Showing posts with label Calcutta. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Calcutta. Show all posts

Friday, May 29, 2009

Some bangla trouble shooters.

Hav bn in Calcutta for an yr or so....nvr seen nethg like dis b4....al2gethr a diff flavr. Here's some insight into the day to day vocab

bangla -- Eng -- Hindi
dakchi -- call -- bulana
>dak nam -- nick name
darao -- halt -- rukna

ekhane -- --yahan
aasbo -- will come -- aa jaonga
machkhane -- middleway
mei/konna -- gal --ladki
alada -- diffrnt -- alag
bari -- home --
ghar -- room
>>balish -- pillow -- takiya
shudhu -- only u -- sirf
bhalo -- gud --badhiya
bochor -- year -- varsh
ektu -- a bit of -- thoda
boojte pari -- able to undrstand -- samajta

bheenje -- bheegna
>>bishti podchi -- its raining -- barish ho rai hai
hadiye -- lost -- kho jana
hata (hete) -- walk -- paidal chalna

bhalo bashi -- my beloved
bondhu -- friend -- dost
jonne -- for sake of -- ...ke liye
>pokhe -- in own interest --

kache -- near --kareeb
songe -- together -- saath
chelebela -- childhood --bachpan
ha-thath -- sudden
chino(i/ish) -- aware of -- jaante ho (e.g. Sonarpur cheno?..han chini)
pathiye dao -- send -- bhejo
peyechi -- receive -- mila
batasha -- air -- hawa
gulo -- a bunch of --

jodi -- if -- yadi

***** Noun *****
jinish -- thing -- cheez
boi -- book -- kitaab
para -- neighbourhood

***** Verbs*****
kinne -- buy/shop -- khareedna
jigyesh -- query -- jigyasa
raanna -- cooking
bhabchis -- think
ghoomechi -- sleeping -- sona
ghoore -- out for a stroll
bosho -- sit -- baithna
berolum -- departing --nikalta hun
dhukte -- enter
ese -- aana

***** Food & Beverages*****

kena -- buy --khareedna
jol -- water -- pani
khabar -- food --khana
maal-faal -- liquor
cha -- tea
misthi -- sweet
>>sondesh -- famous bangla sweet
>> paantua -- rasgulla/gulab jamun
doi -- curd
macher jhol -- fish curry
deem -- egg
torkari -- sabji
>>dhenros -- ladyfinger -- bhindi
noon -- salt -- namak
adha -- ginger -- adrak


Time of day:
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6am --12 noon : shokal bela
12 noon -- 4pm : dupur bela
4pm -- 6 pm : bikal bela
6pm -- 8pm : shondye bela
8pm -- midnite : ratri bela
ekhun -- as f now -- abhi
>apatoto -- for some while now

Colors
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sabuj -- green -- hara
halud -- yellow -- peela
golapi -- pink -- gulabi

to bring abt the change of tenses
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ghoomoch-chi -- so rha hai (present continuous)
ghoomechilo --

suffix:
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-ar : ka
>>3 takar : 3Rs ka
>>teamer : team ka

direction:
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baandh -- left
daand -- right
sojha -- strait
tadatadi nambun -- descend hastily -- jaldi uttro

common sentences:
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kautho khun lakbe -- how much time wud tht take
ban(/daan)dhike darao -- halt left/right
hete choli -- lets walk instead
ki khobar -- kya hal-chal hai
kauto kore -- kitne ka hai(veg market lingo)


Fruits:
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bedna -- Pomegranate --anar
kamla or neebu -- orange
kaula -- banana -- kela
sopeta -- -- cheeku
pepe -- papaya -- papeeta

Interrogative words:
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kenu -- why -- kyu
kirokom -- kaisa --

less used(mostly used in songs):
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kanna -- cry -- rona
chok -- eye -- ankh
>>choker jol -- tears -- aanso
roddur -- sunlight
jokhun-tokhun -- jab tab
jaihok -- wutevr
rakht-pindo -- heart
tarochey -- greater than
>sabchey -- greatest
dhaare -- Coast/Side -- kinara
janaber -- Vagabond -- ?
swadheenta -- Freedom -- aazadi
raamdhenu -- Rainbow -- Indradhanush
binodan -- entertainment -- manoranjan(?)

Animals:
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bidaal -- cat -- billi
kukur -- dog -- kutta

Unassorted:
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porrikkha -- exam -- pariksha
tulo -- cotton -- rui

Strike:
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dabi -- demand -- maang
michil -- agitative demonstration -- ??

Greetings:
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subhechha -- greetings -- shubh kamnayein
>shubho nabo barsho -- new yr (14th Apr)
>>poila baishakh -- first baisakh
>shobho bijoya -- Durga Puja
*Dol jatra --holi