# Pronunciation guide · page viii

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Book: Shyama Shyam Geet
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<a id="line-1"></a>य

<a id="line-2"></a>ya as y in yes

<a id="line-3"></a>र

<a id="line-4"></a>ra as r in remember

<a id="line-5"></a>ल

<a id="line-6"></a>la as l in light

<a id="line-7"></a>व

<a id="line-8"></a>va as v in vine, as w in swan

<a id="line-9"></a>श

<a id="line-10"></a>śha as sh in shape

<a id="line-11"></a>स

<a id="line-12"></a>sa as s in sin

<a id="line-13"></a>ष

<a id="line-14"></a>ṣha as sh in show

<a id="line-15"></a>ह

<a id="line-16"></a>ha as h in hut

<a id="line-17"></a>क्ष

<a id="line-18"></a>kṣha as in freak show

<a id="line-19"></a>ज्ञ

<a id="line-20"></a>jña as in big young

<a id="line-21"></a>ड़

<a id="line-22"></a>d̤a

<a id="line-23"></a>ढ़

<a id="line-24"></a>d̤ha  
<a id="line-25"></a>There is no sign in English to represent the sounds

<a id="line-26"></a>ड़

<a id="line-27"></a>and

<a id="line-28"></a>ढ़

<a id="line-29"></a>they  
<a id="line-30"></a>have been written as d̤a and d̤ha, but the tip of the tongue quickly  
<a id="line-31"></a>flaps down.  
<a id="line-32"></a>Note - In the explanation of the couplets to simplify  
<a id="line-33"></a>the spelling of Hindi words we have used a minimum  
<a id="line-34"></a>of diacritical marks, retaining only the long mark (-) for  
<a id="line-35"></a>the long vowels and omitting the other diacritics, which  
<a id="line-36"></a>are sometimes used in rendering Hindi or Sanskrit  
<a id="line-37"></a>words into English. Some subtleties of Hindi  
<a id="line-38"></a>pronunciation, such as the difference between retroflex  
<a id="line-39"></a>and dental consonants, are therefore lost. The gain in  
<a id="line-40"></a>simplicity, however, seems to outweigh this loss.

All 1008 Hindi verses, printed Roman transliteration and published English meanings from the supplied 441-page English edition, first published October 2010. The separate 291-page Hindi edition is not silently substituted or aligned to these English meanings. Supplied edition: First English edition, October 2010. Publisher: Radha Govind Samiti, New Delhi.

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