Mera nam Jeremy hai

Or, in Hindi (Devanagari script):

मेरा नाम जेरेमी हैं

Tonight was my first Hindi lesson at Sydney Uni! I decided to start learning it for when I go back later in the year.

The above text wasn't really the product of today's lesson (I had help from a friend getting the diacritics and vowels right… damn silent vowels), but we learnt 4 consonants (ka, kha, ga, gha), basic grammar, transliteration and some basic Devanagari script.

Of course, I came home and tried to write some of what I had learnt on my computer. After installing the fonts (MacOS X Install CD -> Additional Asian Fonts) and enabling the "Devanagari-QWERTY" keyboard layout, it works! Sweeeeeet.

1 Response to “Mera nam Jeremy hai”


  1. 1 Will

    Mera nam William Hai

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