Archive for 'Vocabulary'
Learn Hindi from Authentic Sources Posted by Nicole Herbert Dean on Jan 13, 2022
There are a plethora बहुतायत of sources to learn Hindi! But all these sources great? Or effectiveप्रभावशाली? The most effective method for learning Hindi is via an authentic source. Why, you ask? Current Trends Apps and Textbooks are great but can you really learn the nuances अति सूक्ष्म अंतरof language and dialects through apps? Although…
10 Podcasts to Learn Hindi Posted by Nicole Herbert Dean on Nov 8, 2021
Introduction There are numerous बहुत ways to learn Hindi today – apps, CD’s if you are still into retro, movies चलचित्र and songs. Watching the news समाचार and Netflix shows is another way. But podcasts are the ‘it’ thing now! The proliferation प्रसार of podcasts is indicative of its popularity. Benefits Listening to a podcast…
Is it Urdu or Hindi? Posted by Nicole Herbert Dean on Oct 29, 2021
Why the controversy? If you look at the news from India today, it seems like everyone is up in arms about the use of vocabulary. As a nation and culture, why this sudden war over words? If you take a deep dive into the languages of India, especially Hindi and Urdu, you can see that…
Hindi Lineage and the Family Tree Posted by Nicole Herbert Dean on Oct 26, 2021
Family Tree Hindi has an interesting दिलचस्प position in its family tree. The Indo-European family begot the Indo-Iranian family which begot the Indo-Aryan family who begot Hindi. Therefore, ironically विडम्बना से, it begs the question, is the Hindi we speak today begotten from Urdu? That would cause a minor अवयस्क uproar in itself given the…
Top Five Books To Learn Hindi Posted by Nicole Herbert Dean on Jul 30, 2021
I studied Hindi in school from 2nd grade to the 10th grade. We had to take a public Hindi assessment मूल्यांकन as well as pass our teacher’s exams परीक्षा in order to graduate from high school. In addition के अतिरिक्त to studying Hindi in my Catholic run English school, my parents hired a tutor शिक्षक…
Tapori Language of Mumbai Posted by Nicole Herbert Dean on Mar 15, 2021
India भारत is a subcontinent उपमहाद्वीप, and each state राज्य has its own language भाषा and culture संस्कृति, but Mumbai is a unique अद्वितीय city with its own language and culture. Mumbai is a commercial hub वाणिज्यिक केंद्र, attracting people from different अलग parts of the nation राष्ट्र. When people of different cultures and…
The Poetry of Nagarjun Posted by Rachael on Aug 9, 2019
This week, I’ll be discussing a Hindi and Maithili writer (लेखक/lekhak) who is not well-known (नामी/naami) outside of India but certainly should be. The author known as “Baba Nagarjun” (बाबा नागार्जुन) and “Yatri,” (यात्री) whose real name was Vaidyanath Mishra (वैद्यनाथ मिश्र) (~1911-1998), was born in the village (गाँव/gaanv) of Satlakha in Bihar (बिहार). It…