How should a beginner learn Hindi?

Hindi is the official language of the country India. In India, about 425 million people speak Hindi as their first language, with another 120 million speaking it as a second. There are large Hindi-speaking populations in South Africa, Mauritius, Bangladesh, Yemen and Uganda. 

Beginners must be fully aware that when they start they would not be proficient in the language therefore if they make mistakes they must not get deterred or dejected with it. On the contrary, making mistakes is a part and parcel of the learning journey and learners must learn to take it in their stride. Read a few words, speak a few words, watch Bollywood movies, sing Bollywood songs whatever it is every effort counts. Be patient,  be steady and above all be consistent! Celebrate and be proud of every little achievement, every little step that takes you closer to learning. Enjoy learning Hindi!

I could give you a few tips that you can implement in your learning and improve the quality of your learning as well as the speed of your learning :

Set realistic goals for themselves, & Keep your priorities straight. Learners must be able to decide for themselves their primary reason for learning Hindi whether it is to interact with their Hindi clients, travel or is it just a hobby? This decision would be able to help you understand in how much depth you need to go ahead to learn Hindi and it will also decide the duration of your learning. In summary, I would say learning Hindi for travelling purposes is far easier and quicker than learning it to speak with your clients for translation, interpretation or teaching purposes.

Learn and practice with authentic and relevant resources that don’t assume you are a grammar genius instead they explain everything in a crisp clear manner.

Get plenty of audio practice: repeat, repeat, repeat. There are plenty of audio resources available online with the ones which are relevant and authentic and can help you learn actual Hindi. You could listen to Podcasts, Audiobooks, Audio clips, YouTube songs, Spotify playlist you could also watch Bollywood movies which are a rage you could listen to Hindi songs that has a humongous collection available on YouTube and side fat as gaana.com, raaga.com, series, etc

Maintain a journal or a diary. Capture at least five new words or phrases each day that you listen to In this audio or video resource, or hear from native Hindi speakers or read from a book. This would help you build your vocabulary. Make a list of those repeated words. These would be the words that will help you build your first communication with small but meaningful sentences.

A very critical tip that I would want to give all the beginners would be to divide their learning into smaller chunks of logical step by step learning instead of learning in huge bulk. Learning in small chunks helps you learn better and It stays in your mind for a longer period of time. However, learning in bulk makes sure that you do forget quite a bit of information right after you have learnt it. Learning in this manner would also help you build a strong foundation for your Hindi language

Choose a learning method that works for you this would be the greatest service you would do to yourself. Now, when you feel you’re confident I would recommend you take your learning to the next level by engaging in active language classes with the live teacher, where you can learn the body language used with the Hindi speech and also see the mouth movement of your trainer so as to be able to pronounce certain Hindi words and sounds which may not exist in your native language.

The Indo-Aryan group of the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family includes the Hindi language. After English and Mandarin, Hindi is the world’s third most spoken language. It is India’s preferred official language, though much national business is also conducted in English and the other languages recognised by the Indian constitution.  With over 615 Million worldwide speakers of Hindi slowly edging towards the English language which currently holds the title of lingua franca of the world. Wouldn’t you want to be a part of this revolution? 

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