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.

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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 इ/ई and उ/ऊ.

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 इ - i/ [ɪ] is short ‘i’  in ill, it, inn.

                                                      ( Short vowel)

           दिन       -   d̪ɪnə /din(a)  

           दिल          -  d̪ɪlə /dil(a)

          तकिया       -  t̪əkɪja: / takiyaa

·           ई  - 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       -       pʊlə /pul(a)

         सुई         -    sʊi: /suee

         कछुआ   -     kətʃʰʊa:/ kachuaa

 

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

       soon, spoon, fool (Long vowel)         

                        फूल       -   pʰʊlə /phool(a)          

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

                   खजूर      - kʰədʒʊ:ɾə/ khajoor(a)

                   खुशबू      -  kʰʊʃəbu: /khushaboo

·       While with the alphabet र  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 इ/ई and उ/ऊ.

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Reading Hindi with IPA symbols - Preparatory/Primary school - [ə],a / ā,[a:] Matra

 In this post, I have reading matter – words and sentences with IPA symbols to help the non-Hindi speakers. Many subscribers earlier had requested this particular topic to help them teach their English speaking kids.

·       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.

·       It is noteworthy that many consonants which are part of the Hindi language do not exist in English. ड़/ढ़ are difficult to pronounce in English.

·       Following consonants with a नुक्ता (dot) under the alphabet is part of Urdu and Persian words. eg. क़लाम, ख़ान, ग़ैर जहाज़, ज़ीरा, फ़नकार

   क़    ख़    ग़   ज़    फ़   ड़      ढ़

         [q]     [x]      [ɣ]     [z]      [f]     [ɽ]    [ɽʱ]    (IPL)

 

  In this post, I have taken up Hindi words and sentences with अ,आ  matra.

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Pronunciation of Swar Vyanjan - Vyanjan (त/प/य/श/संयुक्त वर्ण वर्ग) 4

In this post, I’m uploading the pictorial worksheets of vyanjans त/प/य/श/संयुक्त वर्ण group of words with the symbols of IPA/Transliteration.

These signs are just for extra information to help with the sounds of the alphabets/words.

I hope these pictorial worksheets are helpful in teaching the kids how to pronounce the Hindi words.

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PS - The next posts would be for reading of short sentences based on matras with the help of IPA symbols /Transliteration.