
Hindi
Teach Yourself Books (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 28. December 2002
Book
Mixed media product
368 pages
978-0-340-86686-3 (ISBN)
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Description
This is a complete course in understanding, speaking and writing Hindi, the language spoken by over 275 million people throughout the world. If you are a beginner, or if your Hindi just needs brushing up, this course will progress quickly beyond the basics to a level where you can communicate with confidence. The course has proved effective as teaching material for both class tuition and individual study.
The Hindi presented in the course is primarily colloquial and practical. An advantage of this approach is that it gives greater access to Urdu, Hindi's sister language. Hindi and Urdu share a virtually identical grammar and much of their 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 you to practise every new point and a key at the back so that you can check your answers.
The accompanying recording contains approximately 2 hours of listening material. The book (0 340 86687 X) and double cassette (0 340 86688 8) are also available separately.
The Hindi presented in the course is primarily colloquial and practical. An advantage of this approach is that it gives greater access to Urdu, Hindi's sister language. Hindi and Urdu share a virtually identical grammar and much of their 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 you to practise every new point and a key at the back so that you can check your answers.
The accompanying recording contains approximately 2 hours of listening material. The book (0 340 86687 X) and double cassette (0 340 86688 8) are also available separately.
More details
Series
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Murray Press
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Illustrations
Mixed media 18 b&w figurative drawings, index
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-340-86686-3 (9780340866863)
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Persons
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. Simon Weightman also teaches at SOAS.
Content
The Hindi script and sound system; I am Pratap; questions and answers; rooms in the house; who was that handsome man?; please sit here; what does Pratap do?; father used to teach Urdu; what is Arun doing in Lucknow?; in the future; what should I say?; Pratap has come back; ask him and tell me; those who know; this was bought in Kathmandu; go on learning Hindi!; he was praising you; if you weren't so stubborn; a love that won't be stopped; key to the exercises; Hindi-English glossary; English-Hindi glossary.