📖 Alphabet & Sounds · Beginner · Lesson 01

The English Alphabet & Sounds — Starting From Zero

_me_hindi_subtitle: Bilkul shuruaat se — A se Z tak
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Beginner
3 practice questions

1 Foundations A–Z, Sound by Sound Tap any letter to flip it and see its real sound, not its name — “B” is not “bee”, it’s the sound “buh”. Tap the speaker icon to hear it read aloud. All 26 Vowels (5) Consonants (21) Atap “a” / “ay”ए / ऐapple, cake Btap “buh”बहball Ctap “kuh” […]

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A–Z, Sound by Sound

Tap any letter to flip it and see its real sound, not its name — “B” is not “bee”, it’s the sound “buh”. Tap the speaker icon to hear it read aloud.



Atap
“a” / “ay”ए / ऐapple, cake

Btap
“buh”बहball

Ctap
“kuh” / “suh”कह / सहcat, city

Dtap
“duh”डहdog

Etap
“eh” / “ee”ए / ईegg, be

Ftap
“fuh”फ़हfan

Gtap
“guh” / “juh”गह / जहgo, gem

Htap
“huh”हहhat

Itap
“ih” / “eye”इ / आईsit, hi

Jtap
“juh”जहjam

Ktap
“kuh”कहkite

Ltap
“luh”लहlion

Mtap
“muh”महman

Ntap
“nuh”नहnose

Otap
“oh” / “ah”ओ / अgo, hot

Ptap
“puh”पहpen

Qtap
“kwuh”क्वहqueen

Rtap
“ruh”रहrun

Stap
“suh”सहsun

Ttap
“tuh”टहtop

Utap
“uh” / “you”अ / यूcup, use

Vtap
“vuh” (teeth+lip)वहvan

Wtap
“wuh” (round lips)वहwet

Xtap
“ks”क्सbox

Ytap
“yuh”यहyes

Ztap
“zuh”ज़हzoo

One Letter, Three Sounds

English has 5 vowel letters but around 20 vowel sounds. The letter “a” alone changes completely depending on the word. Tap each card to see how.

cat
Short “a” — mouth stays flat and open.Hindi mein iske jaisa koi letter nahi, sirf sound hai

car
Long “aa” — mouth opens wider and holds longer.Yahi “a” ab “aa” ban jaata hai

cake
“ay” sound — the silent “e” at the end changes everything before it.Silent “e” ki wajah se “a” ab “ay” bolta hai

Sounds Hindi Doesn’t Have

These three cause 90% of pronunciation mistakes for Hindi speakers — because the sound genuinely doesn’t exist in Hindi. Tap to expand each.

“TH” — two different sounds, not one

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“Think” and “this” use different tongue positions. In “think”, the tongue lightly touches the top teeth with a soft breathy sound. In “this”, it’s the same position but with voice added.
“Think” mein tongue teeth ko halka touch karti hai, “this” mein wahi position par awaaz (voice) add hoti hai.

“V” vs “W” — the most common mixup

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“V” (vase, van) — top teeth touch the bottom lip. “W” (wine, wet) — lips round like blowing out a candle, teeth don’t touch anything.
“V” mein upar ke daant neeche wale hont ko chhoote hain. “W” mein hont gol hote hain, daant kahin nahi lagte.

Silent letters — written but never spoken

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“Know” — the “k” is silent. “Write” — the “w” is silent. “Comb” — the “b” is silent. A small, fixed list covers almost every common word.
“Know” mein “k” nahi bolte, “write” mein “w” nahi bolte, “comb” mein “b” nahi bolte.

Practice Out Loud

Read each word aloud using what you just learned. Tap the word once you’ve said it to reveal how it should sound, or tap the speaker to hear it.

comb
कोम — silent b
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very
वेरी — teeth+lip v
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wine
वाइन — round lips w
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think
थिंक — soft th
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this
दिस — voiced th
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know
नो — silent k
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cake
केक — long a
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cat
कैट — short a
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write
राइट — silent w
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view
व्यू — teeth+lip v
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The mistake almost every beginner makes

Reading letter by letter instead of hearing the whole sound

“Comb” is not “com-b” — it’s “kohm”. Fix this early, before it becomes a habit that’s hard to unlearn later.

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Hindi Transcript

ज़्यादातर लोग हर letter बोलने की कोशिश करते हैं, जबकि पूरा word एक साथ एक sound की तरह बोला जाता है। इस lesson में हमने सीखा — हर letter की एक असली sound होती है (नाम नहीं), कुछ vowel letters teen-teen sounds बनाते हैं, “TH”, “V/W” aur silent letters Hindi mein exist nahi karte, aur inhe theek se bolna practice se aata hai, na ki spelling padh kar.

Quick Check

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1. Which letter is silent in “write”?


2. In “cake”, the silent “e” makes the “a” sound like:


3. For the “W” sound, what do your teeth do?


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