Hindi

by Rupert Snell

A course in spoken and written Hindi includes dialogues, grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary, and cultural tips.

Genres: Language, India, Reference, Nonfiction

309 pages, Hardcover

Published June 4, 1991

Reviews

[Kelly]

I am fascinated by this language so far. We'll see if I get to use any of this in March...

[Emilyhex27 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bahut acchaa!

[Branan Dubh · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's a sad story for the world's 4th most spoken language, but this seems to be the only decent text on learning Hindi. It is clear and well structured and the author has also been very creative in designing the dialogs. The audio recordings are unfortunately not of the highest quality. But in the 17 years since this edition was put out, no one has produced anything to match it, to my knowledge.

[Jonathan · Rating 3 out of 5]

You can't learn Hindi from a book. But I bet this book does a better job of trying than anything else would. I have gotten a lot out of it by reading it side-by-side with immersion-based language learning. The story that flows through all the chapters is a great idea, even if I found the characters quite annoying.

[Heather · Rating 3 out of 5]

I am still getting through this, and also using Rosetta Stone software (along with the scattered podcast). I actually find it more useful than Rosetta Stone, anyway.

[Brian Sullivan · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of those books I keep needing to go back too

[briz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dude, I learned Hindi from this.