Elementary Hindi:

by Richard Delacy, Sudha Joshi

This is a comprehensive and user–friendly elementary level Hindi textbook and language learning package.

This comprehensive guide to learning the Hindi language teaches you basic proficiency in everyday, conversational beginner Hindi. From learning to write the Hindi alphabet and pronounce its sounds, to using vocabulary and grammar, to communicating in dialogues, your rapidly–developing skills in Hindi will surprise you. No prior experience in is necessary to learn Hindi with this book. The chapters cover many situations you'll need to travel to India, read Hindi, write Hindi, and speak Hindi.

Key features of Elementary Hindi:
The MP3 audio CD helps builds reading comprehension and ensures correct pronunciation.
Reveals real life in India through the book's characters, Deepak and Kavitha.
Covers elementary–level Hindi grammar including the rules of pronunciation, nasalizations, and the past tense.
Teaches the written Hindi alphabet, allowing students to immediately start reading and writing Hindi.
Makes the Hindi language accessible, understandable and enjoyable.
Enriched by fascinating information about the Hindi-speaking cultures of the world, Elementary Hindi brings the language to life, whether you're studying on your own, or in a classroom. The expert guidance in Elementary Hindi is carefully sequenced to be the most effective and most supportive approach for beginners. Delacy and Joshi are two seasoned teachers of Hindi, and their experience shines out from every page. Their knowledge will help you succeed in your goal of learning Hindi.

Available separately is the companion Elementary Hindi Workbook, which will help you polish the lessons learned here. The ten activities per lesson offers a range of exercises and practice opportunities that will help you achieve proficiency in everyday, conversational Hindi.

Genres: Language

352 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Richard Delacy has taught at several universities in Australia and the U.S. and currently teaches Hindi/Urdu at Harvard University. He completed a BA with Honors at the University of Melbourne in History and an MA in History from Monash University, with a focus on modern South Asian history and twentieth century Hindi/Urdu language and its literature. He studied Hindi formally for three years as a part of his BA and then spent a year in Delhi studying Hindi language and literature at the Kendriya Hindi Sansthan (Central Hindi Institute). He also taught Hindi at two universities in Melbourne for nearly six years before embarking on further studies in South Asian Languages and Literatures at the University of Chicago. He is the author of Teach Yourself Beginner's Urdu Script (McGraw-Hill) and Hindi in a Flash (Tuttle) and coauthor of the Hindi, Urdu & Bengali Lonely Planet Phrasebook. He travels back to India as frequently as he can and has many close friends there.

Reviews

[Ravi Chandran · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good book

[Tian Wang · Rating 3 out of 5]

i am studying hindi!!! for like a week and then it's collecting dust.

[Katie]

Yay ap ka nam kya hai & pani & yaha & rukiye & mera nam katie hai