Read ten real words from those twelve letters

Sound out house, forest, tiger and seven more, using only the letters you have just met. Every one of them comes back later in the two stories and in your first book.

≈ 1 min of reading · Practise at your own pace

What’s in this chapter

All ten words are built from the twelve consonants and the vowel marks you have just seen.
Every one of them turns up again later on this path and in the first book.
Each hint names the syllables; you supply the sound and decide about the final a.

No new letters. This is the win, and it comes before the alphabet.

Ten words the two stories are built from

Sound each word out aloud, then reveal it.

घर
gha + ra
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घरghar“house, home”
बन
ba + na
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बनban“forest”
दिन
di + na
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दिनdin“day”
नाम
nā + ma
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नामnām“name”
बाघ
bā + gha
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बाघbāgh“tiger”
रूख
rū + kha — the mark under र is a long u
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रूखrūkh“tree”
मुसा
mu + sā
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मुसाmusā“mouse”
पानी
pā + nī
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पानीpānī“water”
बाटो
bā + ṭo — the tongue curls back on the middle letter
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बाटोbāṭo“road, path”
सानो
sā + no
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सानोsāno“small”

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