Practice Makes Perfect Basic Hindi

Can I just say that this is my best spontaneous purchase yet! After starting Uni, I've been struggling with my identity, and grew closer to my Indian culture after being exposed to bigotry. I grew up speaking gujarati, which is very similar to hindi. I'm exposed to hindi/gujju mostly at home, yet I never learned how to read or write in either language. This book is AMAZING. I ended up learning how to read and write in hindi in less than two days! The lessons are beyond my expectations. Of course, I might be biased because I'm a native speaker (not reader/writer), but I recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn the beautiful Devanagari script! :D

I ordered this Hindi alphabet workbook not realizing I had ordered it before. However, I am not going to return it, because the more I can practice writing, the more I will remember and the better I will get at it. I recommend this workbook to anyone who wants to learn the Hindi language!

This book is a gentle slope for those learning Hindi. As such, it gives the learner time to grasp the essence of the language and build a strong foundation on which to further progress. As many language learners know, compared to the major European languages and Japanese (and now Chinese), resources for many other languages are limited in both quality and quantity. The situation with Hindi is starting to change with the appearance of books such as this one and Delacy's Elementary Hindi, both of which teach Hindi in a systematic way with proper exercises and grammatical explanations. No doubt this book will provide a great foundation for intermediate Hindi study. There is one problem with this book. I believe it is a significant problem. It doesn't negate the other good qualities of this book, which is why it still deserves 4 stars. Nonetheless, it is hard to use Hindi without knowledge of the normal past tense, as opposed to the past imperfect ("used to"). This book only talks about the past imperfect (I used to eat) and does not convey how to make a simple past sentence such as "I went." Now, this is related to a particle in Hindi that is often used with the past, "ne" which is probably one of the most difficult aspects of Hindi grammar for a beginner to grasp. However, it is not a nuance that can be delegated to a more advanced level since it is difficult to use any language without conjugating verbs in the past tense and this is simply the one aspect of Hindi grammar that one must slog through in order to grasp Hindi. Personally, I wish the past tense were included in this book, so that the habituation of students to it could begin, sooner rather than later.

I'm not very far into the book, but it's exactly what I was looking for and at a great price. I want to learn both how to read and speak Hindi, and not just a few survival phrases. Most resources I found either taught a few sentences with only transliteration, or they taught only the alphabet. Many of the more modern language learning approaches (e.g. DuoLingo) lack Hindi support. There are subscription websites which provide a sea of material, but they are pricey, and the material is presented almost exclusively in an unwieldy PDF format. I tried those for a while, but I didn't always want to sit down at a computer to learn, and it's hard to flip back and forth compared to a physical book. So that's why I say this is the best resource I've found. It's easy to sit down every day and do five to ten minutes of work to keep one's skills moving forward, but also to dive into longer learning sessions. I'm still supplementing with other materials like podcasts, particularly for pronunciation, but this book will be the foundation of my basic Hindi education.

Not good if you are beginner in Hindi and don’t know how to read Hindi alphabet. It would be more intermediate and for people who know how to read the characters.

This is a great book. It explains and has exercises to learn the basics of Hindi. I came to Hindi from Sanskrit and the latter is challenging, to say the least. I have used a number of books and many gave information but did not have a method to learn it. I decided that any book that can teach that Sanskrit alphabet (which Hindi uses) in a clear, understandable, and fun way is well worth the cost and attention. I got interested in Hindi after watching the Disney show "Best Wishes Nikki," which is a Hindi version of "Good Luck Charlie." If you want to learn Hindi, this is your book.

I've been a rather isolated Hindi learner for a couple years now. This book was perfect for the home learner. When I got to the end of the 25 lessons, I felt I'd had a friend to help me. Basic Hindi doesn't pamper the learner with glossary. Rather, one has to go searching for vocabulary already presented in the book--a useful process for anyone learning of a foreign language. I especially appreciated that I could keep all my materials for the 25 lessons right in one text book. In classes I've had and with a couple teachers, I've ended up with stacks of papers that have to be later sorted out. No extra paper is required for Basic Hindi. This is a good and useful approach. Some of the explanations are the best I've had so far.

This is truly an amazing book to get, if you're trying to learn Hindi. I learned a little Hindi, watching ZeeTV, when I was hospitalized back in 2013, since then, I've been learning through movies, TV shows, Music, and Food, but I want to speak it fluently, so I ordered the book.

This book was purchased on Kindle, as always the order came in quickly I have not had an opportunity to use it as yet but have scanned the material and I will find it very helpful. Thank you.

This book is the perfect starting point for a child or adult wishing to learn the very basics of reading and writing in Hindi script. The lessons are so clear and concise. I really like the format. The book would be an excellent tool for native speakers teaching small children the fundamentals of the language. For non native speakers, it would still be totally possible to teach your self using this book but I personally, will need extra learning aids/ materials to help me with the correct pronunciation for vowels etc - I have a CD from another Hindi language course that undertook some years ago. A good Hindi dictionary is going to be a must have item, too. I'm really really pleased with this book and feel it will set me on the right path for future Hindi language courses.

Excellent book

Lo consiglio tanto a chi come me deve partire da zero. È presente tutta la parte iniziale della grammatica che parte dall'alfabeto (con tanto di spiegazione su come scrivere passo passo i vari caratteri) fino ad arrivare a forme verbali come il futuro semplice e varie modalità di costruzioni di frasi di uso quotidiano.

Das Format des Buches trifft nicht so sehr meinen Geschmack. Ein kleineres Format hätte es auch getan. Aber, Ok, das habe ich nicht in meine Wertung einfließen lassen. Der Inhalt überzeugt dafür umso mehr, so, dass es den Titel (zu deutsch) "Grundlagen des Hindi" völlig zurecht trägt. Das Buch ist zwar auf Englisch, aber das sollte jemandem, der Sprachen lernt abschrecken. Hindi ist nicht leicht zu lernen, nehmen wir zum Beispiel "diakritsche Zeichen", auf die wird eingegangen, genauso wie auf Ligaturen, die ein wesentliches Element des Hindi sind und die gerade Anfänger oft wie den vielzitierten Ochsen vor dem Berge stehen lassen. Für Anfänger ist es eine günstige Alternative, um einen guten Einstieg in diese Sprache zu finden. Meinerseits: klare Kaufempfehlung!