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Hindi · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "पार्क" in Hindi?
paark with a dry unaspirated p, a long open aa, and a tapped r before the k.
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English speakers hear their own word and give the r as much time as the vowel, which doubles the syllable's apparent weight. In Hindi the vowel holds everything and the -rk cluster passes in an instant.
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हम हर सुबह पार्क में दौड़ते हैं।
Ham har subah paark meṁ dauṛte haiṁ.
We run in the park every morning.
Listen: हम हर सुबह पार्क में दौड़ते हैं।
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"Ham har subah paark meṁ dauṛte haiṁ" attaches meṁ to paark and uses dauṛte, which contains ड़, the retroflex flap, plus the rounded औ vowel. Har and paark both have taps, so there are three r-type sounds in the sentence with two different articulations.
Where English speakers slip
The English word supplies an aspirated p and a long rhotic. Both need replacing: build the word from the p of "spa," hold the aa clean, then tap once before the k. If you can hear the r as a separate long sound, it is too long.