Learn Hindi

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Summary: Invaluable Resource
Review: As an Indian born and raised in America, I have always had a faint familiarity with the spoken Hindi language as I gleaned bits and pieces from the conversations between my parents. I had also learned the basics of reading and writing the Hindi script as a young child. Presently a college student, I have desired to become proficient in Hindi and reconnect to the country of my family. I purchased Dr. Khare's book in order to learn the proper way to translate and write Hindi text. Learn Hindi and Hindi Primer part 1 are two of the best tools I could have purchased for this purpose. I am the kind of person that is not satisfied with simply knowing how a phrase is commonly written or translated. I want to know why. I want to know the methodology and rules behind the grammar. To me, that is the best way to learn. Dr. Khare's books taught me how to approach translating sentences into Hindi with a clear and effective set of rules while other books can only hope the reader makes connections after going through the chapters three or four times. These two books complement one another so well. While one provides the conventions of grammar to translate virtually any thought into and out of Hindi, the other provides chapters devoted to steadily building your vocabulary and using those new words in simple sentences. There is plenty of repetition to make sure the reader masters a concept before moving on. Overall, I must say that these books provided the structure a disciplined person needs to really learn how to read, write, and translate Hindi. I wholeheartedly recommend it to beginners and those who have a faint knowledge of the script and I look forward to continuing my studies with these very books and hopefully mastering their concepts eventually.

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Summary: Learn Hindi.
Review: I have read all the reviews of Learn Hindi by readers of the book. I was specially amazed at the comments made by mqshakes. I do not think the auther has any political agenda. A language does not belong to any particular religion. This book is not for people who want to learn a few Hindi phrases or words before going to India in order to get by there. The book is meant for people who want to teach or learn Hindilanguage. The book explains the rules of grammer in detail in very simple English with many examples in Hindi with English meanings. This makes it easier to understand the rules or to explain them to students. Pure Hindi words as jal or pustak as well as the words used in day to day life from other languages i.e. pani or kitab are included in the book. Another plus point of this book is that the author has also written a Primer based on this book.

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Summary: Great Book
Review: This book is for students who are serious about learning Hindi language.It is not designed to help learn Hindi to simply survive during a short visit to Hindi speaking region.This book can serve as a text, teaching tool, or even a reference for non- as well as Hindi speaking students.It is a unique book for, it includes various aspects of grammar and explanations of the grammar rules written very clearly in English.It also includes the rules for gender application, which may even interest the Hindi speaking students.At the end of each chapter there are related exercises to facilitate the learning process.Good numbers of vocabulary words are included in each chapter. I find this book one of its kinds and recommend it very highly for learning,teaching as well as a reference book for family library.