semipolyglot asked: I cannot, for the life of me, figure out how to type the कृपया in "kripaya". What is the letter that is conjoined with 'ka' to make it? I love these lessons! Thank you so much for posting them!

नमस्ते namaste and thanks for the question! So how do we type the Hindi word for please, कृपया kripayaa, using our Hindi keyboard? 

Well firstly make sure you have a Hindi keyboard installed! For more info on this head over to Lesson #10. So then the next problem is this little ‘flick’ you mention that we have under the क ka. Just what is it?

Learning a language is never easy, so don’t worry we all come across our own personal problems and difficulties! 

Rest assured I’m here to help! The flick under the क ka is actually the symbol for a vowel, and that vowel is ऋ ri. We learnt all about this vowel right at the start in Lesson #7 so be sure to hear over there to learn more about it! When typing in Hindi we add this vowel symbol to a consonant by typing ‘=’, and we get the vowel itself by typing ‘+’.

So altogether you simply type ‘k=h/e’ to give you कृपया kripayaa - Please. Does that help you? Be sure to ask if you have any more questions! 

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