10 pronunciation challenges for Hindi & Urdu Speakers | हिंदी भाषी के लिए अंग्रेजी उच्चारण

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In this video, I’m going to talk about the biggest English pronunciation challenges for Urdu and Hindi speakers - all broken down and explained.
You'll learn what those main challenges are, why they are difficult, but more than that - you'll learn how to overcome them and become a more confident and clear speaker of English.
Not an Urdu or Hindi speaker? I bet that as a non-native speaker of English you can still find at least one challenge that is relevant to you :) Let me know what it is in the comments below!
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Key points of the video:
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00:00 Intro
01:05 Confusing W and V sounds
03:55 Misplacing the Primary Stress
05:02 Simplifying EY and OW diphthongs
07:11 Applying Hindi-Urdu intonation onto English
09:39 Breaking Consonant Clusters
11:15 Mispronouncing the R sound
13:26 Mispronouncing stop sounds
15:02 Pronunciation of the T and D sounds
17:00 Mispronouncing the TH Sounds
18:50 Merging vowel pairs
21:44 Mispronouncing the /ʒ/ sound as in 'vision'
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I'm a urdu speaker from Pakistan I'm so grateful to you for this😍❤

[@ricardo45607]

This girl scares me!!! She made a full video tackling the Brazilians common mispronunciations and nailed it!! And now this one ☝️ woow so talented!!!

[@faizasanam1539]

Hadar ,u did a great job ! I am Urdu speaker from Pakistan . I applaud your efforts .

[@abdulbasit3863]

Have been watching pronunciation videos this whole week but none of them address the problems with indian/Pakistani English as well as you do. For instance, I could never quite understand why my th sounded different from a native speaker's th until you told that I was breaking the air too early. Also, I refuse to believe you don't know urdu because those sounds were AUTHENTIC urdu sounds. Thanks for the video

[@defendersart3051]

As a L1 हिंदी hindi speakers, we are delighted to watch your classes. Thanks Hadar Ma'm 🙏

[@jyotis5732]

Hey Hadar!! Jyoti here. This is a valuable lesson. My first language is Hindi and this video is a great help to me. God bless you and keep you!❤️

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Hindi speaker from India , I am your great fan. I love your facial expressions and the confident omg 😍.

[@bebetterEnglishSpeeches]

Hope everyone gets better in English soon! Let's keep practicing!

[@cupcakesprinkles5545]

Hey Hadar!! Thank you for including Urdu speakers ❤️ much love and appreciation!!

[@jacalynmiller]

wow, I'd never guess you were a non-native speaker! I'm currently teaching ESL online to a Hindi speaker

[@neiljose9847]

Hey Hadar, Thank you so much for making this video. As a Hindi speaker I can relate to everything you’ve mentioned in this video. The W/V sound is something that I’m still working on as it's a bit challenging for me to distinguish the two sounds while speaking fast. And I’ll surely share this video with my Hindi speaking friends as well. Once again, thank you! :)

[@fin8037]

Wow Hadar! You nailed it! Languages are tricky stuff unlike structured disciplines like math/science, and if someone can pull of the subject of languages so well (not at all common), they really are worth their salt. YOU are really worth your salt! Best wishes from a native Urdu speaker!

[@bijukgokulan]

Thank you for having this video. My 3rd language is Hindi and it's really difficult. But I will try to speak Hindi as well as English.

[@RaynerGS]

Nevertheless, if would like to practise Portuguese I am here! Way to Go, Salute from Brazil.

[@maheshbhagat4019]

Thanks so much for this amazing insightful lesson 🙏🙏🙇

[@gracew9355]

I applaud you for your efforts and the attention you pay to details that even the native language speakers miss!

[@SajjadKhan-eu3nz]

Thanks Hadar , I'm Urdu speaker from Pakistan

[@nupur4849]

I learn something new today now I am gonna explore more of a ja sound. Thank you so much hadar:)

[@ElMoscas114]

In a nutshell, it was such a practical lesson, so thanks a lot.

[@buddhilalchaudhary4949]

Thank you Hadar. I love to listening this being a dialect of Hindi speakers, Nepali

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Great lesson for Indians

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Thanks Hadar , I was waiting for these kind of contents in your video .

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Thanks Hadar. Really helpful for me.

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This video is awesome!!!!

[@manisekhon4081]

Thanks ❤

[@bebetterEnglishSpeeches]

Good lesson!

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Extraordinary class.

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Thank so much

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Very information is here

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Thanks

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Thank you so much

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Video is useful for South Asian speakers .

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I got you through searching about a video on on intonation of american accents and i landed on your podcast, watched 1 and 2. I was only searching for accents lessons but I got inspirations❤️ I am really wondering where was i till now.

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These language analysis videos are brilliant opposed to those motivational ones.

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Hi hadar Love your videos ! 💕

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Congrats for your excellent Job Haddar !!

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I'm gonna put that right now but why can't I

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Hi Hadar, you speak awasome, lot of Indian watch your videos.

[@truckerdaddy-akajohninqueb4793]

ESL teacher in Canada ☝️ Great content

[@supersupplement3767]

I'm so happy Hadar, it's Hindi related video and I'm an Indian. We love you.

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Nice

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Hadar u r simply grt , love you always for your english speaking journey request you to post more video on accent , please

[@Spanish702]

Really it's incredibly hard for us :)

[@naturelover2367]

This video is so appropriate. I am so surprised why it didn't get many views Let me guess it's too long. People nowadays want to watch short videos. But it is amazing and very informative. I want you to make a practice video. Please Please 🥺 Thanks

[@manisekhon4081]

Your effort is speechless... U did an awesome job... I'm just 15 n if i talk to anyone in English.. No one Belive that coz i don't have that Indian accent....

