Introduction to Hindi language

Hello! नमस्ते
 Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee अआइईउऊ
Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk कचटतपय
Ll Mm Nn Oo… ज स व न ऎ...

No resemblance to the English alphabet

 Hindi has a unique sound

gauge-garage दावेदार
tin-attention गुट
put-but काल
 Compound alphabets

pray प्रे
strong स्ट्र
Vowel sound indicators can be
attached to any consonant

क
may का की कु के को कौ

mad म
मा मी मु मे मो मौ
Accent in words with same spelling

present भाषा
conflict पुस्तक
contest विषय
 Nouns

1) boy-boys room-rooms
2) girl-girls table-tables

1) larkaa-larke kamraa-kamre
2) larkii-larkiyaan mez-mezen
 Nouns

3) person-people fish-fish

3) makaan-makaan aadmi-aadmi
 Adjectives

Inflect big boy, big girl

Invariable clean table, clean room

Inflect: baraa larkaa, barii larkii

Invariable : saaf mez, saaf kamra
 The Sentence:

I speak Hindi.
(Subject Verb Object)

I Hindi speak.
(Subject Object Verb)
 Verbs:

to speak, to write
to see, to eat

bolna, likhna
dekhna, khana
 Verbs:

Present Past Future

the simple, progressive, perfect and perfect progressive

Past: Indefinite, Recent, Perfect, Continuous,

Doubtful, Conditional, Habitual
Present: Indefinite, Continuous, Doubtful
Future: Indefinite, Doubtful
 From English to Hindi

bottle बोतल
hospital अस्पताल
brush बुरुश