Hindi language

Hindi is one of the auspicious languages of India. It is very much popular in every part of India. Whether you are from the Northern region, Western region, Eastern region or Southern Region, you will find people speaking to each other in this language. This language is very much popular in states like Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi etc. This language also tells us about India’s values and ethics, which you will come to know when you will start learning this language. In fact, Ramcharitmanas has been written by Goswami Tulsidas in the Awadhi language. Awadhi language is spoken in northern India.

There are multiple reasons for learning this language. For some, the main purpose would be to do graduation/masters in Hindi?. For some, they want to make their career in Astrology? For some, they want to know about this language like culture, Vedas, Upanishads, etc? The reasons may vary from person to person. Whatever be your reason for learning this language, one thing is sure that you will enjoy learning this language.

There are many questions that come to everyone’s mind: can we learn Hindi in 3 months? So the answer to your question is ‘yes.

But there are many factors which depend. In this blog, we will discuss those factors.

1.Make a special effort to learn the “glue words” first. 

By the 1st week you should start learning “the little words”. These “glue words” occur so frequently, it’s best to learn them straight off the bat. Three important glue words in Hindi are aur (and), lekin (but) and ya (or). The sooner you conquer them, the better.

 Get ready for formalities :

Hindi is a formal language and there are three levels of formality. “You” is aap, tum, and tu, from most formal to least. Tu is another Sanskrit cognate that speakers of romance languages will recognize!

2.Learn collective words and pronunciation.

By the second week, you should practice speaking the phrases that you have collected in your vocabulary book verifying the pronunciations with Omniglot.com and Forvo.com to get better. And as you practice you see how different the Hindi pronunciation is from English. It has the new introduction of: and unheard of in any other European languages! But don’t fret or get anxious over it. Speak aloud, record yourself and play the recordings until you get the pronunciation correct. Keep adding new phrases to your vocabulary book the moment you are able to perfect the old ones. Prepare for small conversations such as “Namaste ! Mera naaM aarti hai!

Now that you can hold small conversations(irrespective of the grammar correctness), I recommend you log in to online language exchange of conversation exchange programs such as mylanguageexchange.com, speaky, and many more that are available online. In this manner, you will be able to improve your Hindi by listening to the native Hindi speaker and getting corrected at the moment you make a mistake via feedback. You can also take advantage of the free Hindi lessons offered by few teachers online.

After your first Hindi conversation, I beckon you to prepare yourself for the third week. I encourage you to schedule a minimum of 3 Hindi conversations a week so that you soon get into the rhythm of speaking Hindi besides slowly picking up the language’s nuances.

Speaking will anyways enable you to remember what you are talking about and to help train your brain we recommend you use flashcard apps such as 

Practice your flashcards for at least fifteen minutes per day. I also recommend you start reading something more complex than the simple phrases and words you learnt so far. The sooner you master the basics of reading, the sooner you’ll be able to use Hindi literature as a study tool.

3. Try to communicate in Hindi 

Week three is a good time to evaluate what’s worked for you in learning Hindi and what hasn’t worked so well. That is if you’ve kept up your practice. Chances are you’ve had some days when you felt super motivated, and some days when you were tired, bored, or had other engagements. This week is a great time to put things in their places and create a study schedule that works best for you.

Remember it is really very effective to study every day of the week even as little as 10 mins, rather than doing all your study in one or two days. A few simple reasons help you firm up your study routine and you don’t have to spend extra time trying to figure out where you left it last!

Throughout this week, keep reading, keep scheduling conversations, and keep building and practicing from your flashcard decks. Introduce yourself to Memrise, Drops, Duolingo to take further advantage of learning. No matter what else might get in the way of your studying, you can always find a few spare moments to check in your Anki deck.

4.Talk to yourself

Make a schedule for learning

Tweak your schedule, if it has been a little too heavy considering the time that you have at hand so that it works for you. In the last week of the first month, I recommend you keep practicing and adding to your flashcard decks, resume listening to a Hindi podcast or radio show, Hindi playlists, and conversations with native speakers this week. You will also find your listening to have improved significantly and you would be able to identify spoken words better. So why not try some of the great YouTube videos available.

 5.Track your progress

Review yourself, your progress, your learning to see how far you’ve come in just a few weeks, even if you weren’t able to study as much as you wanted. You’ll be amazed by your progress and find it hard to believe that at one time, you could barely pronounce Namaste! As long as you studied consistently and didn’t give up, you won’t be looking back!