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Hindi · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "पता" in Hindi?
puh-TAA — an unaspirated p, a schwa, and a dental t before the long ending.
pataa
A bare schwa run-up into a long vowel, so the word tips firmly backwards. Both consonants sit in positions where English adds aspiration automatically, and suppressing it is what keeps the first syllable genuinely light.
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मुझे पता नहीं।
Mujhe pataa naheeṁ.
I don't know.
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"Mujhe pataa naheeṁ" drops the copula entirely, which is normal for this fixed negative expression. Pataa functions as a noun here — knowledge — with the dative mujhe as the one who lacks it, so there is no verb "to know" involved.
Where English speakers slip
In American English an intervocalic t becomes a flap, so "puh-TAH" comes out with a d-like tap that in Hindi lands near ड़. It must be a full dental stop with the tongue clearly against the teeth. Aspirating the p is the other reflex to suppress.