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Hindi · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "में" in Hindi?
A nasalized long e — like humming "meh" with the air coming out of your nose as well.
meṁ
Heavy by vowel length and nasality, unstressed by function. Say Bhaarat-meṁ as one unit; the noun keeps the beat and the postposition trails off it without its own accent.
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मैं भारत में रहता हूँ।
Maiṁ Bhaarat meṁ rehtaa hooṁ.
I live in India.
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"Maiṁ Bhaarat meṁ rehtaa hooṁ" has three nasalized vowels — maiṁ, meṁ, hooṁ — on three different vowel qualities, which makes it an unusually good drill sentence for nasalization alone. Rehtaa agrees masculine with the speaker.
Where English speakers slip
The usual damage is a full n or ng consonant at the end, giving "main" or "meng." Hindi asks only for a lowered soft palate during the vowel. A second, subtler error is shortening the vowel; meṁ is long, and clipping it makes it collide with other short function words.