क, म, ल and न
Read four consonants with their built-in a, and notice the silent final a.
Meet the letters
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i
ka. Plain k: no puff of air.
i
ma
i
la
i
na
Words to read
कमल
lotuskamal
कलम
penkalam
नमक
saltnamak
नल
water tapnalReading tips
क · ka · Plain k: no puff of air.
म · ma
ल · la
न · na
Each consonant card plays the letter with its built-in short a. At the end of a word that a is usually silent: कमल is kamal, नमक is namak, नल is nal. Count the spoken syllables: ka-mal, na-mak.
Reading practice
Letters in words
Match each sign to the same sign in its example.
Find the sound
Match the sounds to the signs. Tap a sign to check.
Read with support
Match the words to their pictures.
Read without a sound cue
Match the words to their pictures.
Sound to spelling
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Spelling to sound
Read the word. Choose its sound.
Sound to spelling
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Spelling to sound
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Build the word
Listen and build the word in typing order.
Recall the spelling
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Build the word
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Recall the spelling
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Build the word
Listen and build the word in typing order.
Recall the spelling
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Read four consonants with their built-in a, and notice the silent final a.
कमल
lotusकलम
penनमक
saltनल
water tapUse a Hindi keyboard
Use Devanagari InScript or the course tiles. Consonant comes first, then matra; halant joins consonants. Unicode normalisation accepts equivalent dotted spellings.