Understand speakers’ ideas, opinions and attitudes
Identify what a Hindi speaker thinks or feels, and distinguish a stated opinion from a fact or another speaker’s view.
Exam scope and assessment notes
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Before you begin
Work on paper. Try each question before revealing help, and explain why your method works.
Quick readiness check
Which language clues help identify a speaker’s attitude?
What you will learn
- Understand speakers’ ideas, opinions and attitudes.
- Recognise how word choice expresses approval, concern or uncertainty.
- Attribute each view to the right speaker.
Listen for stance
Opinions may be signalled by words such as «मुझे लगता है» (I think), «मुझे पसंद है» (I like) or «चिंता है» (there is concern), but speakers can also show an attitude indirectly through reasons and contrast.
In a conversation, note who holds each view. One speaker’s claim is not automatically shared by the other speaker or endorsed by the narrator.
Check the strength of a view
Notice qualifiers such as «शायद» (perhaps), «कभी-कभी» (sometimes) and «अधिकतर» (mostly). They show uncertainty, frequency or scope.
Use the speaker’s reason and emotional wording together. A polite sentence may disagree without sounding hostile.
Sources for this lesson
- Cambridge IGCSE Hindi as a Second Language 0549 subject page
- 0549 syllabus for exams in 2023–2025
- 0549 syllabus update for exams in 2023–2025
- 0549 syllabus for exams in 2026 · Version 2
- 0549 syllabus update for exams in 2026
- 0549 syllabus for exams in 2027–2029 · Version 2
- 0549 syllabus update for exams in 2027–2029
Pause and explain
A speaker says «मुझे लगता है कि यह योजना उपयोगी हो सकती है». Is the speaker fully certain?
Worked example
A student says: «मुझे विज्ञान पसंद है, लेकिन प्रयोगशाला में समय कम मिलता है।» What is the attitude?
Show the worked solution
- The speaker expresses enjoyment first.
- «लेकिन» introduces a difficulty.
- The attitude is positive with a reservation.
Answer The speaker likes science but feels that laboratory time is limited.
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Script: «यह पुस्तक रोचक है, पर इसकी भाषा थोड़ी कठिन है।» Give the speaker’s positive view and reservation.
Give me a hint
Listen to both sides of «पर».
Compare my reasoning
- Identify what the speaker likes.
- Find the reservation.
- Summarise the mixed view.
The speaker finds the book interesting but its language somewhat difficult.
Look for these in your work
- Identifies positive view
- Identifies reservation
- Preserves «थोड़ी» as a qualifier
In a discussion, Kavya says the park is peaceful; Aman says the walk there is too long. Give each speaker’s view.
Give me a hint
Keep the opinions attached to their speakers.
Compare my reasoning
- Record Kavya’s evaluation.
- Record Aman’s concern.
- Avoid merging them into one opinion.
Kavya values the park’s peacefulness; Aman is concerned about the long walk.
Look for these in your work
- Attributes both views correctly
- Keeps the ideas distinct
- Adds no unsupported agreement
A speaker says a new timetable is «कभी-कभी सुविधाजनक, लेकिन हमेशा नहीं». What limitation does the qualifier reveal?
Give me a hint
Use both frequency words.
Compare my reasoning
- Notice that convenience occurs sometimes.
- Notice that it is not constant.
- State a limited rather than absolute view.
The speaker finds the timetable convenient in some situations, but not consistently.
Look for these in your work
- Uses both qualifiers
- Avoids an absolute claim
- Explains the limitation
Hear an original prompt, then review your own response
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Listening practice
A learner’s opinion · original Hindi listening practice
Two students discuss a new reading club.
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Optional spoken rehearsal · legacy 2026 route only
Answer one original Hindi question aloud, then review whether you answered the prompt and linked your ideas. This is private self-review, not an assessed speaking test. The 2027–2029 syllabus has no Speaking component.
Use about 1 minute to plan your practice response, then speak for about 30 seconds. This practice timer does not reproduce exam preparation rules.
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Review your recording
- Did I answer the question asked?
- Did I support an opinion with a relevant reason?
- Could a listener follow my key words and sentence boundaries?
Original StudyForA scripts read by browser speech synthesis are supplemental only. They are not Cambridge recordings, and voice availability, pronunciation and accent vary by device.
Common mistakes
- Treating one speaker’s opinion as everyone’s opinion
- Missing a reservation after «लेकिन»
- Ignoring a qualifier and overstating certainty
What can you explain now?
A speaker says «मुझे लगता है कि यह योजना उपयोगी हो सकती है». Is the speaker fully certain?
Compare with the explanation
No; the phrase signals an opinion and «हो सकती है» is tentative
The speaker presents a possibility, not a guaranteed result.
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