Hindi

For those who would like to learn more Hindi outside of the classroom we have compiled several links of dictionaries, online exercises and news, exercises for listening and writing comprehension etc.:
See in particular "Downloads"

• To aqcuire a better listening comprehension in Hindi: listen to short sequences from movies, documentaries etc., transcribe them into the Roman scripture and – of course – let the transcription be revised by a native speaker.
• Tandem (language exchanging): Learn Hindi and offer your mother tongue to your tandem partner. Learn more at the Sprachenzentrumof the UZH/ETH.

• E-News
  • Deutsche Welle in Hindi
  • BBC Hindi
• Literary magazines
  • Hans (partially liable to pay costs)
  • Pratlipi (bilingual)

• The University of Texas at Austin (very good)
• New York University - Virtual Hindi (simple texts, listening examples, exercises etc.)
• Columbia University - Hindi/Urdu

The channel "Audacity" allows you through the recording of your own voice to train the pronunciation in Hindi as well as gaining self-assurance in speaking it.The data can be sent to and corrected by a native speaker.

• Audacitycan be downloaded from various ressources.

Hindi Learning (PDF, 51 KB)