Hindi is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world and one of the two official languages of India. This guide provides the traveler or student with essential resources for communication. 3,400 total dictionary entries Basic Hindi grammar and pronunciation Includes Hindi script and romanization throughout Essential phrases for the traveler, student, or businessperson Cultural notes and advice
About the Author
Todd Scudiere holds a master’s degree in South Asian studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a graduate of the American Language Institute of Indian Studies’ Advanced Hindi Language Program in Varanasi, India. Currently he resides in Madison, Wisconsin.
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I went to the same University of Wisconsin India program that Todd Scudiere graduated from, so I can attest to the quality of his prior training.
I think this is a great pocket Hindi reference, but no substitute for proper language training. The vocabulary and phrase collections are very good and accompanied by devanagari script and Roman transliteration. I am currently using the book to develop a set of Hindi flashcards.
To go further than this you will need the Oxford Hindi-English-Hindi dictionaries and a good course such as “Colloquial Hindi: The Complete Course for Beginners (Colloquial Series).” It is really tough learning how to make some of the consonant sounds just from a book or CD.
This is a great book. It has many useful entries with helpful phrases for a tourist as well as a brief covering of basic grammar points. Also it contains a dictionary with over 3,000 entries. These are in English-Hindi and Hindi-English and do include the transliteration in alphabetical order based on the English alphabet. This is VERY helpful for a learner. One thing I might mention though, and what is keeping me from giving this 5 stars is the fact that when I looked up a simple word just to see how the dictionary was, I was shocked to discover that there was no word for friend. Not “mitr” or “dost” nor was the word “friend” listed in the English-Hindi section. This I found to be rather peculiar. That is a very common word which one would think would be included. Overall though, I would suggest getting this book. There are plenty of other useful entries and helpful little tidbits that a tourist or someone learning the language could make use of, even if you won’t know how to call someone friend :p
I bought this item for my new student from India to use on class assignments. He actually spends his time reading it as well and is learning English in leaps and bounds.