Hindi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "आना" in Hindi?

Q: How do you pronounce आना in Hindi?

आना is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written /aː.naː/. It means “to come.” AA-naa — two long open vowels with a single dental n between them, and no consonant at the start.

AA-naa — two long open vowels with a single dental n between them, and no consonant at the start.

आना /aː.naː/

aanaa

This is about as evenly balanced as a Hindi word gets: two heavy open syllables of the same shape. Any perceived accent should come from the sentence, not from within the word.

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Sound it out

aa A word-initial long आ. Begin the voicing smoothly rather than with the glottal stop English uses before initial vowels.

naa Tongue tip against the upper teeth, then the second long aa; both vowels have identical quality and length.

Hear it in a sentence

क्या आप हमारे साथ आ रहे हैं?

Kyaa aap hamaare saath aa rahe haiṁ?

Are you coming with us?

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"Kyaa aap hamaare saath aa rahe haiṁ?" reduces the verb to the bare stem aa before the progressive rahe, so the infinitive ending disappears entirely. Hamaare is oblique before saath, and the run aap hamaare saath aa gives you four long aa vowels in a row.

Where English speakers slip

The classic error is starting the word with a hard glottal catch and then reducing the second vowel: "AH-nuh." Hindi wants a smooth onset and two equally long vowels. Keep the n dental as well — an alveolar n makes the word sound slightly retracted and mushy.