Customer Reviews:
 Exceeded my expectations August 9, 2008
Hindi-English Bilingual Visual Dictionary really exceeded my expectations. It's an excellent size for carrying around, every word has a picture, the pictures are great and there are tons of them. Organization is excellent. I only wish is that BVD would print Gujarati-English Bilingual Visual Dictionary.
 Excellent, but... July 3, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is my first DK Visual Dictionary. It is a great idea--it's a lot easier for me to memorize new vocabulary if I have a picture with which to associate it. Also, I'm still learning the Devanagari (Hindi) Alphabet, so the transliterations are quite helpful. However, like some of the reviewers of the Mandarin dictionary said, the pictures in this and some of the vocab are rather irrelevant. For example, western dishes and western clothing are not the most useful words to learn in Hindi. It seems that if I want to find Masala, Chapati, Sari, or Salwaar Kameez, this dictionary will not have it. It is a good series because it uses the same pictures in each book (and therefore makes it easier to learn multiple languages), but clearly with a Western language basis, Eastern languages are less relevant.
I would give it 4 stars because it is a wonderful dictionary: great pictures, a wealth of vocab (a huge variety!--from automobile parts to architecture to animals), conveniently-sized ~400 pages and can fit in my purse, grammar review and and other common words at the end. However, the lack of specific words of the culture is rather disappointing. Also, there are mostly nouns and adjectives, and not many verbs. Where is the 501 Hindi verbs when you need it?
All in all, I'm very very glad I got it :)
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