Hindi Complete Course

by Rupert Snell and Simon Weightman

Book Overview

This course in understanding, speaking and writing Hindi is aimed at beginners and those who already have some knowledge of Hindi. It takes the reader to a level where they can communicate with... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0658009044
• ISBN13: 9780658009044
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Teach Yourself
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Excellent if you are prepared to put the effort in.

Teach Yourself Hindi is an excellent value book for self teaching of the Hindi Language. Being only a relatively small book it does give lots of examples or have large numbers of excercises. Also, I suspect the size means that the book cannot be structured to make learning easier. So this book requires a concerted effort to get through. It is important to work through each concept until it is understood. Anyone who does put the effort in this book will give them a comprehensive understanding of the Hindi language. It is however completely unsuitable for somone who wants to learn a few phrases. I highly recomend using this book with the audio CDs as well as other resources that you can get your hads on, from the internet for example, and especially Bollywood movies.

critic

it is ok and grammar point are well explained but i have the assimil as well to complete. Just this one would not be enough.

Yah kitab bahut acchi hai!

I started this course with NO prior knowledge of the Hindi language (aside from a few Bollywood movies) and must say I'm very thrilled with my purchase. I have found it to be thorough, well organized and moving at a very comfortable place. Everything I need is right there when I need it. In fact I've even been able to read ahead a couple of chapters and I'm surprised at how much I'm comprehending (very motivating)! The audio CD is good quality and moves at a comfortable pace (I did not find it too fast like others reviewers have mentioned). I did take some time to familiarize myself with Hindi script (like it suggests you do, by the way), and to practice writing it (which to me is a fun exercise in itself!) before diving in, which I'm sure has really paid off. I highly recommend this to anyone wishing to learn this beautiful language!

An Excellent Book!

Personally, I found this book to be excellent. The lucid and thorough coverage of grammar, the fairly-large vocabulary, the pleasant and easy-to-read font, the interspersed notes on colloquial divergencies, and the decent audio tapes make this an all-around respectable introduction to Hindi.The Hindi script, which may take considerable time to master, is given only a chapter of coverage, so I strongly recommend also purchasing a text devoted to teaching it. A bit of caution: The Hindi variant of the Devanagari script, much to my annoyance, departs from the elegant and consistent rules the Sanskrit version mandates. It can take some time and a good deal of effort to master the Hindi script because of its irregularities.Nevertheless, the text itself is very good and well-worth the price.

A Real Improvement

This "Second Edition" of Teach Yourself Hindi is a real improvement over the previous edition. The lessons have been arranged in a more logical manner and the vocabulary is much more up to date. The dialogs are also more current in subject matter. The Grammar is explained in a more concise manner with better examples than the first edition. The Devanagari script is used throughout the book - with the first five lessons being transliterated completely. Which brings us to the only drawback to the book - the script is not covered in any depth. This can be a problem for some beginners. For a more complete study of the writing system the beginner should try the book "Teach Yourself Hindi Script" by the same author. If you get the book with the tapes it is one of the better Hindi resources that is readily available today.