Some of the most common Hindi words, including yes, I, no and where, carry a soft hum through the nose. English has no letter for it, so learners either drop it or say a full, hard n. Dropping it can change the meaning, and a hard n sounds foreign. In this episode: • What a nasal vowel is • The two marks: chandrabindu and anusvara • Where words and here words • Hai and hain: the plural hum • A scene at home • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key Hindi from this episode: हाँ (haan) = yes. मैं (main) = I. नहीं (nahin) = no, not. हूँ (hoon) = am. मैं घर पर हूँ (main ghar par hoon) = I am at home. हिंदी (Hindi) = the Hindi language. ठंडा (thanda) = cold. अंदर (andar) = inside. कंबल (kambal) = blanket, where the dot sounds like m before b. कहाँ (kahaan) = where. यहाँ (yahaan) = here. वहाँ (vahaan) = there. चाबी कहाँ है? (chaabi kahaan hai?) = where is the key? यहाँ है (yahaan hai) = it's here. वहाँ रखो (vahaan rakho) = put it there. कहा (kaha) = said. उसने क्या कहा? (usne kya kaha?) = what did he say? वह कहाँ है? (vah kahaan hai?) = where is he? बच्चा सो रहा है (bachcha so raha hai) = the child is sleeping. बच्चे सो रहे हैं (bachche so rahe hain) = the children are sleeping. आप कहाँ हैं? (aap kahaan hain?) = where are you? दादी आ रही हैं (Dadi aa rahi hain) = Grandma is coming. Season 3 · Spoken Hindi at Home: the complete self-study course for English speakers. Every Hindi item is given in Devanagari, Hinglish and English. Take the 52-question quiz after listening. Audio voiced with AI from an original script by Dr. Rashmi R Nair.