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How do you pronounce "पीना" in Hindi?
PEE-naa with an unaspirated p — the p of "spin," not of "pin" — and two full-length vowels.
peenaa
Two matched long vowels, evenly weighted. What makes learners' versions sound off is not accent placement but the English habit of shortening a word-final unstressed vowel, which here would flatten the infinitive ending.
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मैं रोज़ पानी पीता हूँ।
Maiṁ roz paanee peetaa hooṁ.
I drink water every day.
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"Maiṁ roz paanee peetaa hooṁ" puts paanee immediately before peetaa, so you get two words beginning with the same unaspirated p and long vowel — an excellent self-test for whether you are letting air escape. Roz ends in a nuqta ज़, so it is a z.
Where English speakers slip
Aspiration is the whole problem. English initial p in a stressed syllable always puffs, and that puff turns प into फ. Start from the word "spin," isolate the p, and build the Hindi word from there. The final vowel also needs its full length rather than an English-style reduction.