Practicing the Letter t

See if you can pronounce the Hindi words below that contain the letter ta, "ta." With the words below, you'll also get to practice another concept you've learned: conjuncts.

taaraa
gaat
mt
raastaa
aatmaa

The last two words contain conjunct letters that involve ta, "ta." The first conjunct is st, "st," is simply a combination of the letters, sa, "sa," and ta, "ta." Likewise, tm, "tm," is a combination of the letters, ta, "ta, " and ma, "ma."

In both of these cases, the formation of the conjunct is straightword: the first letter's vertical bar is removed, and the remaining letter is joined to the second letter. The conjunct they form has no, "a" sound between the consonant sounds made by the original letters.

Study the last word to review the difference between aa, "aa," and a, "a."