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Elementary Hindi — get past the plateau
You can read the script slowly, know the core words, and can make simple sentences — but conversation is still hard work.
Who this is for
You can read the script slowly, know the core words, and can make simple sentences — but conversation is still hard work.
What you will be able to do
Handle real conversations, understand politeness and register, use postpositions and tenses without guessing, and read short paragraphs.
The order to learn in
- Hindi vs Urdu — The Real DifferenceHindi and Urdu speakers understand each other completely, yet the languages are treated as separate. A clear…
- Learning Hindi from BollywoodFilms are a genuinely good way to learn Hindi, if you pick the right ones and use them properly.…
- आप, तुम and तूThree levels of 'you', and the cost of choosing wrong. Free, no sign-up.
- Actually talking to someoneWhat a real conversation needs that a phrasebook cannot give you, and how to survive your first one. Free, no…
- From sounding out to actually readingThe stages between knowing the letters and reading a sentence without effort. Free, no sign-up.
- Understanding Hindi at real speedWhy comprehension lags behind everything else, and the only thing that fixes it. Free, no sign-up.
- The verb system, without the fogThree tenses, gender agreement, and the noun-plus-करना trick that gives you hundreds of expressions free.…
- Talking to a partner, and to their familyThe register question, meeting parents, and why the film version is not the spoken one. Free, no sign-up.
Practice
Printable materials
- Hindi Postpositions — ka, ko, se, meṃ, parOne printable table of the Hindi postpositions that replace English prepositions — ka/ke/kī, ko, se, meṃ,…
- Sentence Patterns That Cover Most of What You SayTen reusable Hindi sentence frames — 'I want…', 'where is…', 'how much is…', 'can I…' — that let a beginner…
- First Reading Practice — Short ParagraphsFive short, graded Hindi paragraphs with Romanisation and English, plus questions and answers — your first…
- Polite vs Casual — Aap, Tum, Tu in PracticeHindi has three words for 'you', and picking wrong can be rude. A printable guide to who gets aap, tum or tu,…
Learning paths
- Everyday HindiHold a short everyday conversation: how you are, what you did, what you want.
- Grammar FoundationsUnderstand and use Hindi word order, gender, agreement and tenses reliably.
- Travel HindiHandle the situations a traveller actually meets: food, directions, shopping, prices, and emergencies.
The next stage after Elementary would be an Intermediate level — but we will not ship an empty page. Until there is enough real intermediate content, the deeper material lives in Daily life & culture and Grammar. Back to Learn Hindi.