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Look and learn to recall a wealth of everyday vocabulary in Hindi with this intuitive easy-to-use visual language dictionary
Whether it's for business or pleasure, pick up 6,000 key Hindi words and phrases on a range of subjects: from shopping and eating out, to sport and beyond quickly and easily. Find every word you need to know fast using the clearly labelled colour illustrated scenes from everyday life.
Plus, find helpful features on key Hindi nouns, verbs and phrases to improve your understanding.
Pocket-sized so you can take it wherever your travels take you.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I am currently learning some Hindi in preparation for a trip to India later this year; it is a language I've got much interest in owing to my passion for Indian culture - I'd already picked up some basics from the lyrics of various Bollywood films! However I have mixed feelings about this Visual Dictionary - below are my personal positives and negatives.
Pro: This book is undeniably nice to look at and is a joy to casually flip through. The huge range of areas covered, organised thematically, is a big plus point. The giving of words in both Roman and Devanagari is particularly useful, as is the brief section at the end covering common phrases and useful grammatical words. Additionally the dictionary is handily sized and quite cheap.
Con: Like the other reviewers here I find the whole 'one size fits all approach' of these Visual Dictionaries to be rather disconcerting. The publishers are to be commended on releasing dictionaries for Arabic, Mandarin, Hindi etc. rather than just the usual suspects (German, French, Spanish etc.); however all the books are almost exactly the same and clearly designed with European languages in mind. Surely the books should be tailored for each language as appropriate. For example the family section is well suited for European languages which generally have a limited range of terms for relatives but is ill-suited for Hindi with its myriad terms for each specific relative.
Another quibble I have is the fact that despite 90% + of the terms in the book being nouns, their gender is not given (Hindi has two genders - masculine and feminine). This oversight is hard to fathom seeing as you will need to know a noun's gender when inflecting it for number, adjectives etc. Surely the compilers could have put an `m' and an `f' in brackets after each noun?
Overall this dictionary is worth buying for aspiring `Hindi-wallahs' but only in conjunction with other resources.
Pro: This book is undeniably nice to look at and is a joy to casually flip through. The huge range of areas covered, organised thematically, is a big plus point. The giving of words in both Roman and Devanagari is particularly useful, as is the brief section at the end covering common phrases and useful grammatical words. Additionally the dictionary is handily sized and quite cheap.
Con: Like the other reviewers here I find the whole 'one size fits all approach' of these Visual Dictionaries to be rather disconcerting. The publishers are to be commended on releasing dictionaries for Arabic, Mandarin, Hindi etc. rather than just the usual suspects (German, French, Spanish etc.); however all the books are almost exactly the same and clearly designed with European languages in mind. Surely the books should be tailored for each language as appropriate. For example the family section is well suited for European languages which generally have a limited range of terms for relatives but is ill-suited for Hindi with its myriad terms for each specific relative.
Another quibble I have is the fact that despite 90% + of the terms in the book being nouns, their gender is not given (Hindi has two genders - masculine and feminine). This oversight is hard to fathom seeing as you will need to know a noun's gender when inflecting it for number, adjectives etc. Surely the compilers could have put an `m' and an `f' in brackets after each noun?
Overall this dictionary is worth buying for aspiring `Hindi-wallahs' but only in conjunction with other resources.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As a complete beginner learning Hindi I found this to be an accessible and user friendly reference to Hindi vocabulary, using both Hindi script and transliterated Hindi. The book is divided into categories e.g. shopping, food, study, travel, work etc. enabling quick access to words relevant to a number of purposes. There is also a helpful reference guide and index at the back of the book. I would definitely recommend this book to learners of the Hindi language.
14 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
It is a great idea to have a visual dictionary, but this book follows the flawed approach of many publishers who want to put out a single product in as many languages as possible. It uses the same set of pictures and words no matter what the language is!
So there is, for example, a spread on architecture. Lovely big picture of the inside and outside of a massive cathedral. This page is chock full of useless words such as: frieze, spire, pediment, neoclassical, choir. The page also has a set of words with no Hindi equivalent: rococo, baroque, renaissance, gothic, art nouveau, and art deco. The learner needs a much more practical approach, based on commonly used words.
Language is intimately connected with culture, and the one-style fits all approach tries to give language without context. Or worse, you get an Asian language taught using European images and culture.
I'm sure some people will find the book useful, and because the price is fairly low I have given it two stars.
So there is, for example, a spread on architecture. Lovely big picture of the inside and outside of a massive cathedral. This page is chock full of useless words such as: frieze, spire, pediment, neoclassical, choir. The page also has a set of words with no Hindi equivalent: rococo, baroque, renaissance, gothic, art nouveau, and art deco. The learner needs a much more practical approach, based on commonly used words.
Language is intimately connected with culture, and the one-style fits all approach tries to give language without context. Or worse, you get an Asian language taught using European images and culture.
I'm sure some people will find the book useful, and because the price is fairly low I have given it two stars.
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OPTICAL DICTIONARY
it is a very helpful tool to read, write and find the word you need. it is divided in categories that makes it very easy to use
Published 5 months ago by star
Good - if you need to speak Hindi in Britain.
I'm sending my copy back immediately. I wish I'd read the reviews here before buying this!
I wanted a book that would help me in India, not describe the minutiae of... Read more
I wanted a book that would help me in India, not describe the minutiae of... Read more
Published 10 months ago by And You May Find Yourself
too westernised vocab.
Very wide vocabulary, but not always useful; too many western concepts.
a similar dictionary starting from indian daily life would be more helpful.
a similar dictionary starting from indian daily life would be more helpful.
Published 11 months ago by Leo
Excellent Reference
One of the best books I have ever bought. It is so easy to use and having the pictures helps to remember the Hindi words.
Published 14 months ago by JM
great idea but does not reflect everyday Hindi language
I agree with some other reviwers here, the product does not reflect the cultural context of Hindi language. Read more
Published 22 months ago by henna lover
An attractive dictionary with some flaws
First things first: This is a really attractive looking dictionary. Every page has nice colourful photos and it's very easy to read. Read more
Published on 2 April 2010 by Jennifer Malsingh
Really useful and very clear
Stuff to note b4 u buy:
-Dictionary is high quality colourful
-Size is like A5 but wider
-Not sure why it says hardcover, but certainly I did not recieve... Read more
-Dictionary is high quality colourful
-Size is like A5 but wider
-Not sure why it says hardcover, but certainly I did not recieve... Read more
Published on 21 Jun 2009 by F. Aydemir
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