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Hindi (Teach Yourself Languages) (Paperback)

by Rupert Snell (Author), Simon Weightman (Author)
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  • Paperback: 368 pages
  • Publisher: Teach Yourself Books; 2nd Revised edition edition (1 Mar 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0340866861
  • ISBN-13: 978-0340866863
  • Product Dimensions: 22 x 16.8 x 5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 793,237 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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Product Description
For beginners and those who want to brush up their Hindi, this is a complete course in understanding, speaking and writing Hindi, a language spoken by over 275 million people around the world. The course can be used as teaching material for both class tuition and individual study, presenting Hindi which is primarily colloquial and practical. It gives greater access to Urdu, Hindi's sister language, which shares a virtually identical grammar and much of the Hindi vocabulary. The course is divided into 18 units, each of which is based on dialogues which exemplify and bring to life the new grammar introduced in that particular unit. Transliteration in the roman script is provided for the first five units and for all words in the Hindi-English glossary. The dialogues form a kind of soap opera based on the life of a Delhi family; the English translations are deliberately close and literal, so as to form a key to the Hindi. The grammatical explanations are intended to be as accessible and non-technical as possible. The main grammatical structures of Hindi are all presented. There are plenty of exercises for readers to practice each new point and a key at the back for checking answers. Two cassettes which accompany the book are also included, containing approximately two hours of listening.

About the Author
Dr. Rupert Snell is a Reader in Hindi at SOAS and has been using the current edition as a course book for his students for more than ten years.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining and thorough Hindi language tutor, 21 May 2001
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This review is from: Hindi (Teach Yourself) (Paperback)
This book is an excellent introduction to Hindi. Using dialogues and exercises it gives the learner a clear guide to Hindi grammar and vocabulary and the Devnaagari script. It is probably not suitable for anyone looking to acquire tourist Hindi in a short period of time, but there are many good guides available for this (even on-line). For anyone looking for a thorough guide to teach themselves (conversational as well as argumentative and occasionally cantankerous) Hindi, this book is highly recommended. It also has an entertaining, if bizarre, Bollywood ending.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Rigorous course by two SOAS lecturers, 7 May 1999
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This review is from: Hindi (Teach Yourself) (Paperback)
So many readers giving 5 stars for a textbook is fairly unusual but this is so much better than Bhatia's "Colloquial Hindi" that it deserves it. The main difference is in the longer length and use of the (easy and logical) devanagari script. RS McGregor's Hindi-English dictionary and the (revised) Lonely Planet Hindi phrasebooks are an excellent accompaniement to this course. McGregor's grammar is also worth getting (better than Srivasta's) though it is a course of a kind itself rather than a reference grammar.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Rigorous course by two SOAS lecturers., 7 May 1999
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This review is from: Hindi (Teach Yourself) (Paperback)
So many readers giving 5 stars for a textbook is fairly unusual but this is so much better than Bhatia's "Colloquial Hindi" that it deserves it. The main difference is in the longer length and use of the easy and logical devanagari script. (The reviewer who objected to the use of the script will never be able to speak Hindi naturally).

Also on Amazon, RS McGregor's Hindi-English dictionary and the (now revised) Lonely Planet Hindi phrasebook are an excellent accompaniment to this course. McGregor's Hindi grammar is also worth getting (better than Srivasta's) although it is a course of a kind itself rather than a reference grammar per se.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding aid for the serious Hindi learner
If you want to learn 30-50 words of survival Hindi in as short a time as possible, this book is not for you; otherwise, it is! Read more
Published on 7 Oct 2005 by MR EDWARD GRAHAM

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent and comprehensive introduction to Hindi
This is an excellent book and provides in a relatively concise manner a comprehensive and intensive introduction to Hindi. Read more
Published on 15 Aug 2005 by Spencer Moore

1.0 out of 5 stars Very Poor for beginners!
I have learned 4 languages other than my mother tongue, and have used many different types of learning media, Teach Yourself Hindi is not one of the best for beginners. Read more
Published on 24 Jan 2004

1.0 out of 5 stars it suckz >=)
I read this book and it almost made me gag, itz totally not worth any money. Nobody in the right mind speaks hindi like dat. Read more
Published on 14 Aug 1999

1.0 out of 5 stars it suckz >=)
I read this book and it almost made me gag, itz totally not worth any money. Nobody in the right mind speaks hindi like dat. Read more
Published on 14 Aug 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book!
I am presently learning Hindi at a State Department school and this is one of our textbooks. Out of the several grammar books that I have, this is by far the best one. Read more
Published on 16 April 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Great !
This is the best hindi learning book I've read. It's clear, the lessons aren't too long, it's going slightly harder as lesssons go by... Read more
Published on 28 Nov 1998

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent overview of the Hindi grammar
"Teach Yourself: Hindi" provides an excellent introduction to the Hindi language, emphasizing the written language (it is a book, after all). Read more
Published on 11 Jul 1998

1.0 out of 5 stars You'll learn virtually nothing from this book
This book is the lousiest Hindi book I have come across. After approx. page 65 there are no longer any English translations! Read more
Published on 19 Jun 1998

5.0 out of 5 stars Quality Book
An excellent book for beginners - intermediate, to people who are fluent but would like to learn the grammar of the language.
Published on 7 Mar 1998

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