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Hindi · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "से" in Hindi?
say, but with the vowel held flat — no upward glide at the end.
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A heavy open syllable that nevertheless takes no phrase accent, since postpositions attach rhythmically to the noun in front. Dillee-se should feel like one word with the beat on the place name.
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मैं दिल्ली से हूँ।
Maiṁ Dillee se hooṁ.
I am from Delhi.
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"Maiṁ Dillee se hooṁ" uses se for origin, the same postposition that elsewhere means "by" or "with" — the sentence is a good anchor for its ablative sense. Dillee itself ends in a long ee that runs straight into se's long e, and native speakers do not break between them.
Where English speakers slip
Diphthongisation is the whole issue. English speakers produce "say" with a closing glide, which in Hindi makes the vowel sound unstable. Hold your tongue completely still from the onset of the vowel to its end — think Spanish "se," not English "say."