Some More Bangla practice...

Nomaskar. Apni kaemon acchen? So everyone, I just realized my last phrases post was all in Bangla script and if you didn't know the script it would be very confusing. Thus, this post will be for them transliterated. I'm also going to break down the words for some Grammar points.

Shakkhatkar ebong shambhashon = Meeting and Greeting

• So this sentance is pretty easy, we have Shakkhatkar which means meeting. Then the word Ebong which means and. Next the word Shambhashon which means greeting.

Chorchar Jonno kicchu shobtho= Phareses to practice.

• Word order in Bengali is much different then in english. The word Chorchar means practice. Jonno which literally means for. Kicchu means some. And Shobtho means words. So in Bengali we say Practice for some words.

Here are some Everyday Common Words.

haan-yes

na-no

doya kore-please

dhonnobad-Thank you

Dhonnobad jannahorre proyjon nei.- no need for thanks (don't mention it)

Khoma Korben-excuse me

Ami Dokhita-I'm sorry

Shobho shakal-good morning

shobho shondha- good evening

Small Sample Diolouge:

Kajol:Shobo Shakal Kaki-ma. Apni kaemon acchen?

(Good Morning Aunty. How Are you?)

Kaki-ma: Ami bhalo acchi, dhonobad. Kajol, apni ki hindi bolen?

(I'm fine. Kajol do you speak hindi?)

Kajol: han kaki-ma, Ami matro olpo olpo hindi bolte pari.

(Yes Aunty, I can only speak a little Hindi)

I Hope You Enjoyed this lesson, next one comming shortly! Khoda Hafez ;)

Bengali Lesson 7

Bengali Lesson 7 : The Future tense

Bengali Future tense is fairly easy. For example with the verb kora which means to do. All you do is add either bo, be or ben. Example's

Ami korbo-I shall do
tumi korbe-you will do
se korbe-he/she will do
apni/tini korben-you/he/she will do

Extreamly easy rght? :)

Here are some examples with I:
ami dekhbo- i shall see
ami shunbo-i shall hear
ami likhbo- i shall write
ami rakhbo-i shall keep
ami khabo- i shall eat
ami hobo- i shall become
ami debo- i shall give


And now some useful/fun Bengali phrases!

আপনি কোথায় থাকেন?
(Where do you live?)
আমি খুব ব্যস্ত।
(I'm very busy)

আমি আগামী সপ্তাহ পর্যন্ত থাকব।
(Will stay till next week)
অনেক দিন আপনাকে দেখিনি।
(I haven't seen you in so long)
আপনার বাবাকে আমার নমস্কার?
(What can I do for you?)
আবার দেখা হবে।
(See you again)
কী ব্যাপার?
(what's wrong?)
আমাকে বিরক্ত করবেন না।
(Do not trouble me)
চুপ করুন!
(Shut up!)

try to read the script, i will post the transliteration soon. But try to practice reading Bengali. :)

Bengali Lesson 6

Hello Everyone! So today we are going to learn how to form negatives in Bangla. :) Its not a very big lesson, more to come soon.

Negative "to be"
ami noi- I'm not
tumi noo-you are not
se noy-he/she isn't
apni/tini non- You are not

Examples:
Ami hindu noi-I am not Hindu
tini ki hindu noy?-Isn't he Hindu?
majhi roana hote raji holona- The boatman didnt want to set out.
Ami bangla bujhina-I dont understand Bengali.

Bengali Lesson 5

Bengali Lesson 5
Hello everyone, so we already learned the possives and the pronouns. Now its time to learn the verb, "to" in the present tense and the past tense. I was going to add how to form the negative in this lesson too, but I have decided to leave it out, so it won't overwhelm, it will be in the next lesson.
Present Tense "to be"

1.Ami achi-I am
2.Tumi acho-you are (familar)
3.se ache-s/he is
4.Apni/Tini acchen- (tini is plural you are for familar and apni is polite you are)

Examples:
baba ki bari acchen? (Is father at home?)
Uni kothay acchen? (where is she/he?)
okhane amar kolom ache(my pen is there)


