Get started in Hindi - Rupert Snell

This product is most effective when used in conjunction with the corresponding audio support.

- You can purchase the book and double CD as a pack (ISBN: 9781444101591)

- The double CD is also sold separately (ISBN: 9781444101607)

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Is this the right course for me?

Are you looking for a course in Hindi written for the absolute beginner who has no experience of learning a foreign language?

Get Started in Hindi will give you the confidence to communicate in Hindi. Now fully updated to make your language learning experience fun and interactive. You can still rely on the benefits of a top language teacher and our years of teaching experience, but now with added learning features within the course and online. The emphasis of the course is placed on communication, rather than grammar, and all the teaching is in English, so that you will quickly and effortlessly get started in Hindi.

By the end of this course, you will be at Level B1 of the Common European Framework for Languages: can deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in an area where the language is spoken.

Get Started in Hindi
includes:

Chapter 1: Greetings

Saying hello

Who and how people are

This and that; he, she and it

More questions

Chapter 2: Our family

Gender matters

Number

Getting familiar

Getting formal

Chapter 3: In the room

Some more questions

Where? On the table

Case

Chapter 4: Have some tea

Giving orders and making requests

Telling, saying, speaking, asking

Routine events

Chapter 5: What do you want?

Obliques again

What do you like, what do you want?

Availability - 'to get, to find'

Revision!

Chapter 6: What work do you do?

Possession and 'to have'

The Sharma family

You can go

Let me go!

Chapter 7: The past

In the past

Getting specific

A shortcut

Adding emphasis Chapter 8: What's happening?

Comparisons: bigger and smaller

Continuous tense: '-ing' verbs

Raju is reading 'his own' newspaper

These days, in and out, up and down

Chapter 9: In the future

The future tense

Ifs and maybes

So that, in order that

How long does it take

Chapter 10: What happened?

The past tense

Transitivity

Other perfective tenses

Sit and rest - linking two actions

Chapter 11: It is said that...

A verb with many meanings

Finding the way in Vilaspur

It is said that...the passive is easy

You should read this - obligations

You must* read this - stronger obligations

Chapter 12: Health and style

'J-words' and relative clauses

Getting things done - causatives

Parts of the body

Shades of meaning

Style in Hindi

Numbers

Time

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Learn effortlessly with a new easy-to-read page design and interactive features:

Not got much time?

One, five and ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started.

Author insights

Lots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the author's many years of experience.

Useful vocabulary

Easy to find and learn, to build a solid foundation for speaking.

Dialogues

Read and listen to everyday dialogues to help you speak and understand fast.

Pronunciation

Don't sound like a tourist! Perfect your pronunciation before you go.

Test yourself

Tests in the book and online to keep track of your progress.

Extend your knowledge

Extra online articles to give you a richer understanding of the subject.