Hindi 311 (Autumn '09)

Section AA meets MWF from 8:30 to 9:20am in Smith Hall, room 107.
Section AB meets MWF from 9:30 to 10:20am in Smith Hall, room 107 .
Both Sections meet TTh from 9:30 to 10:20am in Communications Building, room 226.

Course Outline, Required Texts, Goals, Policies: Section AA, Section AB
Class mailing list archives: Lecture (Hindi311a_au09), Section AA (Hindi311aa_au09), Section AB (Hindi311ab_au09) new

Schedule and Assignments

Vocabulary MP3's

These vocab files consist of the Hindi words being spoken with a silence following each word in which the listener can repeat the word out loud. (Note: The Flashcards link to an external site whose content often has typos - be sure to verify!)

TYH Chapter 1 Vocabulary (length: 4min:08sec)	Flashcards^*
TYH Chapter 2 Vocabulary (4:08)	Flashcards^*
TYH Chapter 3 Vocabulary (2:54)	Flashcards^*
TYH Chapter 4 Vocabulary (3:35)	Flashcards^*
TYH Chapter 5 Vocabulary (3:44)	Flashcards^*
TYH Chapter 6 Vocabulary (5:07)	Flashcards^*
Numbers: 0-50 (2:05), 51-100 (1:56).

^* These flashcards are created by an external party, and may contain typos. Please report these to Prem as and when you notice them.

Handouts, Supporting Materials

Worksheets for practice
5 line ruled paper for writing Hindi in color or black & white (remember to write in pencil only)

[If the above file fails to open correctly with Word, try the PDF version instead]

Devanāgarī Alpabetic Order and Transliteration (PDF File)
Handout showing stroke order:

Class slide: Consonant Grid relative to ruled paper, with mātrā contact points, examples
Devanāgarī character stroke order (animation) and pronunciation (audio and animation) [Australian National University Hindi resources]

See also: Vowel sounds

Hindi Script Tutor (SOAS) with animation and audio
Introduction to Hindi Script Slides from class on 10/1,10/2/09
Devanāgarī Flashcards – print this double-sided and cut along lines to make flashcards (Broken fonts fixed on 10/4/07)
All possible conjuncts. This page is intended as a reference. Primarily focus on learning the conjuncts given in BHS.
[To clearly view this page, you will need to zoom in on the text.
If this page does not display correctly, either you lack the Arial Unicode MS font (download here or install from your MS Office CD)
or your web browser is not configured to display Unicode (try here for suggestions for possible fixes or ask Prem for help)]

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Last Updated: Nov 16, 2009
Author: Prem Pahlajrai (prem@u.washington.edu)