Past Tense "to be"
1.Ami Chillam-I was
2.Tumi Chile-you were
3.se chilo-s/he was
4.apni/tini chilen- you were (see above for explanation)

Examples:
Okhane onek lok chilo-there were lots of people there.
Ami bhalo chillam-i was good

Thats all for this lesson. Next will be negative and then followed by possieve case :)

Bengali Lesson 4

Bengali Lesson 4: Possessive Pronouns
In this lesson we will learn how to make Possessive Pronouns in Bengali. It is fairly easy and as long as you know the Pronouns, you should no problem with possessive.
1.Amar-my amader-our
2.Tomar-your (familiar) tomader-your(you/plural)
apni-your(polite) apnader-your (plural/polite)
3. er-his/her (familiar/here) eder-their
enar-his/her (polite/here) enader-their
4.or-his/her(familiar/there) order-their
5.onar-his/her(polite/there) onader-their
6.tar-his/her(familiar/elsewhere) tader-their

Some sentances to go along with the lesson:
Amar rumal niin-Take my handkerchief
ini amar ma-she is my mother
uni raniarbaba?- is he rani's father?
uni ki? -who's this?

Exercise:
Name all the personal pronouns from the first lesson.

Bengali Lesson 3

Bengali Lesson 3: This lesson is going to have phareses and basic grammar. I tried to orginally do it in the Bengali script but I do not know the keyboard yet, so Im going to translitterate it.

In Bengali (বাংলা) it is extreamly imporant to indentfy the difference between things that are near and far. ( Just like in Pashto ) I dont think Hindi/Urdu has it to this extent.

For Example:
Eta-this(here)
Ota-that (there)
seta-that (wherever else)

*In Bengali, when you make an s sound, most of the it goes along with a very light "sh" sound.

egulo-these(here)
ogulo-those (there)
segulo-those(wherever else)

Here are Some Personal Pronouns in Bengali:
Ami- I Amra-We
tumi-you(Familar/singular) tomra-you
apni-you(Polite/plural) apnara-you

*The rest as mentioned before requires to regconigize the differences between-here, there and wherever else*

Here are the rest:
e(s/he-familar/here) era(They/familar/here)
ini(s/he-plural/polite-here) eera(they/plural/polite-here)
o(h/she/familar/there) ora(they/familar/there)
uni(h/she/polite/there) oora(they/polite/there)
se(s/he/familar/elsewhere)tara(they/familar/elsewhere)
tini (s/he/polite/elsewhere)taara(they/familar/elsewhere)


*I know it seems very hard at first, but you will get used to it. just note all polites are plural and you really want to make a distinaction as not to offend anyone. Also to learn better try making flashcards. This is what helps me the most*

Now as Promised some Bengalibasic phrases:
Aapnar/Tomar naam ki?-Whats your name?
Aamar naam....-my name is...
Haan nischoy - Yes, of course.
kemon acchen?-How are you?
ami bhalo acchi -I'm fine.
bujhte pari ni - I don't understand.

Hope you enjoyed this lesson! More to come soon =)

Bengali Lesson 2-Consonants

ক ko
খ kho
গ go
ঘ gho
ঙ ngo
চ co
ছ cho
জ jo
ঝ jho
ঞ no
ত to
থ tho
দ do
ধ dho
ন no
ট To
ঠ Tho
ড Do
ঢ Dho
ণ No
প po
ফ pho
ব bo
ভ bho
ম mo
য yo
র ro
ল lo
শ sho
ষ Sho
স so
হ ho
য় jo
ড় Ro
ঢ় Rho

Bengali Lesson 1-Vowels

Bengali Lesson 1 - Vowels
For our first Lesson we are going to learn the vowels of Bengali. To learn them, try to make flashcards or practice by writting them over and over again. Enjoy :)

অ o
আ aa
ই i
ঈ ii
উ u
ঊ uu
ঋ ri
এ e
ঐ oy
ও oo
ঔ ou
ক ko
কা kaa
কি ki
কী kii
কু ku
কূ kuu
কৃ kri
কে ke
কৈ koy
কো koo
কৌ kou