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Hindi · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "अभी तक" in Hindi?
uh-BHEE tuck — breathy bh in the first word, and a dental t in the second.
abhee tak
The phrase peaks on -bhee, which is the only long vowel in it; tak is entirely light and functions as a tag on the end. English speakers tend to stress tak because it comes last, which reverses the natural shape.
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Hear it in a sentence
मैंने अभी तक खाना खत्म नहीं किया।
Maiṁne abhee tak khaanaa khatm naheeṁ kiyaa.
I haven't finished eating yet.
Listen: मैंने अभी तक खाना खत्म नहीं किया।
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"Maiṁne abhee tak khaanaa khatm naheeṁ kiyaa" combines the phrase with a negated perfective, so it means "not yet." The ergative maiṁne is required because kiyaa is a perfective transitive, and khatm's -tm cluster compresses in the middle of the sentence.
Where English speakers slip
Two familiar failures: a plain b instead of the breathy भ, and an aspirated alveolar t in tak. English gives you exactly the wrong distribution of breath — none where Hindi wants it, plenty where Hindi wants none. Swap them consciously.