Introduction:
The standard Hindi alphabet, as agreed by the Government of India, has 11 vowels and 35 consonants. However, the traditional Hindi alphabet is considered to be made of 13 vowels and 33 consonants. The letters अं [am] and अः [ah] are counted as vowels in traditional Hindi and as consonants in standard Hindi.
So what’s important to us is learning to hear and pronounce all of these sounds. The good thing is, there’s only a finite number of them, and learning to hear and speak a language well is really just a matter of hearing them, training them, and incorporating them into your own speech.
Important things to know
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Practice Hindi Sound and writing:
First of all, we must begin with the sounds we can use. We analyze written Hindi Improvement in these sections would accelerate the learning of the Hindi language effectively.
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Concentrate on Practice:
You have to say words and phrases that you study loudly as much as possible while improving pronunciation. You can read, compose and listen to CDs while you research by yourself, without saying something aloud. It is important for you to say new phrases aloud while listening repeatedly. It is a nice way to learn the language along with practicing pronouncing.
One key concept is to speak Hindi and to compare them, if possible, with the voice of a native speaker. Perhaps you would like to find a record of a native speaker reading a novel, take it to read this section of the book and then attempt to read the text out loud. Multibhashi is an excellent place to experiment with different and authentic materials.
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Ask native Hindi speakers for help:
If you talk to a Hindi person normally, your pronunciation is typically not corrected, unless a mistake changes the word entirely. If you have ever spoken in English to someone and the native language of the other one is not English, it is probably going to have some kind of emphasis. You’re always correcting them? Of course not!
The Hindi speakers are the same; they won’t normally correct your poor pronunciation and are just concerned with your comprehension. However, from my experience, they are just too pleased to assist you, if you ask for help with particular terms and phrases. Just ask your Hindi friends if your pronunciation is wrong and ask them for their assistance in practicing.
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Pay close attention to difficult sounds:
Fortunately, in Hindi, there aren’t many difficult sounds, but some you need to pay attention to.
You know how all the sounds are pronounced! But word building is more than simply shooting these separate sounds into sentences. But there’s a lot of different Hindi words to pronounce with identifying the difficult words.
You’ll find great video analysis on difficult Hindi words on YouTube by different creators, which include more detail on vowels, including native speaker sound clips and mouth shaping while sounding. This method helps you learn and concentrates perfectly on your utterance.
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Try to communicate in Hindi
Week three is a good time to evaluate what’s worked for you in learning Hindi and what hasn’t worked so well. That is if you’ve kept up your practice. Chances are you’ve had some days when you felt super motivated, and some days when you were tired, bored, or had other engagements. This week is a great time to put things in their places and create a study schedule that works best for you.
Remember it is really very effective to study every day of the week even as little as 10 mins, rather than doing all your study in one or two days. A few simple reasons help you firm up your study routine and you don’t have to spend extra time trying to figure out where you left it last!
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Practice conversation daily:
Speak Hindi, preferably with native speakers, as much as you can. Listen to them, how their voice goes up and down, how the difficult sounds you described earlier are pronounced and repeated as best you might.
If you do not have a friend who speaks Hindi to help you out, you can exchange languages on various Online learning platforms such as Multibhashi. But you may also want to add a little professional assistance to your more relaxed, Hindi interactions so that you can capture all of the peculiarities of your speech and get your input improved immensely. Multibhashi can help you in both aspects to learn it perfectly.
Becoming aware of the nuances of how to sound more like a native speaker is the first step towards fluency. And that prompts the question: Why do you want to learn Hindi in the first place?
At the Multibhashi, we teach that the goal of learning a language is to connect with people and cultures. So that’s why we make the first step to learning a language about learning what the people actually sound like so you can sound like them, too.
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Conclusion:
Following an order is nothing but planning your study and lessons. This will keep you organized in your study and will help you not miss out on any topic. Following this blog will definitely help you in organizing your learning process and making learning Hindi easier. Remember the key to learning it well is to take baby steps in the right direction because this will ensure systematic learning. Happy learning