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Hindi · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "पसंद" in Hindi?
puh-SUND with two schwas, an unaspirated p, and a dental d at the end that is barely released.
pasand
Neither vowel is long, so the word is light throughout; the second syllable is heavy only by position, thanks to its consonant cluster. Compared with the long-vowelled words around it in a sentence, pasand should sound compact and quick.
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Hear it in a sentence
मुझे यह जगह पसंद है।
Mujhe yeh jagah pasand hai.
I like this place.
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"Mujhe yeh jagah pasand hai" builds the liking construction with a dative experiencer and jagah as the grammatical subject, which is why the verb is hai and not any form agreeing with "I." Jagah ends in a soft voiced h that often barely surfaces.
Where English speakers slip
The final -nd cluster is where it goes wrong: English speakers make both consonants alveolar and release the d audibly. In Hindi both are dental, so the tongue tip is on the teeth for the whole cluster, and the release is quiet. Aspirating the initial p is the other habit to suppress.