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I'm loving these videos so far, but I get confused when you pronounce the "voiceless" plosives, you pronounce them as if they are voiced. But other than that, these are really helpful and thank you so much for doing these!
Acegirl009 2 years ago
True, you WILL get confused, because the voiced plosives in English are only partially voiced, while in Hindi they are fully voiced. Native speakers of English tend to look for the aspiration after the voiceless consonant (which would make it a separate phoneme in Hindi). So Hindi's voiceless plosives are very likely to be heard as almost voiced.
ranjan2 2 years ago
You are an excellent teacher. Thanks for offering the details of each step. Some people want to be able to quickly start talking, and loose patience for this...but I find those like myself, who are dedicated to learning everything we can appreciate your approach.
shimmiliciousxoxo 2 years ago
This seems like a very dry and boring way to learn the language! In my experience, watching Bollywood movies with English subtitles is a useful and enjoyable way to learn conversational hindi.
This video is great if you are suffering from insomnia.
XXsardarXX 2 years ago
Are the labio-dentals really from the upper lip and lower teeth? In English and any other language I can think of it's the other way around.
sshuck 3 years ago
Did I say from upper lip and lower teeth? If so, I am really sorry for the mistake. It is always from lower lip and upper teeth.
ranjan2 3 years ago
Phew! I didn't want to start having to practice it the other way. :)
By the way, these videos are extremely precise and informative. Rarely do you get both the academic and native approach to a language's phonetics. Much success to you!
sshuck 3 years ago
thank for the videos! my language is spanish and i also can talk a bit of english, so i hope that will help me a little with hindi xD
LuaniNair 3 years ago
This video was very helpful in perfecting my japanese and my spanish pronunciations. Not only was I was able to understand the advanced 'linguistic' vocabulary because of this video--I was also able to picture the body parts working to produce the sound. This made it easier for the sounds to make sense.
Thanks so very much.
kayohem2 3 years ago 3
Fascinating. You are teaching me many things I never really thought about.
tlcollier2 3 years ago 3