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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