What are common mistakes with भाषण की भाषा?

Delivering a speech with no rhetorical devices at all. 🇷🇺 Russian speakers: the structural frame translates point for point; what differs is the expected quantity of ornament, which Russian business speech keeps much lower.

भाषण की भाषा: rules, examples & exercises | Hindi Grammar C1

भाषण की भाषा

C1 — शैली

संबोधन, संरचना, बल — मंच से बोलना

I can structure and deliver a short formal speech

संबोधन, संरचना, बल — मंच से बोलना

Examples

— Respected guests, greetings.
— In closing, I will say only this...
— My heartfelt thanks to you all.

शैलीC1

Public Speaking

Opening, structuring and closing a speech in Hindi

Learning Goal

I can structure and deliver a short formal speech

Exam Skills:बोलनालिखना

Look at these examples. Can you spot the grammar pattern?

Respected guests, greetings.

In closing, I will say only this...

My heartfelt thanks to you all.

Pay attention to the highlighted parts. What do they have in common?

The frame

Address: देवियो और सज्जनो, आदरणीय अतिथिगण.
Thanks: मुझे यहाँ बोलने का अवसर मिला, इसके लिए धन्यवाद.
Body, signposted with सबसे पहले, दूसरी बात, अंत में.
Close: धन्यवाद, or the fuller आप सभी का हार्दिक धन्यवाद.

Devices that are expected

Repetition of a key phrase, a rhetorical question, a proverb or a couplet. A speech with none of these reads as a report rather than an address.

The couplet

Quoting a शेर or a दोहा is standard, and a speaker who cannot is at a disadvantage. One well-placed couplet does more than a paragraph of argument.

Apply this grammar in C1 course exercises

Practice Exercises

Delivering a speech with no rhetorical devices at all.

Common Error Patterns

Speech delivered with no devices

A proverb or couplet is expected, not optional decoration.

Structural signposts omitted

sabse pahle, dusri baat, ant mein carry the listener.

Respected guests, greetings.

The standard address opening.

In closing, I will say only this...

The signpost before the final point.

My heartfelt thanks to you all.

The fuller closing formula.

Practice in course

Apply this grammar in C1 course exercises

C1 Course

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Frequently asked questions

When is भाषण की भाषा used?: Repetition of a key phrase, a rhetorical question, a proverb or a couplet. A speech with none of these reads as a report rather than an address.
How is भाषण की भाषा formed?: Quoting a शेर or a दोहा is standard, and a speaker who cannot is at a disadvantage. One well-placed couplet does more than a paragraph of argument.
What are common mistakes with भाषण की भाषा?: Delivering a speech with no rhetorical devices at all. 🇷🇺 Russian speakers: the structural frame translates point for point; what differs is the expected quantity of ornament, which Russian business speech keeps much lower.

Sources

हिन्दी व्याकरण — काशी नागरी प्रचारिणी सभा, 1920
Kamta Prasad Guru's grammar, the standard prescriptive reference for Hindi morphology and syntax.
देवनागरी लिपि तथा हिंदी वर्तनी का मानकीकरण — केंद्रीय हिंदी निदेशालय, शिक्षा मंत्रालय, भारत सरकार, 1983
The Government of India standard for Devanagari spelling, followed for all written forms here.