I have recently found the BBC
Hindi site. http://www.bbc.co.uk/hindi/
I like to watch the videos as
I can sometimes tell what they're talking about (I was so happy today
when found an interview in which Sonakshi Sinha spoke something about her
upcoming film Once Upon a time in Mumbai Doobara and I easily understood her
saying that masala type films were her first love). Doing spelling
exercises in Memrise has helped me with the reading so I can better figure out
the texts too. I can't tackle anything longer than a headline yet but I'm
recognizing words easier now. I still haven't quite grasped all the different
versions of the d's and t's and dh's and th's and am easily confused by
compound characters but I'm getting better at guessing. Google Translate helps when all else fails.
Here's how to write Facebook:
फ़ेसबुक
Obama ओबामा
Usain Bolt यूसैन बोल्ट
I read BBC Hindi often. I've learned a lot of vocabulary and grammar by reading its articles. The style of writing is formal but natural, so it is a good way to learn more formal Hindi. BBC Hindi has less tabloid journalism that other Hindi news websites, and a wide variety of topics. If you look on the hindilanguage.info Facebook page, I've listed vocabulary words for several articles. Happy reading!
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