Practice Makes Perfect: Basic Hindi

This title features bite-sized instruction and hundreds of engaging exercises to help you develop your Hindi script, grammar, vocabulary, and conversation skills. Get a solid foundation in Hindi with "Practice Makes Perfect: Basic Hindi". You will learn everything from reading and writing the Devanagari script, to mastering of core vocabulary, basic grammar, and conversational structures. You will get clear guidance on writing the Hindi script; transliteration for all Hindi text in the first four chapters; and, online recordings of key vocabulary and expressions to aid correct pronunciation Contents......Page 3 Preface......Page 7 --- Alphabet......Page 8 Pronunciation......Page 9 Script writing practice......Page 11 Hindi consonants at a glance......Page 15 Pronunciation......Page 16 Script writing practice......Page 19 Script writing practice......Page 26 Reading practice......Page 34 --- Words......Page 35 Reading and writing with diacritic marks......Page 36 Using diacritic marks with consonants......Page 37 Exceptions......Page 39 Reading and writing with conjunct characters......Page 42 Category I: Conjuncts of consonants with a vertical line in the middle......Page 43 Contents Category II: Roundish consonants with no vertical line in the middle......Page 49 Category III: Special cases......Page 51 Useful words and phrases......Page 53 Reading practice......Page 55 --- Sentences......Page 57 Sentence structure......Page 58 Subject pronouns......Page 60 The verb to be......Page 61 The suffix vala......Page 65 Asking and answering yes/no questions......Page 66 Use of and, but, and both......Page 68 Reading practice......Page 69 --- Present Tense......Page 70 Some useful verbs......Page 71 Present indefinite tense......Page 72 Your daily routine......Page 75 Numbers 1–100......Page 76 Exchanging contact information......Page 78 Age......Page 79 Possessives......Page 81 Use of possessives in sentences......Page 83 Mixed sentences......Page 84 Reading practice......Page 86 --- Nouns......Page 87 Relatives in an Indian family (kinship terms)......Page 88 Postposition (omitted): with days of the week......Page 91 Postposition (omitted) with months of the year......Page 92 Gender of nouns: Places......Page 93 Postposition (omitted): Countries and verbs......Page 96 Postposition (omitted) with parts of the day......Page 98 Number and gender of nouns......Page 100 Number and gender of nouns: Things in the house......Page 102 What is in your room?......Page 105 Verbs used with household objects......Page 107 Postposition (omitted) with possessives and more......Page 109 Reading practice......Page 110 --- Adjectives......Page 113 Colors......Page 114 Interrogative word ((omitted)) (omitted)......Page 116 Qualities......Page 117 Interrogative word ((omitted)) (omitted)......Page 119 Comparisons using adjectives......Page 120 Pronouns in the oblique case (with all postpositions)......Page 121 Preferences, wants, and needs......Page 122 Food and drink......Page 124 Hunger, thirst, and taste......Page 130 Hobbies......Page 131 Reading practice......Page 133 --- Postpositions & Past Tense......Page 135 Postpositions: Adjectives in the oblique case......Page 136 Postpositions: Nouns in the oblique case......Page 138 Ways of saying to have......Page 141 Interrogative word ((omitted)) (omitted)......Page 142 Wild and domestic animals of India and Hindi fables......Page 144 Parts of the body and the senses......Page 147 Verbs with postposition (omitted): Bodily ailments......Page 150 Compound postpositions......Page 151 The imperative......Page 153 Use of (omitted), (omitted), (omitted) for negatives and emphasis......Page 155 Past indefinite tense......Page 158 Reading practice......Page 160 --- Continuous & Future Tenses......Page 161 Telling time......Page 162 Time-related phrases and adverbs......Page 165 Ordinal numbers......Page 167 Seasons, environment, and the weather......Page 169 Present and past continuous tense......Page 172 Clothes and accessories......Page 175 The future tense......Page 178 Reading practice......Page 180 Answer Key......Page 181 Hindi Alphabet......Page 194 Provides exercises to help you develop your Hindi script, grammar, vocabulary, and conversation skills. This title includes coverage that ranges from reading and writing the Devanagari script, to mastering of core vocabulary, basic grammar, and conversational structures.