[@SALESENGLISH2020]

Excellent! I can teach you Hindi sounds if you wish. :) You did a great job on the Google pronunciation help.

[@hadar.shemesh]

Thank you!! Glad you find it helpful! And I might take you up on that offer 😆

[@SALESENGLISH2020]

@@hadar.shemesh Anytime. Just drop a 1 line note to [e-mail] We refer our students to Google pronunciations for practicing with the simplified symbols you created as IPA can be confusing.

[@qazwsx71100]

It is good for Japanese! Thanks!

[@hadar.shemesh]

I have the same type of video for Japanese speakers!

[@neerajjasrotia2335]

I'm happy to be your Hindi volunteer. I'm a multilingual speaker and TESOL teacher. Let me know if I can help!!!

[@hadar.shemesh]

That’s so kind of you 😍😍

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[@fourcorners-music]

it is very interesting thank you Hadar, ,, even hindi and urdu are not my native language,, could you do identify please the difficulties for arabic native speakers ?

[@ironman0181]

And now u understood most of your viewers are from india

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ghana accent and nigeria if you can

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Nice video ..its been too long i m back to watch u😏

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Thank you so much Madam Hindi 🫶💙

[@bhimendrasingh8183]

Pls make more hindi related pronunciation videos

[@josephnguyen4548]

Please do one for Vietnamese too!!

[@cupcakesprinkles5545]

Beautiful video, I just wanted to add, ye sound in version exists in urdu... we have an alphabet ژ for it 😀

[@shoukatali2480]

Thank you Hadar interesting lesson I need English grammer please Love from 🇵🇰

[@truckerdaddy-akajohninqueb4793]

You're not non-native?? 👍 I can't tell. ESL teacher here

[@Reza_Audio]

could you please make a pronunciation video for" Soothes" vs "Suits" - 3rd person present tense verbs.

[@dinu7355]

i would like to see a pronunciation challenge Sinhala language(Sri Lankan English accent)

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[@RizwanAli-qy5yt]

Everything is great but ma'am can you give us some references about the explanation that you have shared with us

[@missourigirl626]

I’m here because I’m an American learning Hindi/Urdu and need to know what not to do. A video in reverse would be great 😅

[@shivapriyasaraswati7171]

Yes, a video on better pronouncing the aspirated letters घ, ध, थ, भ, etc. It took me a long time and a lot of practice to be able to pronounce them.

[@abhijeetshukla2753]

Thank you so much for thisss!!

[@ris7662]

Hello Hadar, Great lesson as always. Could you please also make a video on how american english speakers use their throat vibrations while finishing a sentence( i think it's called popcorn quality)?

[@josephnguyen4548]

You meant vocal fry?

[@ris7662]

@@josephnguyen4548Yeah, I think that's what they call it.

[@DheerajPal335]

People make common mistakes in pronunciation of Hindi and Urdu languages also. As ज, ज़

[@ahmedkhaiser5399]

I am from India speak Urdu.

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Urdu, punjabi here

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Ca

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Please, make Video for Bangladesh 🇧🇩.

[@mavz87]

Hi Hadar, I don'k know if you have done a video like this one but to spanish speakers. I would like to watch it. (and please, correct my message if I've made a mistake writing it). Hugs and kisses. 🙋‍♂️🙋‍♂️🙋‍♂️🙋‍♂️

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Hi

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Hi, maybe it went to the spam/promotion folder. if you couldn't find it you can send an email to [e-mail].

[@DheerajPal335]

With more pronunciation mistakes, we call it Indian English.

[@ulovil]

hinglish is funny )

[@sehrishfazwani5406]

I feel like Urdu speakers don't have many problems as Hindi speakers do. Hindi speakers stress so many alphabets which they are not supposed to do like they stress on T words or ED ending words or SH sound. People can easily differentiate between pronunciation of Hindi and Urdu speakers. Thanks Hadar for making this video.

[@neerajjasrotia2335]

Hey Hadar! Thanks for this informative lesson, but I don't totally agree with breaking down diphthongs. Just from my own experience. Anyway, thanks once again!!!

[@hadar.shemesh]

It’s not the case for everyone! For sure:)

[@neerajjasrotia2335]

@@hadar.shemesh You can say that again! Have. a lovely day!!!

[@sanjaydabhi3151]

It's indeed there in Hindi and other Indian languages. It's rather simplifying diphthongs.

[@franciscojose6496]

Teacher hadar now

[@shaziahaisan2072]

Does anyone corect me pronouncing the word "purple" P (h )U R P L E or P (h) U R P(h)L E

[@neerajjasrotia2335]

Let's be real! There is no aspirated /p/ in Hindi.

[@DheerajPal335]

Time = टाइम, you are pronunciating ठाइम We feel it as an other world which has no mean.

[@shivapriyasaraswati7171]

Yes, it can be difficult to distinguish between those sounds for non-native Hindi speakers. There are several letters that are so similar like that. As a Hindi student, it can be a struggle

[@thomas7726]

but drop the T is... so american! hahaha

[@leenashukla6229]

Every language has own beauti and way of talking ,alongwith language has a typical accent , if native speaker can't speak proper hindi even hindi syllable then how can hindi speaker speaks proper native English , u are not speaking hindi sound properly u r speaking in a wrong way

[@nasirmalik9430]

U r non-native? Really... what's ur native language actually??

[@Sereno44]

Hindus swear they speak perfectly ... I nobody understands them !!! Hey Hadar what about a video for the challenges of the Spanish speakers who really want to speak like you.

[@shivapriyasaraswati7171]

There are plenty of Hindus that don't even speak Hindi. What does a person's religion have to do with their pronunciation?