Hindi Consonants

March 1, 2009

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Introduction
Welcome to the ISpeakHindi.com Hindi consonants
book. This set of sessions will help you hear and say the
Hindi consonants. Each track of these CDs is one
episode that is focused on one letter. You will hear this
letter by itself, at the beginning of words, in the middle
of words, and at the end of words.

These lessons should only be heard one or two at a

time. The point is to focus on listening and speaking the
letter and associated sound. Many words are covered,
but the purpose of these words is not to increase your
vocabulary but to demonstrate the letter. Therefore,
do not worry about memorizing the words. Focus on
the letters.

We hope that this booklet and associated CDs will help

you improve your pronunciation and listening of the
Hindi sounds. Please come by the ISpeakHindi.com
website and see other sessions too.

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At the Beginning

yesterday; tomorrow

- when

- cup

less

lotus

pigeon
CD 1 Track 2
In the Middle With other vowels

goat - banana

servant - house

to ripen - ear
At the End

crane (bird)

- one

salt

nose

- glasses

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At the Beginning At the Beginning

- rabbit plough
- letter (like you get in - we - limit
the mail)
- knocking
- move

- swallow
ha
In the Middle CD 3 Track 8
In the Middle
- to see CD 1 Track 3
- palace
At the End
With other vowels
- to put - with, along with,
- natural, easy,
- food (also
 - to write simple
together
means "to eat")
- face
- going, or
- fan
associating with, - this - that
At the End

- hungry companion - way
- see (command)
- to loose - patience, tolerance
- put (command) ) - planet
 - write (command)
- open & - (male) fellow
With other vowels
- eye
- to open student
- there
' (female) fellow
- game
- to be
student
- to play
- cooperation ' - loss
 - to show
- the time just before  - deer

 - toy dawn, dawn 

- Hindi

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At the Beginning At the Beginning

- truth - last, past, previous

(f) - neck
- all
- warm, hot
- decoration

- road
sa (f) - gossip

In the Middle
- lesson CD 3 Track 7
Agra CD 1 Track 4
In the Middle With other vowels
- to wake up With other vowels
- (f) season, - singing with music
next (f) - carrot
weather - cycle of births, life
At the End (f) - car; train
- to suck in this world
(f) - fire (m) - song
At the End , - mixture, union,

dealings - get up @ - to fall

- juice
- sitting together, - in front
- enough (also "bus")
- demand
parliament
- vein - snake
- father-in-law's
- pitty house
- jewelry

- touch stone - father-in-law (of - garden

- pass, ticket, husband or wife)

nearby - dice, dice game,

throw of dice

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At the Beginning At the

- dense Beginning
(m) - house/home
T - hexagon
- watch
- six
In the Middle

- bangra - type of
Punjabi dance
CD 1 Track 5
U - six faces
Sha
With other vowels
At the End CD 3 Track 6
- tiger
- to enter In the Middle
- horse
With other
- (name of a month - lovely, beautiful
on the Hindi calendar) - river bank
vowels
V adjective
- language
At the End , - rain
V - special
' - ban,
- blame, fault, to prevention
accuse

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At the At the Beginning

Beginning - to taste

- chick-pea
- doubt
- to move
- a collection of
hundred items
sha In the Middle
- (m) chess CD 3 Track 5
- movement of body
CD 1 Track 6
- shy At the End - garbage

- honey - the senses, - to escape

With other vowels
mind, understanding At the End
- beet root - uncle (father's
With other , -expense younger brother)
- town
vowels - key

Z - pepper
- noise
In the Middle - tea
 - skillful,
- a rabbit intelligent
- famous - Yashoda (a

- syrup girl's name)

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At the Beginning At the Beginning

va

- roof (f) - forest

- six - he/she/it/that

- murder CD 3 Track 4
- sixth

- control, in power At the End

In the Middle - promise - fourth part,

- fish CD 1 Track 7 - reason quarter

With other vowels - Banyan tree - pride

At the End - umbrella In the Middle - motion,

- something - small - ceremony where an movement

- mustache - fisherman offering is made to the fire With other

god
- turtle vowels
- mansion
- rider
- name of the fifth
- custom
month of the Hindu lunar
calendar (July - August)

- attentive

- rainy season

- holy, sacred

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At the Beginning In the Beginning

- lock of hair - when (e.g. When I

- to fight go to the store, I will buy

milk.)
- habit

- wave (as in the

la - water

- jug; world
sea) CD 3 Track 3
CD 1 Track 8
- interest (as in - answer, reply
At the End
With other vowels
desire, curiosity, liking) - water
- to go
- tax In the Middle
- fruit
- net

- garlic - sweetheart, lady

- moment

- shoe
In the Middle - yesterday/tomorrow - sweetheart, man

- wrong, incorrect
- walk, (let's go) - vigilant

- to move - deception At the End

With other vowels - land - team - elephant

- rose - tap (faucet) - preparation

- pink - plow - crown

- slave - power, strength

- today

- colorful powder hair

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At the Beginning At the

instantly Beginning
fight - to memorize
In the Middle

- to understand
- night

- juice
ra
CD 3 Track 2
CD 1 Track 9 - keep
At the End
At the End
With other vowels (command)
- house
- understanding
- broom - jewels
- on - do
- evening
- flag - eraser
- scare - man

