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Letters S, N , M , K and R
This is the Hindi letter S as in Surf
and this is the letter N as in NuN.
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If we join them together we get the word , can you guess what it might be ?
Yes it is Sun !!
Lets look at more letters.
This is the letter K as in stucK-note all Hindi letters have a line on top and only the short sound is pronounced .
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The next two letters are M and N.

M as in MuM

N as in NuN
To make a word we just join the letters together again so that the top line becomes continuous for eg mn (mind)
Now look at these four letters again 
S

K

M

N
Sit back visualise these in your mind and say them aloud.
.....S ,......
.....K , ........
....M. , ......and ...
......N
Now for a real tough test to see if you can read your first word in Hindi
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(nmk--pronounced as namuk -salt)
If you got it right -well done . Award yourself a brownie point. Now learn another letter making the R sound as in Rum.
Lets read another word - to do - kr -
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Remember the five letters we have learntS
K
...M
..N
.. and R
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Visualise all five again
...S, ....
.....K , ........
....M. , .....
......N ....and R.... 
Whats this word -die -
.. yes it mr (murr) .and this one ?
.....rm (Rum) and this is
....rn (Run)
Now see if you can read your first sentence in Hindi

...nmk km kr (namak kam kar) --- salt less do i.e. make it less salty!
Well done.
As a test see if you can match the follwoing words Sir , Run , Rum , Rusk , Musk ,. 1 point for each correct answer.
Answers Rusk .... Run... Sir .... Musk ... Rum
Many readers have pointed out that in the words in this lesson eg Sun the letter S is only half pronounced and should be written in its half form 
That is true and we will introduce half letters in a future lesson. In the meantime for the time being just revise the above lesson as it is written. You have come to the end of Lesson 1 . Go over it again and again .Next week we introduce the vowels in Lesson 2.............Home Page.....................LAST PAGE