Hindi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "सोचना" in Hindi?

Q: How do you pronounce सोचना in Hindi?

सोचना is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written /soːtʃ.naː/. It means “to think.” SOHCH-naa with a pure long o and a dry, unaspirated ch — no air escapes after the affricate.

SOHCH-naa with a pure long o and a dry, unaspirated ch — no air escapes after the affricate.

सोचना /soːtʃ.naː/

sochnaa

Two heavy syllables, one closed by an affricate and one open with a long vowel. The absence of aspiration keeps the junction tight, which makes this word feel quicker than rakhnaa or poochhnaa despite having the same syllable count.

Listen: सोचना

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Sound it out

so s and a long ओ held motionless; the English "so" glides upward at the end and this must not.

ch Unaspirated च closing the syllable, made a little further forward than English ch. Compare it with the aspirated छ of poochhnaa.

naa Dental n into a full-length aa, arriving with no gap after the affricate.

Hear it in a sentence

आप इसके बारे में क्या सोचते हैं?

Aap iske baare meṁ kyaa sochte haiṁ?

What do you think about it?

Listen: आप इसके बारे में क्या सोचते हैं?

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"Aap iske baare meṁ kyaa sochte haiṁ?" uses the postpositional phrase iske baare meṁ for "about it," with iske oblique before baare. The habitual sochte and the plural haiṁ agree with aap, so the nasalization at the end is obligatory.

Where English speakers slip

English ch comes with a small built-in puff, which nudges च toward छ. It is subtle but real, and native listeners hear it. The other issue is the vowel: an English speaker's "soh" ends in lip movement, so freeze the lips and hold one position through the whole vowel.