Teach Yourself Hindi (Writing Understanding and Speaking Made Easier)
Book Specification
Item Code: | NAP307 |
Author: | Krishna Kumar Agrwal |
Publisher: | Manoj Publications, Delhi |
Language: | English |
Edition: | 2015 |
ISBN: | 9788131014332 |
Pages: | 379 |
Cover: | Paperback |
Other Details | 7.5 inch X 5.0 inch |
Weight | 340 gm |
Book Description
Hindi is called the National Language of India. Knowledge of Hindi is a must for foreign tourists, students and businessmen etc.When they come to India. It is only language acknowledged all over India. If you can speak Hindi your trip to India is more pleasant and fruitful. You can understand Indian people and culture well if you understand Hindi.
This book is written in simple and lucid language and the contents are crystal-clear. It has been tried to cover all the aspects required to learn, understand and speak Hindi.
A Little knowledge of Hindi can provide a great help to a percent Indians can understand and speak English, so an English speaking tourist do not feel much problem in five star hotels and at the time of visiting historical places. But in markets and at common places, while travelling in a bus or rain, some knowledge of Hindi is a must. If you can speak and understand Hindi, your tour of India will become the most joyful event for you. You will not only see this vast country properly, but also may understand the people and the culture of this old civilization.
Hindi is a live language. Hundreds of English words are used in Hindi as original Hindi words. Rules of grammar are not very hard and fast in Hindi, so mistakes made by beginner in speaking does not create any problem It is the reason that translation of English sentences into Hindi is much more easier, and you can learn it in two or three days, without any tutor. Thousands of words, phrases and sentences of English are also collected in the book with their equivalent Hindi words and sentences. Hindi words are written in Hindi script with Roman for your convenience. For pronunciation of words and sentences hundreds of sounds are used. Hindi has a letter or sign for every sound. On the other hand English alphabet contains only twenty six letters, so one letter produces upto six distinct sounds in different words. Full and half consonants are written sound in same way. For mixed sound o an vowel with a consonants vowel letters is written in English. Silent letters create a big problem in reading and writing, so the spelling of every word is a must to learn by heart. But there is no need to contains thirty six consonants in full and half forms. There are sixteen vowel letters with their sings for joining wih consonants. So every word is pronounced according to its script, without leaving any letter or sign When you understand Hindi alphabet properly, learning Hindi will become a joyful game for you. Please open the book and start this game, our best wishes are with you.
Contents
1 | HINDI ALPHABETS | 11 |
Vowels | ||
Consonants | ||
Some Hindi Words in Roman | ||
2 | SALUTATIONS AND DEPARTINGS | 13 |
Pharses for Departing | ||
Informal Departings | ||
Points to Remember | ||
3 | MANNERS AND ETIQUETTES | 16 |
Basic Words | ||
Thanks and Gratitudes | ||
Replies to Thanks | ||
Pharses of Regret | ||
Enquiries and Replies about Wellbeing | ||
Entering in a Room | ||
Phrases for Various Occassions | ||
4 | ENGLISH WORDS USED IN HINDI | 27 |
5 | NUMERALS (1 TO 100) | 29 |
6 | ORDINAL NUMBERS | 33 |
Fractional Numbers | ||
7 | EXCLAMATORY PHRASES | 35 |
Praising Achievements and Congratulations | ||
Show of Surprise | ||
Showing Sympathy | ||
8 | PROVOCATIVE PHRASES | 39 |
Showing Discontent | ||
9 | REQUESTS AND ORDERS | 43 |
10 | ENQUIRIES AND REPLIES | 48 |
Common Questions | ||
Positive Replies | ||
Negative Replies | ||
11 | HINDI VOWELS | 53 |
12 | HINDI CONSONATS | 56 |
Pronunciation of Consonants | ||
Classification of Consonants | ||
Velar Consonants | ||
Palatal Consonants | ||
Retroflex Consonants | ||
Dental Consonants | ||
Libial Consonants | ||
Semi-Vowels | ||
Sibilant and Aspirate Consonants | ||
13 | CONJUNCT CONSONANTS | 65 |
Use of a halant | ||
Removal of Vertical Line | ||
Removal of beaklike Stroke | ||
Half Ng, Yan, N N and Ma | ||
Half and Full Ra | ||
14 | VOWEL SIGNS OR MARTRAS | 71 |
Combination of Vowel sings A and A | ||
Combination of I and I | ||
Vowel Signs of U and U | ||
Vowel Signs of E and AI | ||
Combinations of O and Au | ||
