Hindi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "हर कोई" in Hindi?

Q: How do you pronounce हर कोई in Hindi?

हर कोई is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written /ɦəɾ koː.iː/. It means “everyone.” hur KOH-ee — a soft voiced h, a quick tap, then the two-vowel hiatus of koee.

hur KOH-ee — a soft voiced h, a quick tap, then the two-vowel hiatus of koee.

हर कोई /ɦəɾ koː.iː/

har koee

One very light word followed by two heavy syllables, so the phrase rises steeply. Har is a quantifier that leans on whatever follows it, so it should not take a beat of its own even though it comes first.

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Sound it out

har Voiced ह with a bare schwa and a single flick of the tongue tip. The whole word is over in an instant.

koee Unaspirated क, a long ओ, then a long ई as a separate syllable — no consonant joins them.

Hear it in a sentence

हर कोई अपनी राय रखता है।

Har koee apnee raay rakhtaa hai.

Everyone has their own opinion.

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"Har koee apnee raay rakhtaa hai" uses apnee, the feminine reflexive possessive, to agree with raay — and the verb rakhtaa is masculine because har koee is grammatically masculine singular. Two different agreements in one clause.

Where English speakers slip

Har gets an English-style strong h and a rhotic ending, and koee gets flattened into a diphthong. All three are the standard substitutions. Voice the h lightly, tap once, and then give the two vowels of koee their own separate beats.