Learn to read ग (ga) म(ma) भ(bha) न (na)

To start learning to read Marathi characters, Let us first do Ganesh Pooja  by  saying and remembering following words

श्री गणेशाय नम: ।
 
The first characters we should learn to read are

ग (ga), म(ma), भ(bha) and  न (na).

This tradition might have come due to similarity in these character shapes and starting character representing

गणेश (gaNesha), the idol of intelligence.
 ग, म, भ, न
Compare these four characters. You will find progressive change in shape from ga to na
Try to remember both shape and pronunciation together.

Now search these characters from following words

गणेश gaNesh मराठी maraThI भजन bhajan नमन naman
नभ nabha, मन man,
Let us see how the vowels are pronunced.
अ आ इ ई उ ऊ ए ऐ ओ औ अं अः 

See how these characters change when combined with different vowels

ग ga गा gaa
गि gi गी gii
गु gu गू guu
गे ge गैgai
गो go गौ gau
गं gaM गः gaH

 Once you can read all variations of character with pronunciations like
ग  गा  गि  गी   गु  गू  गे  गै  गो  गौ  गं   गः

you can easily recognise and pronunce variations of all characters

म  मा  मि  मी  मु  मू  मे  मै  मो  मौ  मं  मः


भ  भा  भि  भी  भु  भू  भे  भै  भो  भौ  भं भः



न  ना  नि  नी  नु   नू   ने   नै   नो  नौ  नं  नः