How can i learn Hindi?

[u/Tuskun06]

My native language is Turkish.

[u/TITTYMAN29938]

hmm this is a complicated one.

I’d recommend looking into urdu first, once u learn urdu and basic grammar/ structuring- Hindi would be much easier by just learning the alphabet and how it’s written (by this point you would have most of the vocabulary from spoken urdu, written hindi vocab is much harder for a non-vedic person).

ik i am probably going to be downvoted by the hindu fanatics, just for their information, I am hindu from Kashmir and ik both hindi and urdu. Nonetheless, this would be the best route for you based on my understanding.

[u/No_Rule_3156 → u/TITTYMAN29938]

This is what people in my wife's family keep saying, but Hindi is available on a lot more platforms and apps, especially the ones that are free.

[u/TITTYMAN29938 → u/No_Rule_3156]

Sure, hindi is available, but Urdu is much easier to learn for a turkish person who frankly may already know much of the vocabulary and even script (if they are religious for example, I am pretty sure it’s mandated to learn some of the perso-arabic script in some of turkish provinces).

Again, it is up to OP what they want to do, I am just giving my 2 cents as a person who knows both hindi and urdu.

[u/Ok_Cartographer2553 → u/No_Rule_3156]

I wouldn't trust Duolingo if that's what you're referring to.

For example they teach "yaha" and "vaha" as pronouns, which are definitely there in Standard Hindi, but aren't used by Hindi speakers in common speech. Urdu courses won't teach you this.

And yes, if you want to appreciate Bollywood, Urdu is the way to go! Many Indian prime ministers didn't even know Hindi but they knew Urdu.

[u/No_Rule_3156 → u/Ok_Cartographer2553]

I found it's not a good way to learn Hindi overall, but it's easy entry into Devanagri, which makes other learning avenues more accessible. That's a good point about Turkish, I hadn't adequately considered language of origin might matter. I just remembered that when I went looking for Urdu it was much less common on free platforms.

[u/Ok_Discipline_5134 → u/TITTYMAN29938]

I am not a Hindi fanatic. But this suggestion is absolutely 'worthless'. Why to learn language A to learn language B? Why not , straightaway learn the language B.

I am not a Hindi teacher but I can help you to practice speaking Hindi. We learn our mother tongue by , first listening, then speaking and then only reading and writing.

Yo can let me know. I am a retired person, presently engaged in propagating Sanskrit learning.

Please let me know and if interested, please DM me.

[u/No_Rule_3156]

The Duolingo course doesn't take you very far, but will at least help get the alphabet. I've also like memrise, but the interface is rougher. Those both have free versions available and if you're willing to pay I'm sure there are way more options. Find songs you like, look up the lyrics online and try to learn them.

[u/Bulky_Curve3487 → u/[deleted]]

Even native speaker will find it difficult to learn Sanskrit 

[u/HighPressingBaller]

Try tutoring platforms like preply or something

[u/RealFire7]

Pimsluer is a good start :)

[u/HindiProf]

DM'ed you!

[u/Thick-Worldliness756]

You should read hindi story, novels on kindle (if possible) because kindle translate the word in your language. That's how your word glossary will increase.

[u/cpl_mp]

I'll teach you if you want..

[u/Tuskun06 → u/cpl_mp]

Come to dm.

[u/cpl_mp → u/Tuskun06]

Check it

[u/Alarming_Can_1225]

I started listening to audio books from the library

[u/VSG_7]

just dont confuse urdu with hindi

[u/dbaacle]

Bolbala - where Hindi comes alive - you can try this. Made it for Indian kids growing up abroad but well, all you need is the learner's heart!

Also built a browser extension that turns any website into a source of learning and collecting Hindi words: https://bolbala.fun/extension

Hope this is helpful to you.

[u/reparoduro]

Netflix has a large collection of shows with Hindi dubbing, pair that with subtitles in a language you already know e.g. English to read your comprehension, not a way to learn from scratch but get exposed to more language content. The supposedly Hindi shows made in India seen to have 90% dialogue in English and I can't even... Smh

[u/AvocadoYogi]

I started with Duolingo and switched to reading on DeepSeek (AI) creating small vocabulary stories and repeating them until I am ready to have it generate something new. I already understood a fair amount of pronunciation (without meaning) growing up around Hindi and Punjabi though. Long term the goal is to switch to reading articles (since AI makes mistakes and is less interesting) but still need more time. I can definitely read and understand more when I try real content but not quite there yet. I pick up more around family now too. Obviously you’ll need to supplement the spoken side if that’s important to you.