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This website is devoted to the Hindi language. It is intended to be a comprehensive reference for the Hindi language. For an overview of the features on this site, please visit the overview page.

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Thanks for this site. I have just used it to brush up on conditional constructions. It’s very useful to have online reference material for Hindi.

May I request a list of common verbs as well as a running list of which objects are masculine/feminine? You’ve published rules but there are so many exceptions and interpretations that it gets tough. Thanks a ton for this site. I plan to use it pretty intensively to get my kids up to some kind of speed this summer.

Hi, Sangitha! A list of common verbs and noun genders is a good idea, but it might take me a long time to compile such a list. I’ll try to add a list eventually. I’m glad that this site is useful to you. One of the best things that you can do for your kids is to ensure that they get a lot of “input”, i.e., that they hear a lot of Hindi and read a lot of Hindi. They have to understand most of the input, though. The tricky part is getting to the point where they can understand input. Some people use transcripts or subtitles. Other people prefer to study vocabulary and grammar, and then to reinforce it with input. Some people listen to or read the same things repeatedly. There are perhaps many ways to get comprehensible input, you’ll just have to experiment to find out what works for you. But, regardless, I believe that this is the key to success in language learning. Your kids might remain motivated to keep learning too, since watching Hindi T.V. is a lot more fun than studying grammar or vocabulary. If you ever have any questions or comments, please let me know. Good luck, and thanks for your comment!

Hello David It was nice about your beautiful family.Really you deserved to be an indian.Your site shows your efforts on hindi.My best Wishes to your family for your future endeavour.Thanks..

Thanks for your great website! I have searched all over the web for good Hindi learning sites and am surprised I just found yours today. Maybe you’re not listed too high on Google search pages yet, but hopefully with more clicks you’ll get there. Anyway, I have one suggestion which I know could be time intensive. I would love to see games. I’ve looked and looked for simple online Hindi games to practice the different aspects of grammar. The only ones that I came across were the old LiveMocha website (not the new one since it’s been taken over by Rosetta… yuck for Hindi now) and Living Language. My Transparent Language downloaded Byki program also has games. I find these really enforce learning but there just aren’t too many around. Living Language’s website is probably the best but there are only limited free games. I know it’s probably more difficult to program, but judging by the number of English and Math games out there, it can’t be too difficult. Thanks for considering it! And thanks again for your website. Very clear descriptions of difficult grammar concepts. If you added some review games to each grammar point, you’d probably have the whole world coming to your website!

Thanks for your kind comments! This site ranks very highly for grammatical terms (e.g. “Hindi participle” or “Hindi grammar”), but for more generic terms it doesn’t rank very highly. That makes sense, since the site is a grammar reference. Your suggestion is a good idea, but, as you noted, developing games would be a lot of work! Although I can’t invest that much time into this site, I’m always happy to answer any questions that you may have, so please let me know! Good luck with learning Hindi.

Hi David – just came across your site! It’s great – I am the founder of Kitaabworld.com and we sell many Hindi books there! Including Hungry Caterpillar and Brown Bear in Hindi! I’d love to collaborate – emailing you for further discussion!

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