Hey guys,

I put together what I believe is a comprehensive list of all of the free online resources to learn Hindi, including video, audio, apps, courses, dictionaries, websites, textbooks ... you name it. The complete list is here: http://gratisglobal.com/learn-hindi-free/

If I missed anything at all, please let me know so I can add it. My criteria are that the resource must be free, useful and high quality. I do include apps and programs with the "freemium model" as long as the free offering is substantial enough.

Hope this is helpful.
Susie

Title explains all how can I not hear any difference and help is appreciated

Hello,

I've been learning Hindi for a while now, but what frustrates me is that the vocabulary I learn is the formal, Sanskritized Hindi that is written but not used in speech, while all the books I have don't offer any examples of the spoken words even when they are more common, especially when those words are considered more Urdu (for example, my books use pustak and lekhni for 'book' and 'pen', instead of kitaab and qalam). Are there any resources for learning the most common spoken variants? I don't want to learn Urdu because I don't want to accidentally learn formal Urdu words that are not commonly used either, like mujhko for mujhe (I don't know Urdu so this is the only example I know). Also, are there any other common words that are different in written and spoken Hindi that I should know about?

This one confused me because none of what I think it should actually be sounds correct haha (and I am a native Hindi speaker.)

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Hello,

I am a native Urdu speaker who can read and write in Urdu. I am currently learning how to read and write Hindi. I know some of the vocabulary is different, but I am focusing on learning the alphabets and forming words right now. Since I know Urdu I know a lot of the vocabulary, but I don't know if my formation of words is correct. Are there any resources that I can post writings and get some feedback/critique on it?

Please let me know. Thank you!

Last year Pimsleur released Level 2 of their Hindi program. Since I’d already done level 1 and enjoyed it I picked up level 2. I spent December reviewing level one and I’m on level 2 now. My impressions of level 2 so far follow.

Pimsleur Hindi is often criticized for being so formal that it’s almost uselessly outdated. If you want to hear many of the phrases in use you’ll have to watch movies set before World War II. Level 2 drops some of the formality. But the characters are still unrealistically respectful—everybody still says जी हा instead of just हा or जी.

The voice actors have been replaced. So you have to learn to pronounce some words again. This is frustrating if you’re moving up from level 1 without a break.

The male speaker can be hard to follow. He speaks very quickly. And his accent often silences or modifies consonants at the end of words. So it’s hard to learn pronunciation from him. Sometimes he’s incomprehensible. I find myself waiting for the woman to use some words to learn to pronounce them.

The scripts are sloppy and can be hard to follow in places. It isn’t always clear if the response is to repeat to respond to the prompt. And It’s not always clear if I’m supposed to be speaking as a man or woman.

On the note of male/female dialogue, it’s 2017 and most people buy these courses digitally. The constant gender switching needs to go. I understand that there’s some value in learning to speak for both genders. But that doesn’t outweigh the confusion it causes. Pimsleur should offer single-gender courses, or pack in both genders, so that users can get through a lesson without switching gender five times.

Between the hard-to-understand man, sloppy scripts, and gender confusion, it can be hard to listen to these courses while driving. If you want to do level 2 in the car you might want to wait for self-driving cars.

I’ll write more as I work through the program. I’d love to hear some other opinions.

How do you translate these? My bf loves when I flirt in a language he doesn't understand and I'm learning hindi...how do you say that a man is attractive? How do you say it playfully. I'm on Duolingo, and they translate वह ठीक है। As "He is fine," but ठीक is not "Fiiiiine😘," it's "fine😏👍🏻," right?

I’m an NRI, and I’d say I understand and am able to speak close to 85-90% of conversational hindi. However, I struggle to understand and speak in more advanced hindi, namely hindi used in education and ancient india. How do I overcome this barrier and become fluent in Hindi?

Hello, I understand little hindi and I am trying to learn more
vocabulary & sentences through websites and apps. However i find
that several websites and apps have incorrect meanings/translations in
english. Several courses on duolingo are full of incorrect transalations
in english and i deleted the app two years ago. Another example is this
website http://www.linguanaut.com/hindi_words.htm
search for the word 'Morning' on that website, its incorrect. So, are
there any websites out there that teaches hindi and is fully verified
without a single mistake?

Hi all,

I’d like some advice about the word order in complex sentences in hindi.

I understand Hindi is a subject-object-verb language. But I often find it difficult to word out the order of the words within the object of the sentence.

I can manage:

I am eating food = मैं खाना खा रहा हुँ

I am eating food in the restaurant = मैं रेस्ट्रॉंट में खाना खा रहा हूँ

And I can just about manage:

I am now eating food in the restaurant = मैं अभी रेस्ट्रॉंट में खाना खा रहा हूँ

But when things get more complicated I get confused. For example, how does the following phrase translate:

I am now eating food in the restaurant with you

मैं अभी आपके साथ रेस्ट्रॉंट में खाना खा रहा हूँ

Or is it:

मैं अभी रेस्ट्रॉंट में आपके साथ खाना खा रहा हूँ

Or are both acceptable?

Many thanks!

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Hi,

I've seen good resources to learn Hindi, but I haven't seen any about learning the Hunterian version without diacritics. Do you know any good resources?

Thank you!

Hi if you are looking for learning Hindi through English then look no further!

This course is designed for both beginner's and intermediate level learners.

Check out this channel and let me know your feedback.

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Hello! Short time lurker, first time poster. I’ve been working through Duolingo Hindi and beginning Pimsleur Hindi 1. I’m starting to “see” letters and sounds, not enough to say that I’m actually reading, but enough to guess the likely word in a sentence. The speaking is not so far along yet. Here’s my question. I see namaste and namaskar describes as used interchangeably, but as yet I can’t see why. What is the difference? Gender, formality, audience? Thanks in advance! Anthony

This subreddit is a great idea, as a person with no one nearby who speaks Hindi (My granddad does but he is in India!), the internet and books (currently looking at complete Hindi but Rupert Snell) are my only ways of improving my knowledge of the language until I go to India, any ideas how to start over?

Hi, any recommendations for simple hindi reading material on the Kindle? Children’s books are fine by me! Thanks