- lie
In the Middle - fill - if
- false
- pity - city

- hot - news

- easy With other

vowels
- fair skinned

- (name for a girl)

salty

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At the Beginning

At the - ton

Beginning
- this
- tub

tomato

- glory

- name of the god

ya - horse

- bye-bye CD 1 Track 10
CD 3 Track 1
who judges and - sound of the bell At the End
punishes the dead At the End
- small tree branch - a lock of hair
- the country - time
In the Middle - move
Yemen - victory
- button - fraud
d - sacrifice - boy's name
- peas - coat
- name of a - tea
unmovable With other vowels
river in India With other vowels
- flour - hat/cap
In the Middle 'e - to appoint
l = upside down
manipulation
' - rule  - small lamp
 = innumerable
- a kind of Indian bed
'' - destiny - body

- rails
- ate
- to do fast
- shadow

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At the Beginning At the Beginning

- a villain; a robber - don't

- coppersmith - heart, mind, soul

- a loud laugh - peas CD 2 Track 12

In the Middle - if not; (m) At the End

crocodile - mango
- wake up/get up
CD 1 Track 11
- good smell; - less

- bundle
With other vowels fragrance
- reading/reciting
- worry, sadness
- cart
- step
At the End
- cold In the Middle
- knot work
 - difficult - muslin/fine
- stubbornness evening
- sweet fabric
- eight With other
- - pomp - lotus flower
vowels
- glimmer
man
- peace
n - friend
- immortal
sweet
- action, clear,
pure

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At the Beginning At the Beginning

- to fill - a belch
- fear - a road, track; path

- mansion - a pocket

- devotee q - a small drum

(m) - hymn, - to be afraid of

CD 2 Track 11 CD 1 Track 12
devotional song
With other vowels - fear At the End
In the Middle
- identical - drumming sound
- dried ginger
- (f) the sound of
- not having been - to slide
U - chapter (in a book)
flowing or gushing water
 - bucket U U - name of a
At the End burden
In the Middle deamon
- rising and sinking in
indebted
water ' - fearless With other vowels
jewels
, - donkey - type of big ear ring s
- boy doll
- light
- auspicious, good s
- girl doll
r - sandal
cauliflower
- bald or shaven head
pit
- first, ceremonial,
- sometime
shaving of a child's head

now - all

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At the Beginning At the Beginning

- to cover - forest - power

u - cover (of a pot) - button - enough

- to set (as in sun is - body

setting) CD 2 Track 1 - duck

- a type of dum (can be With other vowels (f)- argument,
beaten on both sides) CD 2 Track 10
- drum dispute, controversy
- to collapse, to fall to
- sister
With other vowels
- to carry, to convey
piece
- population
 - to proclaim
In the Middle
- proper conduct
- settled
- to be bored
- slope - to search
- oral, unwritten

- thin, weak
In the Middle - without manners - to chew, to bite
- to be pressed
- sound of drumming - pod or seed capsule - washerman
down
At the End w - washerman's wife
At the End
- search
- soap
- tub - when?

- whole, undamaged
- when - all
- awesomeness
- now

- apple

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At the At the Beginning

Beginning no words start with

- fruit In the Middle

- calculating
- snake's
CD 2 Track 2
expanded hood - counting
With other vowels
- floor n - independence
CD 2 Track 9  - mathematics
- to twitch At the End
At the End
- - flapping arrow
fear
sound - group
clean
 - deer
With other
In the Middle
- virtues
vowels
, - complete
- successful
gate
y = young

- type of Indian cave

drum - reason

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At the Beginning

At the Beginning - on

- body - moment

- read (a command)
- riverbank - then

- air
- a type of, kind of

- hold, grasp
- up to
- fate CD 2 Track 8
- fifty
In the Middle CD 2 Track 3 At the End
- pots & pans With other vowels snake
- duck - jewels
In the Middle
'
- butterfly oyster
- fifty-five
At the End - you (informal) | - curse
- heat
- seven - Indian With other
- to ruin
- matter
- spicy vowels
- active
- letter V - father
- parrot
At the End measurement
- past
- don't - roof
' - history
- cuckoo bird
- boy's name
- Indian cot
- saint - syrup

- ink-pot

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At the Beginning At the Beginning

-tap tiredness
- actor - land

- man CD 2 Track 7
- udders

- sky At the End

thermos

- vein - forest
- to stop; to stand still CD 2 Track 4
- salt - forest
With other vowels
- copy - ton
- trembling, shaking
- to pout
- cash - people
In the Middle
 - a Bengali name for a man
- button
- to stir vigorously
- story (religious story) (f)
In the Middle ear - type of South Indian dance
friend
- eyeglasses mine
- elephant
- gold - wilderness At the End
 - day - heart - nose-ring
- a large metal plate

With other vowels sandlewood - chariot

' - coriander - three with

- a bow - name of a boy - hand(s)

~ - salty

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At the Beginning At the Beginning

- ten - property, wealth, money,

- self control
funds

- shock
- subduing

- firm, hard, strong CD 2 Track 6

- to be crushed

- bad habit; weakness With other vowels

CD 2 Track 5 - drumming or thumping - fire
In the Middle
With other vowels sound
- step
- craft, occupation,
- two - beating
business
- swamp
- - sound of beating (as

- poor, needy - base
- cloud
in the sound of a beating

- river
- 14
@ - yogurt
heart)
 - beast of prey
- ginger In the Middle - half
, - pain

- headman of the - a common lady's
- paternal grandfather
At the End village name (also: stars in Libra,
(father's father)
lunar mansion)
- son-in-law

- paternal grandmother

- ringworm (father's mother)

At the End

- to remember; to memorize - tooth - to burn

- after - request, appeal

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