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Saturday, September 18, 2021

The difference between nasal- अनुस्वार (अं ) and semi nasal -अनुनासिक (अँ ).

This blog post is on request to explain the difference between nasal- अनुस्वार (अं ) and semi nasal -अनुनासिक (अँ ).

To start with, अनुस्वार (अं ) is a varna/alphabet whereas अनुनासिक (अँ) is a semi nasal sound (matra/sound).

अनुस्वार (अं ) is taught to students when Swar (अ,आ,इ,ई.........अं,अ:) is introduced.

While teaching Hindi, we tell kids matra of अनुस्वार (अं ) is बिंदु (dot) while अनुनासिक (अँ) is चंद्रबिंदु (meaning moon dot in Sanskrit)

I have uploaded three worksheets explaining these two terms with examples. I hope it clears your doubts. Please feel free to get in touch in case of further queries.

Happy teaching!!!!! 



Sunday, September 5, 2021

How to differenciate the pronounciation of words with the matra of इ/ई and उ/ऊ

 I have been requested to describe how to differentiate the pronunciation of words with the matra of / and /.

As we all know that Hindi is a phonetic language. It is important to be able to distinguish between short and long vowels for correct pronunciation because these vowels, in combination with consonants are used to form words.

·       The sound of - i/ [ɪ] is short i  in ill, it, inn.

                                                      ( Short vowel)

           दिन       -   d̪ɪnə /din(a)  

           दि         -  d̪ɪlə /dil(a)

          किया       -  t̪əja: / takiyaa

·             - ee/ [i:] as sound of  long ee  in feet, esteem

                                                           (Long vowel)

          तीर         -  t̪i:ɾə /teer(a)

          मछली        - mətʃʰəli: /machalee

         सिपाही        - sɪpa:ɦi: /sipaahee

·       The matra of उ / ऊ is placed at the bottom of the alphabet. 

        e.g. – उ - कु, चु, टु ... / ऊ - कू, चू, टू ...

·       The sound of उ - u /[ʊ] as sound of short "u" in put, push, pull  

                                                                                     ( Short vowel)

         पुल       -       lə /pul(a)

         सु        -    i: /suee

         छु  -     tʃʰʊa:/ kachuaa

 

·       The sound of - oo/ [u:] as sound of long "u/oo” in 

       soon, spoon, foo(Long vowel)         

                        फूल       -   pʰʊlə /phool(a)          

                   तूफ़ान      - t̪u:fa:nə /toofaan(a)

                   जू      - kʰədʒʊ:ɾə/ khajoor(a)

                   खुशबू      -  kʰʊʃəbu: /khushaboo

·       While with the alphabet   matra of उ / ऊ  is marked like रु/रू.

                   रुमाल          -   (र् + उ = रु) - ɾʊma:lə /rumaal(a)

                                                        ( Short  vowel)                                      

                रूप       - (र् + ऊ = रू)  - ɾu:pə /roop(a)  

                                                                       (Long vowel)

         Last but not the least, the use of की/कि.

Ø की is the Possessive Case(कारक), which shows the relation of Noun/Pronoun to some other word in a sentence.

         Ram’s book.      राम की किताब

Ø कि is conjunction(समुच्चयबोधक) which connects two phrases or clauses. 

Ram said that he lost his book. 

राम ने कहा कि उसकी किताब खो गई।

I hope this post has been helpful in clearing the doubts regarding the pronunciation of words with the matra of / and /.

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