Introduction:
Hindi, written in the Devanagari script, is one of the two official languages of the Government of India, along with the English language. It is an official language in 9 States and 3 Union Territories and an additional official language in 3 other States. Hindi is also one of the 22 scheduled languages of the Republic of India.
Hindi is one of the world’s “Big Five” languages alongside English, Spanish, Chinese,
and Arabic. More than half a billion people speak it, and about half of those are native speakers, mostly in northern India.
In this blog we discuss some good effective tips to learn the Hindi language.
Tips and tricks to know
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Be curious
Being curious about a language will instill a passion for learning it. The curiosity of the world will ignite you to travel. Travel will make you curious about the culture and history of a country. Culture and history will make you curious about the language.
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Read books
Reading is so beneficial for language learning.
You must be disliking reading materials in my Hindi language or also you think it is hard to read Hindi. However, once I started choosing reading material on my own, it became a fun way of learning the language.
When you come across words in several different contexts through reading, you start to understand and comprehend vocabulary in a more meaningful way. You can learn much more about language and culture than you could ever discover by reading a language-learning book through reading material written in that language.
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Find a conversation partner.
If you don’t have a native speaker in and around your neighborhood, take full advantage of online resources to find yourself a Hindi speaker you could practice with online, through multiple online language exchange programs. Italki for example is a really good resource- you could get teachers as your conversation partner.
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Immerse yourself in Hindi language culture
One of the best, easiest, and most enjoyable ways to learn Hindi is to totally immerse yourself in Hindi music, movies, and children’s books (and, when you progress further, novels or other, more difficult, types of reading material). This type of immersion, while not as intensive and beneficial for your language learning as staying in a Hindi-speaking region for a considerable amount of time, is still essential for maintaining and improving your fluency. Consistent immersion of this type will habituate your brain to the sounds of the language and its particular turns of phrase; one recommendation is to make a note of at least one new word or phrase every day that you hear in a song or a film or read in a book, look it up later and try to remember its meaning with the use of flashcards or some type of mnemonic device, whatever works for you.
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Get a Hindi dictionary.
Get one that translates Hindi to your convenient language. Translating on the internet may be easier, but this will make you more interested.
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Keep note of all the words you’ve learned or want to learn.
From day one of learning Hindi, I took time to keep a digital record of the words I wanted to learn.
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Get a proper explanation.
If you talk to a native Hindi speak about the lyrics, you’ll always find they are more beautiful and meaningful in the original Hindi – as expected. The trade-off is between a literal translation, which will be ‘correct’ but seem stilted in English while a more poetic translation that will be more beautiful but bear far less resemblance to the literal meaning of the Hindi.
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Conclusion
So, follow the above-given tips to learn Hindi also you can enroll to learn Hindi classes with Multibhashi for an awesome experience and outstanding results.
