After learning to read the Hindi vowels, consonants pa series, Hindi word set 1, ha and na series, ya ra la va series, ka series, Hindi assessment, cha and sa series & tha and ta Series start with the sha, sha*, sa, ha series of letters.
Please revise the previous lessons before starting on this one.
श ष स ह
Among sha, sha*, sa, ha, we have already discussed sa and ha in the previous lessons. We will revise them with words that use the two types of sha in this lesson.
sha श ष sha*
These two sounds we will represent with the pronunciation help sha and sha*. Sha* is usually used with words that are borrowed from Sanskrit and used in Hindi and for all the other words we use sha.
sha* ष is a harsher sound and sha is a softer sound. Sha* ष is pronounced by curling our tongue and almost touching the palate or upper part of our mouth. We let the air pass through the narrow gap between the palate and our curled tongue. When we pronounce sha we keep our tongue straight and take it closer to the area behind the teeth. The tongue position for pronouncing cha, cha* ja, jha series is similar to the tongue position of sha श pronunciation. Practising these sounds in simple words will help us learn them without any problem.
sha* ष and प pa
ba ब and व va
sha* ष and pa प are similar. Just a line inbetween is the difference. It is very similar to ba and va.
Read the following words.
Set 1
खुश kush happy | शेष shesh* remaining | षष्ठी sha*sh*tee sixth |
शीघ्र sheegra soon | शादी shaadee marriage | हर्ष harsh* joy |
पक्षी pakshee bird | शंख shankh shell | शंका shankaa doubt |
कष्ट kash*t suffering | कृषि krushi* agriculture | शीशा sheeshaa mirror |
साड़ी saadi saree | सीढी seedee* ladder | काशी Kashi |
Set 2
संघर्ष sangarsh* conflict | सतर्क satark alert | सब्ज़ी sabzi vegetable |
शीर्षक sheersha*k topic | शर्माना sharmaana blushing | हज़ार hazaar thousand |
शसक्त shasakt strong | शक्कर shakkar sugar | शहर shahar city |
श्याम shyaam evening | शकल shakl face | शहद shahad honey |
शख्स shakhs person | शिक्षण shikshan* teaching | शिक्षक shikshak teacher |
शिकारी shikaari hunter | धनुष dhanush* bow | कृष्ण krushna* Krishna |
समय samay time | सफल saphal successful | सरल saral easy |
Set 3
संतुष्टि santhushti Satisfaction | साष्टांग saash*taang prostration | हँसमुख hasmukh cheerful |
सहिष्णुता sahish*nu*taa tolerance | यशस्वी yadhasvi famous | शरबत sharbat sherbet |
षड़यंत्र sha*dyantr conspiracy | षडभुज sha*dbhuj hexagon | विष्णु के विश्वरूप दर्शनVishwarup Darshan of Vishnu |
Take this quiz to practice reading the letters and words of the sha, sha*, sa, ha Series.
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