Introduction:

Hindi is the first official language of India, which is spoken across the Indian subcontinent and Indian diaspora. Hindi has its connection with other Indo-Aryan languages such as Sanskrit, Urdu, and Punjabi, and other Indo-European languages.

Knowing even basic Hindi will allow you to communicate with over 1 billion people in this world and be immersed in a rich language and culture.

• Become familiar with Devanagari Script 

Devanagari is the main script that is used to write Hindi, Marathi, and Nepali. It is written from left to right that lacks distinct letter cases, which is recognizable by a unique horizontal line running along the tops of the letters that link them together.

• Study the Hindi vowels

Hindi has 11 vowels that are presented by the use of diacritic marks, or symbols added to the letters of an alphabet to get different pronunciations. Vowels have two forms in which one form is used by themselves, and another form is joined to a consonant in a word

• Distinguish between “voiced” and “unvoiced” consonants

Hindi consonants have two basic ways of pronouncing they are voiced and unvoiced. Reading explanations for these pronunciations may seem be complicated, but once you start trying to practice the sounds, you will be able to differentiate between voicing and not voicing.

• Distinguish between “aspirated” and “unaspirated” consonants

Hindi consonants have two basic subcategories, unaspirated and aspirated. You can have a combination of these consonants as unvoiced unaspirated consonants and unvoiced aspirated consonants.

• Listen to a recording of the Hindi alphabet and mimic with the recording 

The Hindi alphabet may look different to you, especially if you are a native English speaker. But if you have some practice, you will be able to understand and make all the Hindi letter sounds to yourself.

• Learn how to write the Hindi alphabet

You may find it easier to learn the Devanagari script and how it is written. There are also several tutorials available online, one of which is hindibhasha.com. This is widely recommended by university language departments.

• Learn with the Hindi nouns

Nouns are the words that are used for objects, places, emotions, animals, and people. All nouns have a gender that is masculine (M) or feminine (F). Gender is essential for proper grammar and communication which is used to learn their genders to use the nouns correctly.

• Learn the Hindi dictionary

There are the golden standards of dictionaries that are published by Oxford University Press, While smaller pocket dictionaries are enough if you just need to look up a word or two, but if you are serious about more formal study then invest in a more substantial academic dictionary.

• Conclusion

Enroll in your classes with Multibhashi to learn Hindi in no time by tapping this link.