Vowel signs fo An and Ah | ||
15 | CONSONANTS WITH VOWEL SIGNS | 77 |
16 | ANTONYMS | 83 |
17 | FAMILY AND RELATIVES | 91 |
18 | A STRANGER IN A TOWN | 93 |
Food and Drinks | ||
Asking the Way | ||
In a Hotel or Rest House | ||
At Railway Station | ||
Places of Interest | ||
Money Exchange and Cash Transactions | ||
General Conversation | ||
19 | BREAKFAST, LUNCH AND DINNER | 105 |
Selected Sentences | ||
20 | SEARCHING A ROOM | 110 |
21 | PROVERBS AND SIMILIES | 114 |
Similies | ||
22 | IMPERATIVE SENTENCES | 121 |
Replies | ||
23 | NEGATIVE PHRASES | 131 |
Permanent Negations | ||
Negative Replies | ||
24 | PERSONAL PRONOUNS | 137 |
First Person | ||
Second Person | ||
Third Person | ||
Use of Pronouns with Verb 'go' | ||
Reflexive Pronouns | ||
25 | VARIOUS PRONOUNS | 143 |
Demonstrative Pronouns | ||
Interrogaitve Pronouns | ||
Indefinite Pronouns | ||
Relative Pronouns | ||
Distributive Pronouns | ||
26 | PRONOUNS BASED CONVERSATION | 148 |
27 | CLASSIFID DICTIONARY | 151 |
Parts of Human Body | ||
Body Functions | ||
Bodily Defects | ||
Diseases | ||
Birds and Animals | ||
Insects and Water Animals | ||
Food Grains and Food Stuffs | ||
Fruits and Vegetables | ||
Flowers | ||
Colours and Spices | ||
Cloth and Clothes | ||
Jewels and Ornaments | ||
Trades and Professions | ||
Fine Arts, Games and Literature | ||
Music and Musical Instruments | ||
Weights and Measures | ||
Nature and Seasons | ||
Planets, Zodiac Signs and Directions | ||
Words Regarding Period of Time | ||
Around the Town | ||
House, Furniture and Things | ||
Government and Adminstration | ||
Minerals and Metals | ||
28 | FORMATION FO SENTENCES | 188 |
Sequence of Words in Hindi Sentences | ||
Assertive Sentences | ||
Interrogative Sentences | ||
Negative Sentences | ||
Imperative Sentences | ||
29 | AUXILLIARY VERBS | 193 |
Use of Hun, Hai, Hain and Ho | ||
Use of tha, the thi and thin | ||
Use of Ga, Gi and Ge | ||
Simple Interrogative Sentences | ||
Negative Sentences | ||
30 | MAIN VERBS | 202 |
31 | ADJECTIVES | 220 |
32 | PRESENT TENSE | 229 |
33 | PAST TENSE | 238 |
Past Indinite Tense | ||
Interrogative and Negative Sentences | ||
Past Continuous Tense | ||
Past Perfect Tense | ||
Past Perfect Continuous Tense | ||
34 | FUTURE TENSE | 245 |
Future Indefinite Tense | ||
Interogative and Negative Sentences | ||
Future Continuous Tense | ||
Future Perfect Tense | ||
Future Pefect Continuous Tense | ||
35 | OUGHT TO, SHOULD, WOULD, AND MUST | 252 |
Ought to and Should | ||
Must | ||
Would | ||
36 | CAN, MAY, COULD, MIGHT, NEED DARE AND USED TO | 258 |
Can and May | ||
Could and Might | ||
Used to | ||
Need, Dare, Need not and Dare not | ||
37 | REMOVAL OF ARTICLES | 267 |
38 | USE OF PREPOSITIONS | 270 |
On, Upon, Above and Over | ||
In, At, On, To and Into | ||
For,From,Since, After, In, Within and On | ||
By, with, From and Around | ||
Spatial Prepositions | ||
Temporial Prepositions | ||
39 | CONJUNCTIONS | 278 |
Cumulative Conjunctions | ||
Alternative Conjunctions | ||
Adversative Conjunctions | ||
Illative Conjunctions | ||
Correlative Conjunctions | ||
Some More Sentences | ||
40 | DIRECT AND INDIRECT NARRATION | 287 |
Assertive Sentences | ||
Imperative Sentences | ||
Interrogative Sentences | ||
41 | ACTIVE AND PASSIVE NARRATION | 294 |
Present Indefinite Tense | ||
Present Continuous Tense | ||
Present Perfect Tense | ||
Past Indefinite Tense | ||
Past Continuous Tense | ||
Past-Perfect Tense | ||
Future Indefinite Tense | ||
Future Perfect Tense | ||
42 | IDIOMATIC PHRASES | 300 |
43 | COLLECTIVE PHRASES | 305 |
44 | MORAL SAYINGS | 307 |
45 | CONDITIONAL SENTENCES | 311 |
46 | SENTENCES OF DAILY USE | 315 |
Selected Salutations | ||
At the time of Departure Greetings and Congratulations | ||
Invitations | ||
Entertainment and Hobbies | ||
Seeking Permission | ||
Requests | ||
Refusals and Consents | ||
Amnoyance or Anger | ||
Apologies | ||
Replies for Apologies | ||
47 | QUESTION-ANSWERS | 327 |
Two ways of Answers | ||
48 | INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES | 335 |
49 | CONCERNING TO HEALTH | 341 |
Some Saying about Helth | ||
A Conversation | ||
50 | WEATHER AND TIME | 349 |
Temporal Sentences | ||
51 | ETIQUETTES AND AFFECTION | 354 |
52 | REFUSALS AND ANNOYANCES | 360 |
53 | EXCLAMATORY SENTENCES | 367 |
54 | IN THE MARKET | 370 |
Another Conversation | ||
Selected Sentences | ||
55 | ABOUT INDIA | 376 |
Indian Constitution | ||
Sample Pages