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Nov 4th, 2003, 11:37 Lord of Kalinjar
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Yes, and yes.
Unlike the South, sometimes you need to know how to ask where things are, usng the "100 words" that will get you by in any local language. But you'll be fine without Hindi, too, just takes awhile sometimes.
Unlike the South, sometimes you need to know how to ask where things are, usng the "100 words" that will get you by in any local language. But you'll be fine without Hindi, too, just takes awhile sometimes.
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It helps to hook up with an Indian girl shortly after you land and have her travel with you. Mumbai is a good place to meet one followed by Goa. Make your intentions clear from the start or getting rid of her can be a major hassle.
Bill
Bill
Too Many Gandus, Too Few Bullets.
I would recommend the Lonely Planet Hindi/Urdu phrasebook. I have purchased it online and it should get u by if u have any problems. I used their phrasebook when l first came to China and its been an invaluable resource
The first one is OK. You should note that there are different ways of pronouncing the ai-diphthong depending on the origin of the speaker. How do you pronounce your name? Are the a and the i spoken as two individual syllables? In that case it would have a different transcription.
If I am using difficult words you can always look them up!
If I am using difficult words you can always look them up!
Hindi Translation
Hello,
I would like to ask for your help. I need to know how the name GLAIZA written in Hindi. Can you help me with this?
I actually tried searching the net for the translation, but I'm getting two different translations. I just want to ask, what is the difference between "ज ” and “झ"? In some article ज = Z while झ = J, but for some it is the opposite. That's why the name GLAIZA have different translations in that part.
So which one is correct:
ग्लैज़ा or ग्लैझ
I would like to ask for your help. I need to know how the name GLAIZA written in Hindi. Can you help me with this?
I actually tried searching the net for the translation, but I'm getting two different translations. I just want to ask, what is the difference between "ज ” and “झ"? In some article ज = Z while झ = J, but for some it is the opposite. That's why the name GLAIZA have different translations in that part.
So which one is correct:
ग्लैज़ा or ग्लैझ
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ज is both ja and za, which are not differentiated by most speakers of Hindi, though they are differentiated in Urdu, and a lot of Hindi words are from Urdu. In a Hindi-Urdu class I was taught that the dot under it makes it za for words that have a z sound in Urdu, and without the dot under it's ja. I do see this convention followed in phrasebooks and dictionaries, but when I have asked Indian friends who read Hindi, most of them have never heard of it.“झ" is jha, and probably irrelevant to your word "Glaiza."
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Probably ग्लैज़ा but I don't know you want "Glaiza" to be pronounced. ग्लैज़ा gives two syllables, not three.
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What I was asking was whether your name is pronounced gly-za (two syllables) or gla-i-za (three syllables). Well, now I know. As for how the second version is pronounced - if you are neither a native-speaker nor a trained phonetician, then forget it. You will have to get used to people pronouncing your name glaija as the z-sound isn't really native to Hindi and only occurs in words of Persian, Portuguese or English origin.@NonIndianResident
This "dot" was introduced about a century ago and still hasn't become universal.
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I explained this above and you "liked" it. I repeat: झ = Jh and ज = j or z, which are not differentiated by most speakers of Hindi.How could we know why some other unnamed site that you looked at interchanges two letters that are different in Hindi, jh and j? Your language and English probably do not differentiate j and jh, but Hindi does.
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