Basic Hindi

Taneja, Sonia:
Basic Hindi / Sonia Taneja. - New York : McGraw-Hill, 2012. - vii, 200 S. - (Practice makes perfect)
ISBN 978-0-07-178424-5
US$ 16,00 (Paperback)
ISBN 978-0-07-178425-2
US$ 16,00 (eBook)
DDC: 491.438

Beschreibung
Get a solid foundation in Hindi with Practice Makes Perfect: Basic Hindi. You will learn everything from reading and writing the Devanagari script, to mastering of core vocabulary, basic grammar, and conversational structures.
You will get clear guidance on writing the Hindi script; transliteration for all Hindi text in the first four chapters; and online recordings of key vocabulary and expressions to aid correct pronunciation. [Verlagsinformation]

Inhalt
Preface. vii
I. THE HINDI ALPHABET. 1
   1. Vowels. 3
   2. Consonants. 9
   3. Writing consonants. 13
   4. Writing more consonants. 20
II. HINDI WORDS. 29
   5. Diacritic marks. 31
   6. Conjunct characters. 37
   7. Conjunct characters II and III. 44
III. HINDI SENTENCES. 53
   8. Sentence structure. 55
   9. Questions and answers. 62
IV THE PRESENT TENSE. 67
   10. Present indefinite. 69
   11. Numbers. 74
   12. Possessives. 79
V. NOUNS. 85
   13. People. 87
   14. Places. 92
   15. Around the house. 99
   16. More verbs and possessives. 106
VI. ADJECTIVES. 113
   17. Describing things. 115
   18. Comparisons. 120
   19. Food and drink. 125
VII. POSTPOSITIONS AND THE PAST TENSE. 137
   20. Postpositions. 139
   21. Animals and the senses. 147
   22. The past tense. 156
VIII. CONTINUOUS AND THE FUTURE TENSE. 165
   23. Time. 167
   24. Continuous tenses. 174
   25. Possessives. 180
Answer key. 187
Hindi alphabet. 200

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