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द

da

How does it look?

This letter starts out like ट with the line at the top, a little line that comes down, and the half circle of a loop to the left.  Then it loops around at the end, just like ढ but the end of the little loop the end goes through the big loop.  You are basically adding a tail to the loop of ढ.

How to type it?

If you are using a US English keyboard with the standard Devanagari/Hindi layout, then you would press “o”

(see “How to type in Hindi” for more information about setting up your computer.)

Words

At the Beginning

दस – ten

दम – self control

दमन – subduing

दबना – to be crushed

In the Middle

कदम – step

दलदल -  swamp

बादल – cloud

चौदह – 14

अदरक – ginger

At the End

दामाद – son-in-law

दाद – ringworm

याद – to remember; to memorize

बाद – after

With other vowels

दौ – two

दरिद्री  – poor, needy

नदी – river

दरिंदा – beast of prey

दर्द – pain

दादा – paternal grandfather (father’s father)

दादी – paternal grandmother (father’s mother)

दंत – tooth

Check out our wiki page on this letter.  (Consider adding something…)

http://www.ispeakhindi.com/wiki/index.php?title=द

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Hindi in a Flash Kit Volume 1 (Tuttle Flash Cards) (Hindi Edition)

Flashcards are a standard part of learning, especially language learning.  Put the language you are learning on one side, and the language that you know on the other.  I am sure all of you have a stack of Hindi/English flashcards that you have made, just as I do.  Just recently, there is another option.  You can buy 448 flashcards in a package called “Hindi in a flash” volume 1. 

Why not make your own?  Well, when you are first learning a language that has a different script that you are not familiar with, it is possible to make mistakes in writing these words.  When you study with these, you will be learning your mistake.  Having a professional set of flashcards can prevent this.

However, Hindi in a flash has a number of other features that make them particularly useful.  It provides transliterations of each word to help you remember the pronunciation.  This is very useful if you are just learning the script.  Also, along with each work is provided 4 related words.  These could be words that mean the same thing, or look/sound similar but mean something else.  These related words can also be opposite or complimantary words.  And with each main word is a sample sentence showing how that word is used.  I highly recommend “Hindi in a flash – volume 1″.

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Let us try a little more difficult word find.  This one has many that has the आ matra.  This is made by adding ा to a letter.  For example ज्  + आ = जा.  See if you can find the words listed below in the word find.

http://iSpeakHindi.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04_april/WordFine6.pdf

औरत  – woman (f)

वह औरत सुंदर है। That woman is beautiful.

वह औरत मेरी पत्नी है!

ख़बर – news (f)

यह ख़बर मुझको है।  That is news to me.

आजकी क्या ख़बर है?  – What is today’s news.

बाप – father (m)

वह आदमी मेरा बाप है। – That man is my father.

मेरे बाप का नाम मार्क है। My father’s name is Mark.

लड़का – boy (m)

वह लड़का  मेरा बेटा है।  – That boy is my son.

सब बाप पहले लड़के थे। Every father was first a boy.

खाना – food (m) – to eat

यह खाना बहुत अच्छा है। – This food is very good.

मेरी माँ का खाना सब से अच्छा है। – My mother’s food is the best.

जाना – to go

मुझे अब दफ्तर जाना है। – Now I have to go to the office.

आना – to come

मेरा मित्र मेरे घर आना चाहता है। My friend wants to come to my house.

सात – seven

दुनिया में सात अजूबे हैं। – There are seven wonders in the world.

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थ

tha

How does it look?

A really fancy cursive Y.  The top of the first part has a loop on it, curves outwards, and then meets a straight full lenth line.  This has the line on top.

How does it sound?

Letters and sounds commonly confused with

How to write it?

How to type it?

If you are using a US English keyboard with the standard Devanagari/Hindi layout, then you would press “L”

(see “How to type in Hindi” for more information about setting up your computer.)

Words

At the Beginning

थकान – tiredness

थल – land

थन – udders

थरमस – thurmos

थमना – to stop; to stand still

थरथर – trembling, shaking

In the Middle

मंथन – to stir vigorously

कथक – type of South Indian dance

At the End

नथ – nose-ring

रथ – chariot

साथ – with

हाथ – hand(s)

With other vowels

थूथन – to pout

मिथुन – a Bengali name for a man

कथा – story  (religious story)  (f)

साथी – friend

हाथी – elephant

थाल – a large flate metal plate

Check out our wiki page on this letter.  (Consider adding something…)

http://www.ispeakhindi.com/wiki/index.php?title=थ

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एक बार एक सफेद बकरी उस तख्ते पर चढ़ी।

One time a white doe (female goat) climbed on that plank.

बार – time

सफेद – white

बकरी – doe (female goat)

उस – that

चढ़ी – climbed

उसी समय दूसरी ओर से एक काली बकरी भी तख्ते पर चढ़ी।

That very same time a black doe also climbed on the plank from the other side.

उसी समय – that very same time

दूसरी ओर – other side (f)

से – from

काली – black

भी – also

चलते-चलते दोनों एक-दूसरे के आमने-सामने आ पहुँचीं।

While walking they both arrived in front of each other.

चलते-चलते – while walking

दोनों – both

एक-दूसरे के – each other

आमने-सामने – in front of

आ पहुँचीं – arrived