Practice Makes Perfect (hindi) - Tapa blanda

A new addition to the leading language workbook series, Practice Makes Perfect: Basic Hindi provides learners with a foundation in the language, from reading and writing the Devanagari script, to mastery of core vocabulary, basic grammar and conversational structures.

The key to the Practice Makes Perfect: Basic series is the bite-sized presentation of grammar, vocabulary, script and communication structures, combined with engaging exercises that form an accessible means to assimilate the basics of the language. To ensure accessibility for self-study learners, the book provides 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.

I The Hindi Alphabet

• Vowels
• Consonants
• Writing consonants
• Writing more consonants

Hindi Words

• Diacritic marks
• Conjunct characters
• More conjunct characters

Hindi Sentences

• Sentence structure
• Questions and answers

The Present Tense

• Present indefinite
• Numbers
• Possessives

Nouns

• People
• Places
• Around the house
• Possessives

Adjectives

• Describing things
• Comparisons
• Food and drink

Postpositions & the Past Tense

• Postpositions
• Animals and the senses
• The past tense

Continuous and the Future Tense

• Time
• Continuous tenses
• Possessives

Answer key

Appendix