#264 - Hindi sounds (part 1)
(Unfortunately the bigger size text looks good on the website but does not look right when people get it in their email. I will have to research it some more and try something different. Back to the letters words for now…)
Today we are going to look at the consonants and vowels in Hindi.
क (ka) ख (kha) ग (ga) घ (gha) ङ (ng)
च (cha) छ (chha) ज (ja) झ (jha) ञ (na)
ट (ta) ठ (tha) ड (da) ढ (dha) ण (na)
त (ta) थ (tha) द (da) ध (dha) न (na)
प (pa) फ (pha) ब (ba) भ (bha) म (ma)
य (ya) र (ra) ल (la) व (va) श (sha)
ष (sha) स (sa) ह (ha)
क्ष (ksha) त्र (tra) ज्ञ (jna)
Vowels:
अ (a) आ (aa)
इ (i) ई (ii)
उ (u) ऊ (uu)
ए (e) ऐ (ei)
ओ (o) औ (ou)
अं (an)
Notice that there are several Hindi characters that have the same English letters associated with them. These do NOT make the same sound. There are subtle differences between these characters that are difficult to represent in the English letters. I would strongly recommend that you learn the Hindi characters to avoid confusion caused by trying to write Hindi letters using the English script.
You will be able to understand these lessons more if you have the Kid’s Primer. We are giving this book to people that donate $25 or more to support the site. To find out more read http://www.ispeakhindi.com/2008/06/26/260-kids-primer-intro/
admin said,
July 10, 2008 @ 9:56 pm
There are worksheets on http://www.HindiGym.com to practice writing these letters:
http://www.hindigym.com/tracingL.html
http://www.hindigym.com/beginingsounds.html
http://www.hindigym.com/color.html
http://www.hindigym.com/tracingV.html
http://www.hindigym.com/funvowels.html
Shaista said,
November 23, 2008 @ 11:45 pm
i reaally love this program its really teachin me alot hindi is the short for hindustani right? bahut bahut Shukriya
Bryan said,
December 13, 2008 @ 2:59 pm
Hi there,
Really love this site ! Still trying to find my way around, though.
Note: Didn’t you forgot (ri) wich is also a vowel… ? (ri) like in (ri)o de janeiro
@Shaista
hindustani is derived from hindi. Hindustani is also known as Surnami-Hindi . . .