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Learn phrases in the Hindi language online. Free, fast and effective.

1. Select the phrases that you want to learn from the list on the right. These cover a wide variety of Hindi topics, including the numbers in Hindi, Hindi days, Hindi greetings and the months in Hindi. All the phrases have audio recorded by a native speaker.

2. Listen to and copy the native speech on the review page.

3. Learn the phrases using the learning methods which include flashcards and multiple choice to practice learning, speaking and recall.

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Use the Hindi alphabet.

Hindi is written using the Devanagari script or alphabet.

The Hindi words and phrases on SurfaceLanguages are written using both the Devanagari script and a transliterated version. The transliteration attempts to match as closely as possible the sounds of the Hindi language with the roman alphabet.

The tick box lets you choose between the romanized version and Devanagari.

Hindi

There are around 200 million speakers of Hindi. It is an indo-Aryan language spoken throughout India and evolved from dialects such as Braj amd Awadhi. The language can be traced further to middle indo-Aryan dialects (Prakrits a group literary languages.)

The Hindi language

Nouns can be either masculine or feminine and there are no definite or indefinite articles. Possessives proceed the noun being described.

The basic order is Subject-Object-Verb. This can be seen in many of the Hindi expressions on SurfaceLanguages.

Links

www.alphadictionary.com A variety of Hindi dictionaries

dsal.uchicago.edu A Hindi dictionary



Related languages

Urdu

You can also learn the Hindi Phrases on Surfacelanguages on your Phone using our Pocket Polyglot language software.

Hindi Phrases

A few first words. 1
A few first words. 2
Bathroom. Items found in the bathroom
Bedroom. Items found in the bedroom
Buying things. General phrases
Buying things. Useful words
Countries and where I am from
Communication problems
Conversation. Introductions
Conversation. Small talk. 1
Conversation. Small talk. 2
Conversation. Small talk. Filler words and e-mail
Conversation. Small talk. Sport
Conversation. Small talk. The weather
Describing things. Colours
Describing things. Adjectives
Directions. 1
Directions. 2
Days. General
Days of the week and seasons
Eating. Phrases. 1
Eating. Phrases. 2
Eating. Items
Emergencies
Family
Food and Drink. At the Bar or Café. 1
Food and Drink. At the Bar or Café. 2
Food and Drink. At the Bar or Café. 3
Getting around. General words
Getting around. General phrases
Getting around. Train and bus
Getting around by taxi
Getting around by car
Health and at the chemist
Money
Months of the year
Numbers. 1 to 10
Numbers. 11 to 20
Numbers. 30 to 1000
Parts of the body
Places and buildings. 1
Places and buildings. 2
Useful words
Question and size words
Special occasions
Sightseeing
Somewhere to stay. 1
Somewhere to stay. 2
The house
Words to do with food. General
Words to do with food. Fruit
Words to do with food. Vegetables
Words to do with food. Meat
Time
Common Nouns