Summary: Is this the right course for me?Are you looking for a course in Hindi written for the absolute beginner who has no experience of learning a foreign language? Get Started in Hindi will give you the confidence to communicate in Hindi. Now fully updated to make your language learning experience fun and interactive. You can still rely on the benefits of a top language teacher and our years of teaching experience, but now with added learning features within the course and online. The emphasis of the course is placed on communication, rather than grammar, and all the teaching is in English, so that you will quickly and effortlessly get started in Hindi.By the end of this course, you will be at Level B1 of the Common European Framework for Languages: can deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in an area where the language is spoken.Get Started in Hindi includes: Chapter 1: GreetingsSaying helloWho and how people areThis and that; he, she and itMore questionsChapter 2: Our familyGender mattersNumberGetting familiarGetting formalChapter 3: In the roomSome more questionsWhere? On the tableCaseChapter 4: Have some teaGiving orders and making requestsTelling, saying, speaking, askingRoutine eventsChapter 5: What do you want?Obliques againWhat do you like, what do you want?Availability - 'to get, to find'Revision!Chapter 6: What work do you do?Possession and 'to have'The Sharma familyYou can goLet me go!Chapter 7: The pastIn the pastGetting specificA shortcutAdding emphasis Chapter 8: What's happening?Comparisons: bigger and smallerContinuous tense: '-ing' verbsRaju is reading 'his own' newspaperThese days, in and out, up and downChapter 9: In the futureThe future tenseIfs and maybesSo that, in order thatHow long does it takeChapter 10: What happened?The past tenseTransitivityOther perfective tensesSit and rest - linking two actionsChapter 11: It is said that...A verb with many meaningsFinding the way in VilaspurIt is said that...the passive is easyYou should read this - obligationsYou must* read this - stronger obligationsChapter 12: Health and style'J-words' and relative clausesGetting things done - causativesParts of the bodyShades of meaningStyle in HindiNumbersTime. The pace and approach make this a course for true beginnersOver two hours of accompanying listening material availableWorldwide reputation of author Table of Contents: Preface1 Identities2 Meet the family3 The world around us4 Daily events5 Possessions and professions6 Looking back7 What's going on now8 Looking ahead9 What happened then10 This should be read carefully!11 Relatives and relatives12 FeelingsA Grammar summaryHindi-English vocabularyEnglish-Hindi vocabulary About the Author(s): Readership: Complete beginners in Hindi.
The pace and approach make this a course for true beginnersOver two hours of accompanying listening material availableWorldwide reputation of author
Table of Contents: Preface1 Identities2 Meet the family3 The world around us4 Daily events5 Possessions and professions6 Looking back7 What's going on now8 Looking ahead9 What happened then10 This should be read carefully!11 Relatives and relatives12 FeelingsA Grammar summaryHindi-English vocabularyEnglish-Hindi vocabulary
About the Author(s):
Readership: Complete beginners in Hindi.
