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Bengali

brimstone

7

Any Bengali speakers here?

I just want to know a few basics and if anyone could help out, I'd appreciate it :smile:

Reply 1

Cynicism 101

11

My mother tongue is Bengali and I speak it well..
what help do you need?

Reply 2

brimstone

OP

7

o0o quick reply :smile:

Thank you.

I'd just like to know a few basic words! If you'd be able to tell me how to say the following, I'd much appreciate it :smile:

Hello, how are you?
Goodbye.
Please
Thank you.
Your food is nice.

Thanks! :smile:

Reply 3

tomm

1

Apnar songe alap kore pallo laglo - It was nice meeting you

Reply 4

Cynicism 101

11

brimstone

o0o quick reply :smile:

Thank you.

I'd just like to know a few basic words! If you'd be able to tell me how to say the following, I'd much appreciate it :smile:

Hello, how are you?
Goodbye:
Please :
Thank you.
Your food is nice.

Thanks! :smile:

nomoshkar, apni kemon achen/tumi kemon acho
Aaschi/ Aabar dekha hobe
Doya kore
Dhanyobad
Khabarta bhalo hoyeche

In respective order...

Reply 5

Mos Def

17

Depends, you want the propper spoken bengali, i.e. bangla? Or do you want sylheti, a dialect very commonly used in east london parts.

Reply 6

Mos Def

17

paranoid_IB

nomoshkar, apni kemon achen/tumi kemon acho
Aaschi/ Aabar dekha hobe
Doya kore
Dhanyobad
Khabarta bhalo hoyeche

In respective order...

I could swear thats a shanskirt word and not bangla, same with As'salaamwalaikum is arabic, but used to say hello. So depends if your speaking with a muslim or hindu bengali. A universal hello is 'Shagotom' am i right? :s-smilie:

Reply 7

Cynicism 101

11

Mos Def

I could swear thats a shanskirt word and not bangla, same with As'salaamwalaikum is arabic, but used to say hello. So depends if your speaking with a muslim or hindu bengali. A universal hello is 'Shagotom' am i right? :s-smilie:

I am hindu bengali, and i speak "pure" bengali and I'm from Calcutta, whatever that means....

And shagotom is right, but you say it, someone might smack you on the head with it. It's not common to say it. so if you see someone on the road you would say nomoshkar

Reply 8

tomm

1

I could swear thats a shanskirt word and not bangla, same with As'salaamwalaikum is arabic, but used to say hello. So depends if your speaking with a muslim or hindu bengali. A universal hello is 'Shagotom' am i right?

Nomashkar/Namaste is a Sanskrit word, but loads of Sanskrit words are used in North Indian languages, just as Latin words are used in Romantic languages, or "As'salaamwalaikum" is used in Urdu. I've never heard of "Shagotom" though; perhaps it's a less formal/more secular kind of greeting.

Reply 9

francescarella

18

if you've ever seen tim supple's "a midsummer nights dream" recently, they speak bengali (as well as sanskrit, malayalam and hindu)
its reallygood :smile:

Reply 10

Mos Def

17

paranoid_IB

I am hindu bengali, and i speak "pure" bengali and I'm from Calcutta, whatever that means....

And shagotom is right, but you say it, someone might smack you on the head with it. It's not common to say it. so if you see someone on the road you would say nomoshkar