Oct 28

Are you trying to find out how to learn Hindi?  You have a lot of company.  One of India’s two official languages, Hindi is spoken by more people in the world than any language but Mandarin, Spanish and English. 

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Enrollments in Hindi courses in US universities increased 36% between 2002 and 2006.  With India continuing to grow as a global finance and cultural powerhouse, the interest in Hindi will only increase in the future.  And as foreign as Hindi might at first sound to American ears or look to American eyes, Hindi is easy to learn and logical to read, write and pronounce.


 And yet, most Hindi teachers think that there aren’t enough Hindi language software programs available.  Few US universities offer Hindi language courses.  Although language schools often offer courses in a large number of languages taught by teachers of native language fluency, those schools rarely if ever offer Hindi as a course.

Maybe you are wondering how to learn Hindi because you want to travel in India for work or adventure.  Maybe you have a significant other or close friend who speaks Hindi and you want to be able to converse with them in their language.  Maybe you recognize that the growing importance of India in the global business environment will bring a greater demand for Hindi speakers, and you want to be there fast. 

Whatever your reasons for wanting to know how to learn Hindi, you probably aren’t finding a lot of resources.

Rocket Hindi can help.

I am happy to announce the newest language course offered by Rocket Languages.  Rocket Hindi is here.  Rocket Hindi offers a comprehensive, fun and supportive language learning experience.  You’ll be speaking conversational Hindi right away, in contexts that reflect everyday life in a Hindi-speaking environment.  And you’ll learn to read and write Hindi fearlessly, through Romanized Hindi script (English letters) AND modern standard Hindi script (called Devanagari). 

You will know how to learn Hindi with

  • Your 31-Lesson Audio Course
  • Your 31 Grammar and Culture Lessons
  • Your MegaVocab Software Learning Game
  • Your MegaAudio Software Learning Game
  • Your Members-Only Rocket Hindi Learner’s Forum
  • Lifetime Membership to the Rocket Hindi Learning Lounge


With all these resources, you’ll be speaking Hindi confidently and naturally in two months.

So if you have been wondering how to learn Hindi, you need wonder no longer.  Rocket Hindi is the way to learn.

But don’t take my word for it.  Try it out for yourself.  Sign up today for the Free 6-Day Hindi Course.

Rocket Hindi . . . this is how to learn Hindi.


 

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Jan 13

If you are interested in a Hindi course, you will need to think about how to learn Hindi in its written form.  The Hindi language is written in the Devanagari alphabet.  The alphabet is distinguished by a bar that runs horizontally across the top of each letter.  It is also called the “nagari,”  or urban or urbane, script.  That is, it was the alphabet of the cultured elite.  “Devanagari,” or devine urbane script, has been used to write sacred Sanskrit texts since about the 19th century.  It is now used to write Hindi, Marathi, Nepali and a host of other languages.  You will need to know how to learn Hindi and its alphabet if you are beginning a Hindi course.

I admit that the first time I ever saw written Hindi, I was baffled.  I had no idea how to learn a foreign alphabet.  The Devanagari alphabet is so beautiful that I loved to look at it, yet I couldn’t imagine myself recognizing the letters and understanding words. 

Relax.  You can learn the Hindi alphabet, just like you learned the Roman alphabet.  Start the way you did as a kid learning to read, and take it step by step.  Here are some tips for how to learn Hindi in its written form.  You can apply the same tips to learning any foreign alphabet.

  • Write the letters over and over.  Practice writing the letters one by one.  Write lines and lines of them.  Say the sound that each letter makes to yourself — or aloud if you dare — as you write it.  Practice each letter until you feel quite familiar with it before you move on.
  • Beware of similar shapes.  When you were little, did you confuse “b” with “d”?  Or “n” with “h”?  Lots of alphabets have letters that look like other letters in that alphabet.  Keep an eye out for them.  When you find a pair of similarly shaped letters, look for differences.  Then practice them side by side to reinforce the differences.
  • Turn English into Hindi.  Take an English-language text and transliterate it into Hindi.  That simply means to use the letters of the Hindi alphabet to rewrite the English sentences.
  • Read aloud.  Take a Hindi-language text and read it aloud.  You probably have a textbook from your Hindi course.  Use some sentences from some of the more advanced lessons.  Sound everything out, letter by letter and word by word.  Hindi is written as it sounds, so you should be able to do that without too much trouble.  Do not worry about understanding the meaning.  That will come, too.  But first get used to the sounds each letter makes.  After some struggle, you should be able to read faster.  Keep practicing.


It’s never easy to learn a foreign alphabet.  But it can be done, so take the steps to do it.  Practice hard and soon you, too, will be able to read Devanagari script, or any foreign alphabet.  You remember how you learned to read English, don’t you?  Then you should start your Hindi course with confidence, because you already know how to learn Hindi in its written form.

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