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hey guys welcome back
okay i can tell you that i can't stop
smiling because it's
that time of the year it's diwali and
it's most certainly my favorite festival
well
what i really think is that diwali is
about so many things isn't it now it's
about beautiful lanterns everywhere
bright lamps which we call diyas
people make fresh homemade sweets and
snacks
and it's so much about getting time to
celebrate with um your loved ones your
people and chit-chatting about old
memories and laughing and so many things
but what i think guys is that beyond
everything beyond everything that we
spoke about
diwali is about
new and good beginnings and
saying goodbye to evil and darkness and
i think that is the reason why this
festival is celebrated not just here in
india but also all over the world
um what happens is what i'm going to do
is towards the end of this video i would
be telling you a very very
short story
about diwali and how each day of diwali
has its own special meaning
before we get to that part let me give
you some examples of
wishes diwali wishes that you can use
so let's get started
wish you and your family a happy new
year prosperity health and lots of fun
may this diwali bring you and your
family or year
full of good health success and
happiness
during diwali you would find a lot of
people using words such as success
bright
happiness
joy
good health and of course prosperity
and in their wishes um to one another
they will use these common words so guys
since we're talking about wishes and
wishing people on diwali we can also use
the word
wish
and learn a new vocabulary and a short
list of phrasal verbs
with the word
wish so let's get started are you
excited because i am let's start with
wishing on okay now guys wishing on
means to
wish somebody on some particular day
that's a simple one i wanted to start
with a simple one so for example
wishing you great luck on this special
day it could be anything right marriage
or someone's birthday or anything
probably someone has won something so
you can wish them
like so another one
wish for is the next phrasal verb
wish for something which means to want
something or just being hopeful about
something
so um what did you wish for your
birthday could be one such example
she got married to her best friend
what more could she wish for
be careful what you wish for it might
just come
true
we also have another phrasal verb
wish away
which means to make something disappear
just by wishing it
for instance i would like to wish away
all my crimes
okay
um he would like to wish away all his
debts
if only i could wish away bad marks from
my from my report card or mark sheet
now apart from these phrasal verbs there
is
an idiom which you can use which is
i wish
exclamation point
it is used to say that something is
impossible but you would like that to
happen in your life
if i have to give you an example
um let's say
will you be free on the weekend my
friend asked me and i say
i wish
what was your diet plan successful
i wish
are you traveling this holiday
i wish
see how useful and creative just a
simple idiom with just two words and an
exclamation can be
all right now of course there is more um
to this lesson okay guys since we are
celebrating a festival
why don't i blow the candles
and celebrate with more words and more
phrasal verbs and more phrases and
examples
similar to the word
celebrations
i bet you would love it let's get
started okay let's get started with the
first one
um drink a toast too which means to
celebrate or wish for good fortune by
raising one's glass
so you can say
let's drink a toast to the success of
our new brand
it's out of a celebration right and
that's what we're talking about tonight
we will drink a toast to ourselves why
not we've done something good let's
celebrate
there's another one actually mark the
occasion which means to celebrate a
particular event or a particular day now
for example
this victory is precious let's mark this
occasion by partying
another example
we don't win every day or every year we
need to mark this occasion
we have to discover we have discovered a
new planet
the world will mark this day as a
special occasion or a special day
now as i had promised
it's story time
you must know a little bit more about
diwali that it was first celebrated
long back when india was known as
bharadwash and when lord rama returned
from exile of
14 years guys that's right
after defeating ravana of course that's
when he returned um it was it was the
victory of good
over evil
that was celebrated as diwali and for
diwali it was then when people actually
celebrated by
landing or the lighting earthenware
lamps oil lamps called theirs
and that is where the name of the
festival has come from
deep
as in
light
hourly as in a row of lights
diwali lasts for five days usually it is
celebrated during late october to early
november
and each day out of these five days has
its own significance and of course it
begins with the first day called
danteras
where dan means wealth and terrorist
means the 13th day of karthika month
it's a month in the hindu calendar and
on this day people clean the houses um
in their in order to prepare for
welcoming the goddess of wealth and that
is
lakshmi
so like you can see over here um we
install beautiful lanterns and you know
do draw colorful colorful rangoli
everywhere on the second day which is
the after dhanteras
it's called choti diwali as in the day
before the actual diwali eve per se now
moving from the second day to the third
day
we have the day of lakshmi the goddess
of wealth and she is worshiped and
welcomed simply by keeping the doors and
windows of the house open for her to
come in and it is believed that she
brings wealth and good fortune to
everyone
and this day is also the last day of the
hindu calendar and thus the fourth day
is marked as the first day
of the new year in the new year and on
this day the bond between the husband
and the wife is celebrated
and you may also exchange gifts with one
another of course the husband and wife
and there comes the fifth day of diwali
which is called bhaiduj it's the last
day guys of the festival and on this day
the bond between the brother and sister
is celebrated of course
um brother and sister relationship is
notorious it's naughty it's beautiful at
the same time and of course another
opportunity to exchange gifts and
laughter and memories
and you would find people exchanging
wishes each day
of all these five days
guys i want you to remember
that you must just remember to light
lambs and not firecrackers this diwali
we need to we need joy and happiness and
not smoke i'm sure we are all in it
together now aren't we okay guys well
you are with me
meera and i wish all of you a very very
happy diwali in a prosperous
new year
lots of love from all of us here
that's all for the day i hope you've
enjoyed the lesson and i'm sure you
would enjoy the festival as well all
right guys i will see you very soon with
another lesson another topic until then
keep smiling keep practicing spread a
lot of love and laughter this is me
meera
see you soon bye