In this lesson we’ll simply recap over all the consonants in Hindi. This is just to serve as revision to help you remember what we’ve learnt. If you’re unsure about any of the letters or sounds then read back over the consonant section of this website.

Consonants in Hindi are organised into 8 sets by the sound that they make. The first 5 of these sets each have 2 non-aspirated, 2 aspirated and 1 nasalized letter. Aspirated letters (ख kha, घ gha, …)  should be pronounced with an audible breath (test this by putting a hand over your mouth as you make the sound, you should feel a puff of breath!). Every consonant has an automatic अ a sound at the end. 

Remember that although the retroflex and dental groups are transliterated into English the same they are pronounced differently!

So for the first 5 sets we have;

And for the last 3 we have;

I would advise learning these tables completely, it’s going to make your learning of Hindi so much easier! Practice writing each letter and saying it’s sound at the same time to really reinforce your memory. 

In a week or two I’ll post another consonants recap lesson where we’ll recap over the rules of; nasalizations, conjuncts and dotted letters.