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Hindi Learning - 3.1 (Anaaraam and Pronunciation)
...........................................................Vowels in Hindi.
.......................................................... हिंदी में स्वर वर्ण|
.......................................Hindi me ("me"mory) swar varn.
..........................................................Hindi in vowels.
Anaaraam............................... Pronunciation...........................................as in
अ .....................................................a.........................................................b"a"nana
आ................................................... aa....................................................... f"a"ther (ban"a"n"a")
इ.................................................... e......................................................... b"e"come
ई ....................................................e (longer) ..........................................d"ee"d
उ................................................... oo/u .................................................... p"u"t
ऊ.................................................. oo/u (longer)...................................... b"oo"t
ओ.................................................. ....o...........................................................d"o"g
औ..................................................... ou.........................................................m"ou"ld
These are the first 8 alphabets or "anaaraam" in Hindi and also the only vowels. Adding one of these vowels to a consonant changes its pronunciation.
For example, क, which is a consonant, spelled as "k" as in "k"aput (broken). So after adding a "matra" from ओ, which is ो, to क (k) will change it to को (ko) and its pronunciation will become ko as in "ko"rea.