Gori Girl

Oops I realize I should have posted some links I gave in another post here:

For specific grammar and vocab questions:

http://forum.wordreference.com/index.php go to the Indo-Iranian language section.

Also, my fave dictionary is the Platt's Hindi/Urdu dictionary. http://dsal.uchicago.edu/dicti…..es/platts/

Good luck to everyone!

If anyone has an iPod Touch or iPhone, there are a few Hindi learning apps on iTunes that are pretty nifty.

Free

World Nomads has a bunch of introductory language apps, and most of them are free (including the Hindi app). It has different categories like numbers, directions and safety. You tap the word/phrase, and it will speak it aloud for you. No devanagari in this app, though. Search for "world nomads" on iTunes to find their apps.

Gengo is another app developer for learning languages. This app is basically a set of flashcards where it shows you the picture of a kind of fruit or weather (the only two categories for now) and you must repeat the word in Hindi. Tapping on the flashcard will turn it over and reveal the devanagari, transliteration and English translation. There is also a game option to this app where the pictures are shown in groups of three and the app says a Hindi word that correlates with one of them. Unfortunate there are only two categories, but the picture association is a technique I really like along with the words actually being said aloud. Search for "gengo" on iTunes to find their apps.

Mulishani Hindi is the third app I've found. This app has three features: flash cards, a card table (a list of all numbers, consonants and vowels) and randomized quizzes. No sound, unfortunately. Search for "hindi cards" on iTunes to find their apps.

Not free

There are also several other Hindi learning apps available on iTunes, but they are not free. iStudy Hindi is one, but none of the associated apps have good reviews. Solea Hindi looks to be an app that allows the user to practice writing or tracing devanagari, but I'm not sure. I might cave and buy this one to test it out. Learn Hindi by Christina Bharara also looks like it could be a good one for learning to read/write. WordPower – Hindi seems decent as well. My Words – Hindi, Hindi Word of the Day and iTrek Hindi phrasebook are also available but with mixed or no reviews.

If anyone tries any of these or others, I'd love to hear how they work out for you.

There are also some youtube resources!

http://www.youtube.com/user/LearnHindi Few videos, but interesting to check over

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..D9serDDbY8 This guy has similar videos for other languages, too, if you're interested.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..chfBRta4TE A bit cheesy but helpful all the same

http://www.youtube.com/view_pl…..C21884559# A long playlist of videos for Hindi for kids

Youtube videos, a blog and a twitter feed (that all seem to no longer be updated, but worth looking through)

http://www.youtube.com/user/tutonline

http://hindiboloblog.blogspot.com/

http://twitter.com/hindibolo

Another Learning Hindi site

http://linguanaut.com/learn_hindi.htm

Alright, I'll stop here for now :)

Here is my list!  I tried to remove repeats to the ones above.

(By the way, I don't know what version of Rosetta Stone you are using, but I know they updated it about a year ago and it is much, much, much better than the first version of it I tried.  I've bought all three levels of the new one and I can't tell you how much I love it). 

Also, for anyone in the Maryland/D.C. area there is a Meetup.com Hindi Group that meets for dinner once a month to practice Hindi speaking.  Lots of members, many of them native Hindi speakers just trying to have a reason to keep up with the language.  It's really awesome.

http://www.chandabooks.com/1844/index.html  Great beginner’s books (kid's books) like Aamu the Aam

Hi all,

I'm looking to learn Urdu.

The problem is that I only need conversation.

Writing is good, but I can't see pictures.

I have tried Livemocha.

I can do the word flashcards.

But, I can't do the matching picture thing.

Hubby is too busy to teach.

and, when talking about "writing," I can do the roman Urdu, but not the Urdu script.

and, we blind people do tend to spell things differently.

this is because we want our screen reader to pronounce things correctly and since there are different english spellings for the same word, everyone understands.

thanks LuckyFatima,

I'll try your suggestions, but would love to hear more.

I'll also try your dictionary.

I have been using http://www.urduword.com

But, there is limited amount of words there.

thanks for any help.

"Dil kay rishton kay bhandan kabhi naheen tootnay chahiay hain."