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Hindi · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "मत" in Hindi?
mut — a bare schwa and a dental t, made with the tongue tip against the upper teeth.
mat
One short closed syllable. As a negative imperative particle it attaches to the verb it precedes and carries no independent accent, so it should be over almost before the listener registers it.
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Hear it in a sentence
चिंता मत कीजिए।
Chintaa mat keejiye.
Don't worry.
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"Chintaa mat keejiye" places mat directly before the polite imperative keejiye, which is where it always goes in a prohibition — naheeṁ would be wrong here. Chintaa opens with an unaspirated च and ends in a long aa.
Where English speakers slip
Saying the English word "mat" gives an alveolar t with an audible release and a fuller, longer vowel. Move the tongue tip to the teeth and let the vowel be a neutral schwa. Confusing mat with naheeṁ is a grammatical rather than phonetic error, but it is the more common one.