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Hindi · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "पिता" in Hindi?
pi-TAA — an unaspirated p, a short lax i, and a dental t before the long final vowel.
pitaa
A light syllable feeding a heavy one, so the beat is at the end. Both consonants are ones English aspirates by default, and that added breath is what most often makes learners' versions sound like the wrong word.
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मेरे पिता बहुत अच्छा खाना बनाते हैं।
Mere pitaa bahut achchhaa khaanaa banaate haiṁ.
My father cooks very well.
Listen: मेरे पिता बहुत अच्छा खाना बनाते हैं।
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"Mere pitaa bahut achchhaa khaanaa banaate haiṁ" uses mere and the plural banaate haiṁ as honorifics, exactly parallel to the maaṁ sentence but with masculine agreement. Comparing the two shows how the same respect pattern surfaces differently by gender.
Where English speakers slip
The medial t is the casualty: English makes it alveolar, and American English often turns an intervocalic t into a flap, which in Hindi lands near ड़. It must be a full dental stop with the tongue clearly against the teeth. Aspirating the initial p is the second habit.