Colloquial Hindi: The Complete Course for Beginners

by Tej K. Bhatia

Colloquial Hindi provides a step-by-step course in Hindi as it is written and spoken today. Combining a user-friendly approach with a thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Hindi in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required. Key features progressive coverage of speaking, listening, reading and writing skills structured, jargon-free explanations of grammar an extensive range of focused and stimulating exercises realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of scenarios useful vocabulary lists throughout the text an overview of the sounds and alphabet of Hindi additional resources available at the back of the book, including a full answer key, a grammar summary, bilingual glossaries and English translations of dialogues. Balanced, comprehensive and rewarding, Colloquial Hindi will be an indispensable resource both for independent learners and for students taking courses in Hindi. Accompanying audio material is available to purchase separately on two CDs or in MP3 format, or comes included in the great value Colloquial Hindi pack. Recorded by native speakers, the audio complements the book and will help enhance learners’ listening and speaking skills. Course The complete course comprises the book and audio materials. These are available to purchase separately in paperback, ebook, CD and MP3 format. The paperback and CDs can also be purchased together in the great-value Colloquials pack. 978-0-415-41956-7 (please note this does not include the audio) CDs : 978-0-415-39528-1 978-0-203-43152-8 (available from Please note this does not include the audio) 978-0-415-49823-4 (available to purchase from : 978-0-415-39527-4 (paperback and CDs)

360 pages, Paperback

First published December 5, 1996

About the author

Tej K. Bhatia is Professor in the Linguistics and Cognitive Sciences program at Syracuse University, New York, USA.

Reviews

[Treesh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lekin todavia main Hindi nahi bol sakti hoon :(((

[Claire S · Rating 3 out of 5]

My edition actually is copyright 2003.
This book is good, I guess..learning on my own as I am, it moves too fast. I've used other books, and I watch a lot of films, and over time it's becoming less intimidating. I like the conversational aspect of it. The information on the Indian Swastika was very useful. The different sections in the back are nice, the handwritten part, etc.. the dictionary section is very pithy of course. And, of course, I wish everyone used the same transliteration scheme. The Baraha software uses a different system from any of the books: it's all a bit exhausting, as I'm more visual than hearing- based. But I'll just keep going..

[Heather · Rating 5 out of 5]

Been working through this one. I like it because it actually includes diagrams of how to make some of the sounds (e.g., a profile "cut away" view of what your tongue does in making an American 't' vs. the different 't' sounds in Hindi. This was EXTREMELY helpful. Downside: no Devanagari, and Romanization of Hindi words is always inconsistent across texts, which causes confusion. Why don't they all use IPA?