Hindi Flashcards: Script & Pronunciation (English and Hindi Edition)

Really helpful! Easy to use, which pictures that help solidify the letter in your memory. This set also includes a card with all the maatraa (abreviated) vowel forms, as well as 2 cards which serve as a pronunciation guide for the consonants (dental vs. palatal vs. labial, etc.) - which has been useful for correct pronunciation if I'm studying on my own. I haven't used the suggested card games yet, but I could see them helping as well. Very happy with this product!

Each card tries to aid memorization of a Davanagari script by providing an artfully drawn cartoon which embeds the character into the image. The cartoon is of a common noun (plants, animals, clothes, etc.) which uses the character in its spelling. This is not as simple as it seems and the developer does a fine job of it. The cards help in memorizing the shapes and sounds of the characters which will aid the learner in associating memorized vocabulary with Devanagari scripts and attempting more challenging exercises such as elementary reading and writing. These cards do not aid the learner is proper writing techniques, only character recognition and sound. The romanization is different than what I am familiar with in North America, more similar to Spanish [a = aah, e = ae, i = ee], but since each card represents only a single word, there is less confusion then flashcards listing various phrases. This romanization system seems common to other Hindi learning materials, so these cards may prepare the learner in using other training systems. There are 50 cards plus. They are glossy (slick/slippery) playing card sized and the best quality.

I really like these cards. If you really want to learn Hindi, you'll need a book and some CD's and perhaps some friends who speak the language. But you've got to learn the alphabet first. So here it is. It's a good start. The Hindi alphabet gets complicated because adding vowels is a lot trickier than in English -- forms change depending on where you put them -- and combining letters adds a whole new set of characters that you have to memorize. These cards are not definitive, and they're not supposed to be. The cards help with learning the pronunciations, particularly of nasals and sounds that don't exist in English, and they allow you to recognize the vowels and consonants. Believe me, it's enough for a first step.

These flashcards are great. They are organized nicely in a small plastic case. They can easily be carried around in my purse, and I go over them during my lunch break. They are perfect for learning the Hindi syllables, and also some words. The pronunciations are included, and so are several cards that help with pronunciation and understanding how each sound is made.

Quality is okay. Small in size compared to other flash cards. Little overpriced.

I have a 4 year old and I just got these yesterday. I have been trying to get him excited about hindi and he has been begging me to "play" this game since the morning (for the 4th time). I love it. Please please come up with a flashcard series (animals, household items etc.), very very well done! and I will buy them all. One suggestion would be to have perhaps multiple pictures that start with the letter to add a few more words, but it could also be simply done with additional flashcard series. I just want him to get familiar with words. I have tried so many things dvd's books, story books etc., this is the first thing that got him excited. I made it into a game. we go through the deck and if he gets the word, he gets the card, if he doesn't, I get the card and after the 3rd or 4th time, he was winning.

These were okay for getting basic consonant sounds, but the flash cards didn't cover conjucts. While they don't say they do, they use conjuncts on the cards in some of the example words, so you'd have no idea why different things would sound different nor understand why some symbols don't look the same as on the other cards. Cards were still very useful, because I had some familiarity with conjuncts before, but these would be vastly more valuable if they discussed how the conjuncts worked and had a few examples.

Because Hindi is not a Romanized alphabet, and one must learn to read it in order to be fluent, I knew the first thing I would have to start with would be the Hindi "characters." I like the quality and the humor of the cards. I appreciate that it gives you a pronunciation guide. I sometimes remember the letter by the picture, which is ok to begin with. But unless the Hindi you read has been kind enough to use the same pictures, you need to get away from that little "cheat." Still, these are a good starting place and I do like them and use them.