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Hindi · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "बस" in Hindi?
bus — a plain voiced b and a bare schwa, closed by s. Very short.
bas
Because the same string also works as an adverb meaning "enough," context rather than duration separates the two — there is nothing to lengthen for clarity. The word is brief in every sense.
Listen: बस
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Hear it in a sentence
अगली बस कब आएगी?
Aglee bas kab aaegee?
When does the next bus come?
Listen: अगली बस कब आएगी?
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"Aglee bas kab aaegee?" makes aglee and aaegee feminine to agree with bas, which Hindi treats as a feminine loanword. Aaegee has three vowels in a row with only a glide between them, so the verb is phonetically the most demanding part.
Where English speakers slip
The vowel gets opened toward English "bahs" or "boss." It should be as neutral as the one in "bus." Adding breathiness to the b is the other risk, and it would move the word into the भ series — worth avoiding even though no minimal pair is at stake.