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Jan 13th, 2005, 21:17
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Pronunciation question
I have always been confused by the pronunciation of "hay" and its forms, as in:
Dosto, Aaplogo se nivedan hain ke Sahnti barkarar rakkhe. Is that "hain" to be pronounced like English word "Rain"? Or to rhyme with "High"? English spelling can be so ambiguous, and this word pops up all the time.... |
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Jan 13th, 2005, 22:33
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Old farts, fools and lay-abouts.
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I have the linguistic skills of a housebrick,but I believe I have determined one word that covers so many different definitions and seems to be common in every city I visited.
The word being footpath. Definition : Toilet - auto / m/cycle / bicycle parking spot - shop - bedroom (undortunately for some) - warehouse - currency exchange centre - rubble storage facility. ad infinitum. Unfortunately I have yet to find the word for somewhere to walk,
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Jan 13th, 2005, 22:37
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Old farts, fools and lay-abouts.
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OOPS now I'm not even sure if footpath is Hindi Tamil Jain or whatever.
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Jan 14th, 2005, 14:20
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Lost in translation
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As if that is not enough, even a mafia leader too is called Dada
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Jan 14th, 2005, 15:00
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Today's lesson
Food -- BHOJAN
Water -- PAANI Curd --- DAHEE Rice --- CHAAWAL Well.. I wonder what's the english word for JALEBI..  .. There was a popular joke when one foreigner who has tasted jalebi once in india, went back to his homeland and searched for an indian sweet house and asked for (umm.. well he forgot the name by that time) so he described it as.. Round Round Round Round and stop. Cool name And While talking on Jalebi's, anybody who is visiting Delhi, don't forget to taste them at chandni chowk.. They are the best, and you won't find anything like that in the rest of Delhi. They are the size of a big Plate and will probably cost somewhere around Rs. 120/kg. |
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Jan 14th, 2005, 15:14
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Lost in translation
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Jalebi..yum..yum
There is a linguistic 'twist' here too. Soth Indians make fun of each otheres scripts (tamil,kannada,malayalam,telug u etc) as it appear for them as jalebi!!  |
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Jan 14th, 2005, 15:49
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back to my old ways
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Here is a useful hindi-link.... starts off by helping on the script.
http://www.omniglot.com/writing/hindi.htm |
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Jan 14th, 2005, 19:29
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Some of my favorite links
http://faculty.maxwell.syr.edu/jishnu/101/default.asp (dictionary with audio) http://www.avashy.com/hindiscripttutor.htm (great for learning devanagari) http://www.cs.colostate.edu/%7Emalaiya/hindilinks.html (many links) http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/mideast/hindi/grammar.html (some grammar, but not much of it) http://sanskrit.gde.to/hindi/dict/eng-hin.html (seems to be the best available in one file, of course with devanagari) But I couldn't find Hindi-English one file dictionary on-line.  There is also Hindi-Rus, Rus-Hindi dictionary on-line in case someone need http://biblio.india.ru/ |
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Jan 14th, 2005, 19:41
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back to my old ways
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word of the day : Patang = Kite
 Last edited by Bigzero : Jan 14th, 2005 at 19:46. Reason: added link |
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Jan 15th, 2005, 05:01
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as a noun yes maybe....
i hope the panga will end soon is almost same as i hope the tamasha will end soon but as a verb, they are very different.... "stop taking tamasha with me"...... whats that mean ??????? |
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Jan 15th, 2005, 09:31
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the problem crops up when you come across inanimate objects. which of these is to be linked with 'ki' and which with 'ka' is difficult to say. there does not seem to be any formula. my own formula is , if the noun ends in 'ee' use 'ki'. |
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Jan 15th, 2005, 10:41
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Lost in translation
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Today’s words.
Se = from (like say) Yaham se = from here Vaham se = from there Oopper se = from top Neache se = from bottom Kaham se? = from where? |
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Jan 15th, 2005, 10:53
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lol. yaham !! vaham !! kaham !! surely you mean yahan, wahan, kahan (the "-an" being pronounced with a nasal in every case) |
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Jan 15th, 2005, 10:54
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how could i say something like:
"this thread is the best!"  |
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Jan 15th, 2005, 10:55
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"ye (wala) thread sub se achha hain"
the wala is optional..... both with or without it, the line means "this thread is the best" |
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