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Vocabulary — the words that do the work

High-frequency words grouped by meaning: family, numbers, and the hundred essentials.

Guides

• Hindi Family Words ExplainedEvery Hindi family relation with pronunciation, and the logic behind why Hindi has separate words for your…

Topic pages

• Which words to learn, and in what orderThe first thousand words, where they come from, and the free vocabulary your own language may already give…
• Kinship terms, and why there are so manyHindi has separate words for relations English lumps together — and there is a reason. Free, no sign-up.

Practice

• Hindi Vocabulary Practice — Word Meaning DrillPractise the most useful Hindi words: see the Devanagari, pick the meaning, get the explanation. Free, no…
• Daily Hindi Practice — 5, 10 or 20 QuestionsA short mixed Hindi practice run every day: five, ten or twenty questions across vocabulary, grammar and…

Printable materials

• Family Words Quick ReferenceA printable table of Hindi family relations — mother, father, brother, sister, grandparents, and why Hindi…
• 100 Essential Hindi Words — Grouped to Memorise100 high-frequency Hindi words in ten groups of ten — greetings, pronouns, numbers, time, family, food,…

Tools

• Hindi Flashcards — Free, No Sign-Up, Saves ProgressSpaced-repetition Hindi flashcards for phrases, numbers, letters, verbs and dates. Progress saved in your…
• Hindi Vocabulary by Situation — 69 WordsHindi vocabulary grouped by situation: greetings, courtesy, travel, food, family. Search it, filter it, hide…

Short answers

• What are the family words in Hindi?Hindi has a separate word for nearly every relative, because the relationship itself is built into the word.…

Questions people ask

• How many Hindi words do I need to know?About 500 words for everyday survival, 1,500 for comfortable conversation, and around 3,000 to follow a film…
• What does acha mean in Hindi?अच्छा (acha) literally means "good", but in conversation it does far more work than that — it means "okay",…

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