Practice Makes Perfect Basic Hindi

useful

Excellent book

Very good book, easy explained

This is a really good resource for the home learner and I am a fan of the Practice Makes Perfect series but it could have been so much better if the publishers had provided audio files (either an a CD or online). The book is aimed at a beginner and has some great early chapters on practicing the Devangari script used in Hindi. It then moves on to learning the nuts and bolts of the language with plenty of useful exercises to consolidate the new grammar and vocabulary but its biggest flaw, bearing in mind that this book is intended for the beginner, is that there are no audio files available. This is such a shame as otherwise I really like the book. The publishers should perhaps take a look at what the Teach Yourself company do. I bought Rupert Snell's 'Get Started in Hindi' book and then downloaded for free using their (also free) app all the audio files for the book and I can play the audio on my phone as I go through the book. This surely is the way forward for language learning.

Bought this months ago. But just using it now And its a really good book. I already can read and write the hindi script…I just needed it to understand sentence structure and grammar and its been the best help for me. I recommend you to buy this book. Its money well spent plus you won't be disappointed

Started using this book to learn Hindi from scratch. Easy to follow and we'll laid out. Starts with the basics and progresses at a good pace. Learned the vowels and consonants in around 5 hours.

I'm a bit disappointed really... There are way too many pages devoted to just learning how to practice writing Devanagari letters. But I can do that on a separate piece of paper and try as many times as I need to. In the workbook it takes up so much space!On the other hand right after that one is thrown enormous lists of vocabulary to learn... but some words are still quite hard to decipher without any help. The exercices do not really give me the feeling that I am improving, or that I am reusing the vocabulary efficiently (because there are so many words!) and the lines are so small it's soooo difficult to write properly and then proofread what has been written!Having worked with ESL pupils and the latest generation of language-learning textbooks, my overall impression is that this particular exercise book, although welcome because there isn't much of a choice in Hindi, is not really up to date with the latest teaching methods available. However, it could so easily be improved, I hope the author and editor will release an improved edition of this book in the future.

Andere Bücher finde ich besser. Trotzdem danke. Ist handlich, leicht und auch interessant. Man lernt viel neues. Guter Preis, interessante Aufgaben

This book was purchased on Kindle, as always the order came in quickly I have not had an opportunity to use it as yet but have scanned the material and I will find it very helpful. Thank you.

This work book starts off assuming you have no knowledge of Hindi at all a very good starting point. I do have a little knowledge as I'm teaching myself and was able to test some of it out. It deals with each topic slowly to ensure you have grasped the subject matter. I am pleased that I have been able to advance my knowledge and it has given me confidence. It was money well spent.

Very good book. Accurate and fun to learn. I am already fluent but bought for my daughter to learn. The book is well structured and even has some games/exercises to aid with learning. Well recommended.

This book is a gentle slope for those learning Hindi. As such, it gives the learner time to grasp the essence of the language and build a strong foundation on which to further progress. As many language learners know, compared to the major European languages and Japanese (and now Chinese), resources for many other languages are limited in both quality and quantity. The situation with Hindi is starting to change with the appearance of books such as this one and Delacy's Elementary Hindi, both of which teach Hindi in a systematic way with proper exercises and grammatical explanations. No doubt this book will provide a great foundation for intermediate Hindi study.There is one problem with this book. I believe it is a significant problem. It doesn't negate the other good qualities of this book, which is why it still deserves 4 stars. Nonetheless, it is hard to use Hindi without knowledge of the normal past tense, as opposed to the past imperfect ("used to"). This book only talks about the past imperfect (I used to eat) and does not convey how to make a simple past sentence such as "I went." Now, this is related to a particle in Hindi that is often used with the past, "ne" which is probably one of the most difficult aspects of Hindi grammar for a beginner to grasp. However, it is not a nuance that can be delegated to a more advanced level since it is difficult to use any language without conjugating verbs in the past tense and this is simply the one aspect of Hindi grammar that one must slog through in order to grasp Hindi. Personally, I wish the past tense were included in this book, so that the habituation of students to it could begin, sooner rather than later.

I'm not very far into the book, but it's exactly what I was looking for and at a great price.I want to learn both how to read and speak Hindi, and not just a few survival phrases. Most resources I found either taught a few sentences with only transliteration, or they taught only the alphabet.Many of the more modern language learning approaches (e.g. DuoLingo) lack Hindi support. There are subscription websites which provide a sea of material, but they are pricey, and the material is presented almost exclusively in an unwieldy PDF format. I tried those for a while, but I didn't always want to sit down at a computer to learn, and it's hard to flip back and forth compared to a physical book.So that's why I say this is the best resource I've found. It's easy to sit down every day and do five to ten minutes of work to keep one's skills moving forward, but also to dive into longer learning sessions. I'm still supplementing with other materials like podcasts, particularly for pronunciation, but this book will be the foundation of my basic Hindi education.

I've been a rather isolated Hindi learner for a couple years now. This book was perfect for the home learner. When I got to the end of the 25 lessons, I felt I'd had a friend to help me.Basic Hindi doesn't pamper the learner with glossary. Rather, one has to go searching for vocabulary already presented in the book--a useful process for anyone learning of a foreign language.I especially appreciated that I could keep all my materials for the 25 lessons right in one text book. In classes I've had and with a couple teachers, I've ended up with stacks of papers that have to be later sorted out. No extra paper is required for Basic Hindi.This is a good and useful approach. Some of the explanations are the best I've had so far.

It starts at the beginning, so in that sense I guess it's basic. But it starts with learning to write the language, not speak it, and it's very academic. If my goal was to become fluent and literate in Hindi, it might be a good start, but I just want to be able to communicate at a "basic" level, like a halfway intelligent child. Guess I'll pass this book on to my son, who really is trying to become fluent and literate.

Fantastic book for beginners, the content inside is useful, structured, and most importantly, correct. I would recommend supplementing this book with some form of video or audio to help with speaking and pronunciation, as a book simply can't teach those things, especially for the letters that are completely foreign to an English speaker.

This book should come with a CD so you can understand the pronunciation of some of the words, otherwise you're on your own. Don't recommend this book if you want to completely understand what you're working with.

Really good for Beginner learners. This has been very helpful for learning Hindi on my own. Very recommended. Use this with an alphabet writing practice book and its been great.