Sounds learned early in a course fade quietly. You may now know hundreds of phrases but still say kam when you mean kaam, or flatten every t into an English t. This review walks back through the whole sound and script section, Episodes 170 to 181, in one sitting. In this episode: • Vowels and nasal sounds • Breathy sounds • Hard and soft t and d, and the flaps • Other sounds and the silent a • Melody, hinglish and devanagari • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key Hindi from this episode: कम (kam) = less, काम (kaam) = work. दिन (din) = day, दीन (deen) = poor, humble. बल (bal) = strength, बाल (baal) = hair. पल (pal) = moment, फल (phal) = fruit. बात (baat) = matter, talk, भात (bhaat) = cooked rice. तक (tak) = until, थक (thak) = get tired, as in मैं थक गया (main thak gaya) = I'm tired. 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.