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Teach Yourself Hindi Dictionary

2008-02-21
Looked up the word float; not there. Plane, not there. Crane, not there. Spear, not there. Comprise, not there. Sly, not there. Prominent, not there. I got this dictionary yesterday, looked up the above words and zip. Nothing. Keeping it only because I have nothing else. Buyer beware. Ostensibly, impossible to learn Hindi using this book.

If only it were bigger!

2007-06-28
My only complaint about this dictionary is that it's not more extensive. My Oxford English-to-Hindi dictionary was clearly designed for Hindi speakers learning English, not the other way around. Not so the Teach Yourself Hindi Dictionary. Where multiple translations apply, this dictionary gives not only the translations, but a plentiful supply of usage examples. In the front there is a clear, comprehensive section of the Devanagari script -- including an exhaustive list of consonant conjuncts and a concise grammar reference. The ambitious student could gain an elementary understanding of the language using this book alone -- though I don't recommend it.

If I ran the world and could improve this book in any way I wanted, I would only expand it to include more words. The material that IS there is excellent, I just wish there were more of it. That's the only reason I hold back from giving 5 stars.

Whether you're teaching yourself or getting formal instruction, this is one reference you should NOT be without. And the price should be within any budget.

Great dictionary for English speakers learning hindi

2007-03-08
I began learning Hindi a semester and a half ago, this is a good dictionary for me at my stage right now. it offers a single word translations as well as phrase translations. I recommend it to people learning Hindi.

use it extensively

2006-02-06
Very useful for its size. The best feature is the bomb symbol that alerts the user to special grammatic circumstances when using the word. The hindi-english section also has the transliteration right next to the word so that the user can find it quickly even without knowing the script very well.

Critic

2005-12-14
very good indeed but a pity it does not exist with more entries specially in english. Romanized characters for beginners and well choosen words.

Better than you think

2005-10-06

Teach Yourself Hindi Dictionary provides a comprehensive vocabulary and a concise grammar section. Idiomatic usage is also covered to create a dictionary that is easy to use.

Great supplement to Snell's other Hindi Books

2004-08-30
Snell has put together a dictionary that English speakers can easily use and contains a lot of language that is spoken by most people who speak Hindi or Urdu in India. It does not lean to much to either Persian/Arabic or Sanskrit, but is nicely in the middle. So, for example if you enjoy Bollywood Hindi movies, this dictionary will be very useful for you when you want to find the meaning of certain words you hear in the films.

Hindi can be a fun language to learn because you can pick up a lot just by watching some really fun movies and I think it is the only other lanaguage besides English that gives you an opportunity to learn it through movie watching. What a deal. India is great that way. More movies are made in Bollywood each year than Hollywood, so between this dictionary and Bollywood and either of Snell's other Teach Yourself books, you will be understanding Hindi in no time and then you can impress your friends and family by speaking such a distant langugae like a native. Go for it.