KitsumiFree basic Hindi words
A seven-page printable PDF for your first weeks of Hindi: the Devanagari script, how words work, 237 everyday words with romanization and sentences to read aloud.
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What's inside
- Devanagari in one pageEvery vowel as a letter and as a mark on क, the consonants row by row, the puff of air in kh and bh, the curled tongue, the hidden a, the dot letters ज़, फ़ and ड़, the nasal marks and joined letters like क्ष and ज्ञ.
- How words workMasculine and feminine nouns (लड़का and लड़की), little words after the noun (घर में, in the house), the verb at the end that changes with who's speaking, and a small table for तू, तुम and आप.
- 237 words, then show wordsGreetings like नमस्ते and शुक्रिया, family with separate words for mum's and dad's side, numbers, chai and daal, places and verbs. Then अरे!, यार, चलो and क्या बात है!, what to call people, and ten sentences to read before you check.
How to use it
- Read the Devanagari page aloud, one row at a time. Keep it next to you while you read the rest.
- Read the grammar page twice. You don't need to learn it, just to notice when a verb ends in -aa or -ii, and why people say aap.
- Learn five words a day. Cover the romanization and the grey English on the last page, read each sentence aloud, then slide the paper down to check.
- Watch something in Hindi with Kitsumi and catch the words you know. Yaar, achchhaa and chalo turn up in every scene.
Questions
Is it free?
Yes. It's a free PDF with no sign-up. Print it, keep it and share it.
Do I need to learn Devanagari?
It helps a lot, and it's faster than it looks: one page covers it. Every word on the sheet also has a simple romanization, so you can start reading right away.
Why do men and women say some things differently?
In Hindi the verb changes with the speaker: a man says main jaa rahaa huun, I'm going, and a woman says main jaa rahii huun. The sheet shows both.