{"id":9510,"date":"2021-07-30T17:14:27","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T17:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hindi\/?p=9510"},"modified":"2021-08-13T19:22:50","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T19:22:50","slug":"top-five-books-to-learn-hindi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hindi\/top-five-books-to-learn-hindi\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Five Books To Learn Hindi"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo courtesy Nicole Herbert Dean<\/p><\/div>\n

I studied Hindi<\/a> in school from 2nd grade to the 10th grade. We had to take a public Hindi assessment<\/strong> \u092e\u0942\u0932\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0902\u0915\u0928 as well as pass our teacher’s exams<\/strong> \u092a\u0930\u0940\u0915\u094d\u0937\u093e in order to graduate from high school.<\/p>\n

In addition<\/strong> \u0915\u0947 \u0905\u0924\u093f\u0930\u093f\u0915\u094d\u0924 to studying Hindi in my Catholic run English school, my parents hired a tutor<\/strong> \u0936\u093f\u0915\u094d\u0937\u0915 to boost up my learning. I did pass the exams on first try of course. But it was not until I came to the United States of America and started to teach the language<\/strong> \u0936\u093f\u0915\u094d\u0937\u0915, 25 years ago, that I finally understood it!<\/p>\n

To aid my self taught<\/strong> \u0938\u094d\u0935\u092f\u0902 \u0938\u093f\u0916\u093e\u092f\u093e refresher course, I bought myself several books. I did start out with a dictionary by Hippocrene as well as a Teach Yourself Hindi book by the same author<\/strong> \u0932\u0947\u0916\u0915. However, the books outline below not only helped me understand this beautiful<\/strong> \u0938\u0941\u0902\u0926\u0930 language but correctly teach it and write curriculum.<\/p>\n

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  1. My first go to book is Introduction to Hindi Grammar<\/a> by Usha R. Jain. The author beautifully breaks down the vowels<\/strong> \u0938\u094d\u0935\u0930 \u0935\u0930\u094d\u0923 and consonants<\/strong> \u0935\u094d\u092f\u0902\u091c\u0928 first by teaching the Devanagari script. She then presents the nouns<\/strong> \u0938\u0902\u091c\u094d\u091e\u093e, adjectives<\/strong> \u0935\u093f\u0936\u0947\u0937\u0923, pronouns<\/strong> \u0938\u0930\u094d\u0935\u0928\u093e\u092e, interrogatives<\/strong> \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0936\u094d\u0928\u0935\u093e\u091a\u0915, postpositions (did you know that Hindi has no prepositions?). Each verb tense is also tackled beautifully. Then she narrows in on oblique cases, the reflexive possessive aapna, and certain postpositions that are exceptional<\/strong> \u0905\u0938\u093e\u0927\u093e\u0930\u0923. All in all, a great book for the academic!<\/li>\n
  2. Once the basics are learnt, Usha R. Jain also has the Intermediate Hindi Reader<\/a>. This reader is jam packed with short stories, folk tales<\/strong> \u0932\u094b\u0915 \u0915\u0925\u093e\u090f\u0901, poems<\/strong> \u0915\u0935\u093f\u0924\u093e\u0913\u0902 and episodes. Tales from the famous Panchatantra, Ramayana and Mahabharata are also detailed in the book. At the end of each story is a detailed vocabulary<\/strong> \u0936\u092c\u094d\u0926\u093e\u0935\u0932\u0940 list complete with meanings in English and noun gender<\/strong> \u0932\u093f\u0902\u0917. Usha also has an advanced Hindi grammar<\/a> book for those who want to go beyond the basics.<\/li>\n
  3. Another author with a great set of books is Kavita Kumar. Speak Hindi from Day 1 is a good book to start with – it has all the basics<\/strong> \u092e\u0942\u0932 \u092c\u093e\u0924\u0947\u0902. She also has a special book for non-Hindi speaking people<\/a> with an accompanying workbook<\/strong> \u0915\u093e\u0930\u094d\u092f\u092a\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0924\u093f\u0915\u093e. She breaks down each grammatical feature and then assesses comprehension in the workbook.<\/li>\n
  4. R. S. McGregor has developed an Outline of Hindi Grammar<\/a> for the Hindi linguist. This book is amazing but uses high academic language to explain grammatical concepts. Certainly not for the faint of heart! Each concept also has exercises and vocabulary at the end.<\/li>\n
  5. Finally, Peter Edwin Hook wrote an intermediate level book on Hindi Structures<\/a>. He explains grammatical concepts<\/strong> \u0935\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0915\u0930\u0923 \u0938\u0902\u092c\u0902\u0927\u0940 \u0905\u0935\u0927\u093e\u0930\u0923\u093e\u090f\u0902 as well as provides drills with keys. This book too has a slightly higher academic language<\/strong> \u0936\u0948\u0915\u094d\u0937\u0923\u093f\u0915 \u092d\u093e\u0937\u093e to explain the concepts.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Hindi texts are still better at explaining the language than most apps nowadays. In order to be thoroughly proficient in the language it is necessary to take to the books. Apps are great at helping pronunciation and accent but for the purist, the pages of a book are the best!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

    I studied Hindi in school from 2nd grade to the 10th grade. We had to take a public Hindi assessment \u092e\u0942\u0932\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0902\u0915\u0928 as well as pass our teacher’s exams \u092a\u0930\u0940\u0915\u094d\u0937\u093e in order to graduate from high school. In addition \u0915\u0947 \u0905\u0924\u093f\u0930\u093f\u0915\u094d\u0924 to studying Hindi in my Catholic run English school, my parents hired a tutor \u0936\u093f\u0915\u094d\u0937\u0915…<\/p>\n

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