | Hindi Grammar B2

औपचारिक लेखन

B2 — शैली

आवेदन, सूचना, समाचार — लिखित हिंदी की शैली

I can read an official notice and write a simple application

आवेदन, सूचना, समाचार — लिखित हिंदी की शैली

Examples

— It is hereby notified that the office will remain closed.
— I request that I be granted two days' leave.
— According to sources the meeting will be tomorrow.

शैलीB2

Formal Written Register

The conventions of applications, notices and news Hindi

Learning Goal

I can read an official notice and write a simple application

Exam Skills:बोलनालिखना

Look at these examples. Can you spot the grammar pattern?

It is hereby notified that the office will remain closed.

I request that I be granted two days' leave.

According to sources the meeting will be tomorrow.

Pay attention to the highlighted parts. What do they have in common?

What changes

Sanskritic vocabulary throughout: प्रार्थना, निवेदन, कृपया, सूचित करना.
The passive is preferred: यह सूचित किया जाता है कि...
Long compound postpositions: के संबंध में, के अंतर्गत, के माध्यम से.
आप rather than तुम, and often the third person about oneself.

An application

The standard opening is सेवा में, then the addressee, then विषय: with the subject line, then महोदय, and the body opens with निवेदन है कि.

News Hindi

Headlines drop the auxiliary entirely: प्रधानमंत्री दिल्ली पहुँचे. Reports use the passive and attribute with के अनुसार.

Apply this grammar in B2 course exercises

Practice Exercises

Carrying spoken vocabulary into a written application.

Common Error Patterns

Spoken vocabulary in a formal document

Applications and notices take the Sanskritic set.

Application written without the standard opening

seva mein, vishay, mahoday, nivedan hai ki.

It is hereby notified that the office will remain closed.

Passive plus Sanskritic vocabulary, as in a Russian official notice.

I request that I be granted two days' leave.

The standard opening of an application.

According to sources the meeting will be tomorrow.

ke anusar attributes, like the Russian po soobshcheniyu.

Practice in course

Apply this grammar in B2 course exercises

B2 Course

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Frequently asked questions

When is औपचारिक लेखन used?: The standard opening is सेवा में, then the addressee, then विषय: with the subject line, then महोदय, and the body opens with निवेदन है कि.
How is औपचारिक लेखन formed?: Headlines drop the auxiliary entirely: प्रधानमंत्री दिल्ली पहुँचे. Reports use the passive and attribute with के अनुसार.
What are common mistakes with औपचारिक लेखन?: Carrying spoken vocabulary into a written application. 🇷🇺 Russian speakers: the kantselyarit instinct transfers well, which makes reading easy; writing still requires the specific Sanskritic formulas, which have to be learned as fixed openings.

Sources

देवनागरी लिपि तथा हिंदी वर्तनी का मानकीकरण — केंद्रीय हिंदी निदेशालय, शिक्षा मंत्रालय, भारत सरकार, 1983
The Government of India standard for Devanagari spelling, followed for all written forms here.
हिन्दी व्याकरण — काशी नागरी प्रचारिणी सभा, 1920
Kamta Prasad Guru's grammar, the standard prescriptive reference for Hindi morphology and syntax.