Hindi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "मुझे" in Hindi?

Q: How do you pronounce मुझे in Hindi?

मुझे is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written /mʊ.dʒʱeː/. It means “me / to me.” moo-JHAY, where jh is a single breathy-voiced sound — a j released with a warm sigh, not j-plus-h.

moo-JHAY, where jh is a single breathy-voiced sound — a j released with a warm sigh, not j-plus-h.

मुझे /mʊ.dʒʱeː/

mujhe

Light then heavy: the short u syllable is compressed and the long-e syllable carries the beat. Because the aspiration adds audible duration to the second syllable, getting the breathiness right also fixes the rhythm.

Listen: मुझे

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Sound it out

mu Short उ after m, quick and lax; the weight of the word is all in the second syllable.

jhe झ is voiced and aspirated simultaneously. Start the affricate with the vocal folds already vibrating, then let breath rush out on release, and finish on a long steady e.

Hear it in a sentence

मुझे संगीत पसंद है।

Mujhe sangeet pasand hai.

I like music.

Listen: मुझे संगीत पसंद है।

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"Mujhe sangeet pasand hai" is the classic Hindi liking construction: the experiencer takes the dative mujhe rather than a nominative subject, so there is no word for "I" at all. Say sangeet with a velar nasal before the g and a long ee, and let pasand end on a dental d.

Where English speakers slip

Nearly everyone produces a plain English j here, giving "moo-jay." The missing ingredient is breathy voice, which English has nowhere in its inventory. A useful drill: say "huge" and then reverse the order of the h — get the breath flowing out during and after the j, with the voice still on.