|
Lesson 1:
Let's start with some pronouns:
Bengali English Remark
Ami I 'A' pronounced as 'U' in umbrella
Tumi You singular
Tui You ''
Ap-ni You "
se He 'se' as se in section.
Am-rA We
Tom-rA You plural
To-rA You "
Ap-nA-rA You "
Ta-hA-rA They
Am-Ar My
Am-A-Der Us
Tom-Ar Your
Tom-A-Der Your
TAr Him/her
TA-Der Their
General Remark: Everywhere 'A' should be pronounced as 'U' in Umbrella.
'T' should be pronounced as T in NATAsha (try to pronounce it like a
Russian !:)) and 'o' as 'o' in oral, 'D' is more similar to 'th' in the.
Well.... Now What ??
Ki What
Ke Who
Kya-mon How 'ya' as 'a' in fast.
Kya-no why
Ko-tha-i Where
kO-khon When 'O' as 'O' in Olive or Oil.
Now learn some noun and verb to practice some exercise.
nA-m Name
bA-ri Home/House
Example:
1. What is your name ?
Tom-Ar nA-m ki?
2. My name is Arghya.
Am-Ar nA-m Arghya.
3. What is his name ?
TAr nA-m ki ? (You can replace TAr by or... remember o as in oral)
4. His name is Kunal.
or nA-m Kunal.
5. Thank you.
Dhon-no-bAD! (note that You is silent)
This is all about your first lesson. These are the basic stuffs. So
try to remember these words. Our next lesson will be on verb.
Lesson 2 :
On Verb :
I think it is better to give some example first and then we discuss the
technical points.
Examples:
1. How are you?
Tu-mi Kya-mon A-cho?
-------
2. I'm fine.
A-mi bhA-lo A-chi.
3. Where are you going ?
Tu-mi Ko-tha-i jA-cch-o ?
4. I'm going to the home.
A-mi bA-ri jA-cchi.
5. You are going home.
Tu-mi bAri jA-cch-o.
6. He is going home.
se bA-ri jA-cch-E. (E in jA-cch-E as E in Entire)
7. We are going home.
Am-rA bA-ri jA-cchi.
8. You guys are going home.
Tom-rA bA-ri jA-cch-o.
9. They are going home.
TA-rA bA-ri jA-cch-E.
So you get any analogy??
Observe that for 1st person it is jA-cch-i
for 2nd person it is jA-cch-o
for 3rd person it is jA-cch-E
More Examples:
10. I'll go home.
A-mi bA-ri jA-bo.
11. We 'll go home.
Am-rA bA-ri jA-bo.
12. You'll go home.
Tu-mi bA-ri jA-bE.
Tui bA-ri jA-bi.
Ap-ni bA-ri jA-bEn.
13. Will you go home ?
Tu-mi ki bA-ri jA-bE ?
Tui ki bA-ri jA-bi ?
Ap-ni ki bA-ri jA-bEn ?
14. He'll go home.
se bA-ri jA-bE.
15. They will go home.
TA-rA bA-ri jA-bE.
16. I will not go to home.
A-mi bA-ri jA-bo nA.
Exercises:
Translate into Bengali:
1. They will go to school.
2. Are you going to school?
3. when will you go to school?
4. Where is your school?
5. I will not go to school.
6. They are going to school.
7. He is not going to school.
8. You will go to school.
9 Will you go to school?
Examples:
17. I went there.
A-mi sE-khAn-E (there) gi-ye-chi-lum (went). ('gi' as ge in geek)
18. We went there.
Am-rA sE-khAn-E gi-ye-chilum.
19. You went there.
Tu-mi sE-khAn-E gi-ye-chi-lE.
Tui sE-khAn-E gi-ye-chi-lish.
Ap-ni sE-khAn-E gi-ye-chi-len.
20. He went there.
se sE-khAn-E gi-ye-chi-lo.
21. They went there.
TA-rA sE-khAn-E gi-ye-chi-lo.
Lesson 3On
Noun :
Bo-i : book
KhA-TA : exercise book.
Gh-Or : room ('O' as in Onion)
Cho-bi : picture
Kichu Ph-Ol: Some fruits
KO-lA: banana.
KOm-la- lebu : orange
Apel: Apple
ShO-sha : cucumber
Khe-jur : date
Kiss-miss : raisin
A-n-goor: grape (A-n-goor Ph-Ol tOk : grapes are sour)
BA-dAm : nuts
Le-bu: lemon
Tore- muj: water melon
Alu: potato
BhAT : rice.
MAch : fish
MAng-so: meat
Jho-l: curry
Dal : pulse
Ru-ti: bread
Example:
1. I'll eat rice and fish curry.
Ami MA-ch-er jho-l Ar(and) BhAt Kha-bo.
GO-rom : Hot
Than-da : Cold
Bris-ti: rain
BO-rof : snow
BO-son-to: spring
Shee-T: winter
pA-khi: bird
RAs-TA: street
JA-mA : shirt
Pya-nt: pant
Ju-To : shoe
Mo-jA : socks
HA-th: hand
PA : leg
Mu-kh : mouth
KAn: ear
NAk : nose
Cho-kh: eye
Buk : chest
Pet : belly
Chul: hair
ChAt-tro : student
Shik-khok : teacher
DOr-jA: door
JA-nA-lA : window
Jh-Or: storm
oshu-dh: medicine
KA-goj: paper
KO-lom: pen
De-bo-TA : God (Deb)
De-bi: goddess
On this home page, I'll introduce myself and talk about my reasons for wanting a web site. I might put a picture of myself
on this page...or just a picture that I especially like.
|
