Hindi (Teach Yourself)

This is an excellent book for autodidacts who learn best through grammar and structure. One would do best to have a native speaker from whom to learn pronunciation.

I taught myself how to read and write and understand Hindi with this book. Tons of hard work and dedication. Worth every moment and penny spent. The devanagari script is super easy, you can learn it in about a single day. (Letters are just pictures connected to sounds.)My book's been read so much that the spine split. So I had it bound at OfficeMax for $3.50. This book has given me so much joy and helped me to unlock both a beautiful language and a fabulous group of people.

Learning a language is not a trivial matter. There are lots of programs that promise that you will learn a language in some short period. This is pretty much false. You need to put effort into learning another language and this book will pay off if you put the effort in. It is important that you learn the Devanagari script for this book. The book starts off with a chapter that summarises the script. This is sufficient but it would be a good idea to get a book like beginners Hindi script as well. After chapter 5 all of the Hindi is in Devanagari. Some reviewers complain about this, but I found that it kept me honest, and made me learn to read and write the script.The book has a large amount of material but it also covers a lot of ground quickly. The other thing that is important is to use this book with some audio training.So in summary, if you want to learn Hindi, be literate in the language and are prepared to work through each chapter until you understand most of it, this is a good book. Although, I highly recommend supplementary material to cover the areas that this book understandably leaves out.

This is the best book for learning Hindi that I have come across. It may be a bit much for the absolute beginner, but it uses the Devanagari alphabet throughout, which aids in learning the language, and forces you to use what you have learned. Grammar and vocabulary are covered in detail and many conversations are recorded on the accompanying tape. This book contains the complete structure of the language. After this, all you need to do is to build up your vocabulary and you're ready for India!

"Teach Yourself: Hindi" provides an excellent introduction to the Hindi language, emphasizing the written language (it is a book, after all). The problem with the book is that the author uses the British sound system, and when a North American reads the vowel and consonant equivalents in the beginning, he pronounces a great deal (especially vowels) incorrectly. My Punjabi friend laughed at me. Supplimentary material will therefore need to garnered on the internet for non-Britons in order to correctly pronounce the Hindi. Sadly, most Hindi - English intructional books are similarly designed (i.e. for the Queen's English) and other dialects must rely on either native speakers for correct prononciation, or sound files downloaded off of the internet. Once the prononciation difficulties have been worked out, the book proceeds in a very logical manner, covering all elements necessary for communication in everyday Hindi. Special appendices are written to cover unique situations, and words used primarily in Urdu are indicated by the author. There are are eighteen units, each containing perhaps four or five aspects of grammar, and inadequate practice activities, so the learner must be willing to devise additional English sentences to practice his translation. For the money, "Teach Yourself: Hindi" cannot be beat. Hindi is not difficult (in comparison to French or Spanish) and is well worth the effort to learn the language.

If you really want to learn Hindi, I recommend you this book! Nothing to do with all the other manual that I've found around, which were unclear and approximate. This one is complete, clear, step by step, and if you come over the initial difficulty of learning devanagari script, it really takes you further on in the practical use of the language. I have learned Hindi most of the time studying it on the train while going to work!

This publication saved my skin on my recent trip to India. It has a good clear lesson plan and introduces Hindi to the reader at a good pace without going too fast. I was a little uncertain about absorbing the Devanagari script but in the end it became normal. I only wish I has stayed in India longer so that I could continue to use Hindi.

I was happy with this book until the start of the 6th chapter, when all the Roman script disappeared. Being a 'complete course for beginners' I assumed it would be for people who possibly didn't plan on learning to read and write Hindi, just speak it well. Maybe that should have been made more clear in the description or a 'Look Inside' option...

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I was very happy to receive that so quickly very good service Thank you . But the book was not good for me. I was suprise because I was waiting for English word or pronociation in English at less. It's my mistake, make a bad choice of the book.

Excellent condition.prejensove and easy to read and understand. Great for those learning hindi