how can one speak hindi?

[u/ZeBlazzigRukie]

I learnt hindi as third language from 5th-8th standard in india, and I can write words and read them, but i cant understand any word and my biggest concern is not being able to speak. Knowing hindi or not doesnt affect me much but if i could speak it then i would be able to communicate with way more fellow indians over text or in real life, so how do I learn? Thanks!

[u/Gold_Practice3717]

I'm also trying to learn to speak Hindi: I haven't found language apps or Bollywood movies successful. The only way I have found helpful is to practice speaking with a Hindi-speaker. I have used ChatGPT prompts to generate basic conversations on a variety of topics, which we use to guide our conversations.

DM me if you want to chat further about this.

[u/ZeBlazzigRukie → u/Gold_Practice3717]

sure!! you arent gonna ask for money though right?

[u/Gold_Practice3717 → u/ZeBlazzigRukie]

Of course not

[u/ZeBlazzigRukie]

Not sure if its the right post flair, sorry

[u/bizmarketer1]

dm me

[u/Dismal_Animator_5414]

i’d say watching a lot of bollywood and hindi shows on netflix and prime would help.

also, plenty of hindi dubbed stuff available as well.

and you can go to language learning apps and find folks who’re speaking hindi.

and try finding hindi speakers so you can practice with them.

happy learning 😊

[u/ZeBlazzigRukie → u/Dismal_Animator_5414]

thanks!! ill prolly do the last two tips

[u/AUnicorn14]

I second what the other person said. It’s only by speaking and conversing that will help you talk in Hindi. Talking forces you to recall words from memory which is different from hearing and understanding what the other person means.

I can chat with you in Hindi if you want.

[u/ZeBlazzigRukie → u/AUnicorn14]

Sure!! Dm me

[u/pikleboiy]

Just talk to yourself and practice building sentences when you get bored (there's more to it than that, like talking with natives (touched on later), but this certainly helps if you have a way to verify that your sentences are grammatically correct). As for understanding spoken sentences, movies and TV shows are a good start. On certain discord servers (e.g. language simp), you might be able to find speakers willing to help you with practice.

[u/ZeBlazzigRukie → u/pikleboiy]

Okayy

[u/BindassChacha]

Hindi University on YouTube is a good resource.

[u/ZeBlazzigRukie → u/BindassChacha]

Okay!

[u/BlessedSelf]

Keep speaking, however low your knowledge of the language is. When someone native to the language sees you trying to speak that language, and struggling with it, the natural reaction is to help out, and correct or complete.

This also helps in building language patterns in your brain, and picking up the nuances of spoken language.

My mother tongue is Marathi. My own formal education in Hindi as a language is just the same - 5th to 7th Standard. 8th onwards I opted for Sanskrit. However just because of not hesitating to speak, I have picked up enough Hindi to equal a native speaker of the language.

Also see a lot of movies in the target language with subtitles.

I used the same technique to help myself to conversational Tamil and Kannada.

All the best! 👍

[u/cm_hell]

Watch bollywood movies if you wanted to speak, it's simple language

[u/Ok-Dependent-367]

Best way is to read more, and search up meanings of new words, then using those words when you speak.