Hindi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "कैसे" in Hindi?

Q: How do you pronounce कैसे in Hindi?

कैसे is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written /kɛː.seː/. It means “how.” KAY-say only in rough shape — the first vowel is the long open-mid one of "bed," and the k has no puff.

KAY-say only in rough shape — the first vowel is the long open-mid one of "bed," and the k has no puff.

कैसे /kɛː.seː/

kaise

Both syllables are heavy, and the interest is in keeping their two vowels distinct rather than in accent. If you flatten both to the same sound, the word loses its shape even with perfect stress.

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Sound it out

kai Unaspirated क plus ऐ, a single long open-mid front vowel. Not the diphthong of "kite" and not the tense vowel of "cake."

se Plain s and long ए, steady and flat. Two different long front vowels in one short word, which makes it a useful contrast drill.

Hear it in a sentence

आप यह कैसे करते हैं?

Aap yeh kaise karte haiṁ?

How do you do this?

Listen: आप यह कैसे करते हैं?

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"Aap yeh kaise karte haiṁ?" places the question word before the verb rather than at the front of the clause, which is Hindi's normal position for a manner interrogative. The plural-polite karte haiṁ agrees with aap, so the nasalization on haiṁ is obligatory.

Where English speakers slip

English speakers merge ऐ and ए into a single "ay," producing "kay-say" with two identical vowels. Hindi keeps them apart: the first is lower and more open, the second higher and tenser. Exaggerate the difference in practice — say the vowel of "bet" then the vowel of Spanish "ese" — and the word starts to sound right.