Happy Independence Day!
If you're wondering wtf I'm talking about, it's Independence Day here in India today (August 15)!
On August 15, 1947, the first Brexit took place.
ohhhhhh
that reference thooooooough
sorry
*covers face*
I'm really lame
Basically, the british empire finally left India and so we commemorate today as Independence Day.
It's not something we celebrate like 4th of July with fireworks lighting up every inch of the sky and everybody getting drunk (that's how modern day TV and media have portrayed it to me so sorry if I'm a tad inaccurate). We have this big parade in New Delhi (our capital) and flags are raised everywhere at schools, colleges and different institutions while people sing the national anthem. But the main attraction is the public holiday I guess :D
Even my hell-college has given us a day of rest. (I have college on Sundays as well so it's actually a bit surprising they declared Aug 15 a holiday in the first place lmao). I got to sleep late and have a luxurious breakfast and generally just not absolutely hate everything about the universe this morning.
When I say sleep late, I mean I got up at 8:25.
I usually wake up at 6:15 on college days okay so this is BIG :D
Anyway, in the spirit of this holiday and desh-bhakti (patriotism) I'd write a post teaching you some stuff about Indian languages! Since I've recently been more fascinated than ever about languages, I'll attempt to teach you some important (and maybe even some slang *winks*) words in Hindi and Bengali (the two Indian languages I'm fluent in) for no particular reason
[NOTE: no one reads this blog so this is just a place where I can talk to hypothetical readers about things that I would like to do, like teach someone language stuffs lmao I'm so alone]
Cool Stuff in Hindi (H) and Bengali (B)
Basics
1. My name is _________
H: Mera naam _______ hai.
B: Amaar naam _________.
2. What is your name?
H: Aapka naam kya hai?
B: Apnar naam ki?
3. It was great! (if someone asks you how somethings was)
H: Bauhot achha laga!
B: Khub bhaalo laglo!
4. Where can I catch a taxi?
H: Taxi kaha milegi?
B: Taxi kothaye dhorte pabo?
5. Is it spicy?
H: Teekha hai kya?
B: Eta ki jhaal?
6. How much is this?
H: Ye kitne ka hai?
B: Er daam koto? / E gulo koto kore? (for asking individual price of something from a group)
7. I'm feeling hot.
H: Garmi ho rahi hai.
B: Gorom lagchhe.
Okay so I know pronunciation isn't particularly easy if you don't have someone actually saying the phrases, but I tried my best to capture the sound in english! English is extremely limited when it comes to writing stuff from other languages phonetically. I thought I could write the phrases phonetically in korean so that if someone knew how to read hangul, they could follow the pronunciation a bit better. But since I have to use a web-keyboard, and no one actually reads this blog anyway, why put in the unnecessary effort. (sorry I sound so pessimistic but it's true you know haha :p )
Moving on to........ *drum roll*
SLANGS (I'll explain these a little too)
(remember to never use these for anyone other than people you are super close to. Never for anyone older than you, even if you're close friends. Also, if you're really seriously mad at someone, these words are not very effective as while they may be rude, they're not as strong as real curse words which I will not teach on my blog)
1. Stupid
H: Dhakkan
(So there are a lot of things one can say obviously, but this is my favourite. The words actually means 'lid' like the lid of a container. But it's used as a slang to call someone stupid)
B: Boka
(This is very common and it just means stupid, idiotic, someone with low skills)
2. OMG!
H: Arre baap re! ('Arre' itself is a very versatile word which is used by Indians in so many situations. It doesn't actually have a meaning but is very useful in expressing your emotions :p I think there's a Buzzfeed video about it's situational usage, go check it out :p )
B: Oh ma go!/ Hey bhogoban! ( You'll hear this a lot in Bengali serials. But more than these, there is this very typical sound that Bengali women tend to make when shocked that's very characteristic. I do it too lol)
3. This is rubbish.
A: Bilkul bakwaas hai.
(Bakwaas is an absolute favourite of almost everyone. It's used to describe something that doesn't work, not up to standards, kind of lame etc. Bilkul just means 'totally' or 'completely'
B: Akdom khaja/ akdom baaje
(Khaja means useless, inexperienced, but we use it a lot like bakwaas. Baaje means 'bad' and is used a lot too. Akdom means 'totally')
I would love to keep going for a while and teach some more, but I have to go clean my room and sort out a lot of stuff unfortunately.... :(
So seeya folks for now!
And if you actually read till the end (or just scrolled down lmao you sneaky rat), here's a bonus phrase in not 2 but 3 languages!
Eng: It looks kinda weird.../ I think it's a bit weird...
Kor: 좀 이상한 것 같아.... (Chom isaang han got gat-tha)
[informal phrase]
[note: idk official romanization rules of Korean language, this is just the most natural way to pronounce it]
H: Thoda ajeeb hai...
B: Ektu odbhut lagchhe...
Okay! That's it!
I love learning and sharing languages so much yayayay :)
Alvida,
안녕,
Squish.
PS: This was really really fun to write! Maybe I'll make a series out of this and teach different phrases from the languages I know every now and then :D Because what's the point of knowing it if you don't use it. I often count in Hindi and my friends are like... why? (cz we generally count in english and they don't know the numbers in hindi despite being able to speak hindi. In these situations I'm like, I know the numbers well, so why not use them? Whenever someone asks me what the time is, I tell it to them in english and then in my head, I repeat it in Korean, just for practice.
Omg. I'm gonna make a post about how to learn languages!!!!
YES.
Awesome.
I love how my own aimless babbling in the post script got me an idea for an upcoming post.
*shakes head*
chalo byeeee
If you're wondering wtf I'm talking about, it's Independence Day here in India today (August 15)!
On August 15, 1947, the first Brexit took place.
ohhhhhh
that reference thooooooough
sorry
*covers face*
I'm really lame
Basically, the british empire finally left India and so we commemorate today as Independence Day.
It's not something we celebrate like 4th of July with fireworks lighting up every inch of the sky and everybody getting drunk (that's how modern day TV and media have portrayed it to me so sorry if I'm a tad inaccurate). We have this big parade in New Delhi (our capital) and flags are raised everywhere at schools, colleges and different institutions while people sing the national anthem. But the main attraction is the public holiday I guess :D
Even my hell-college has given us a day of rest. (I have college on Sundays as well so it's actually a bit surprising they declared Aug 15 a holiday in the first place lmao). I got to sleep late and have a luxurious breakfast and generally just not absolutely hate everything about the universe this morning.
When I say sleep late, I mean I got up at 8:25.
I usually wake up at 6:15 on college days okay so this is BIG :D
Anyway, in the spirit of this holiday and desh-bhakti (patriotism) I'd write a post teaching you some stuff about Indian languages! Since I've recently been more fascinated than ever about languages, I'll attempt to teach you some important (and maybe even some slang *winks*) words in Hindi and Bengali (the two Indian languages I'm fluent in) for no particular reason
[NOTE: no one reads this blog so this is just a place where I can talk to hypothetical readers about things that I would like to do, like teach someone language stuffs lmao I'm so alone]
Cool Stuff in Hindi (H) and Bengali (B)
Basics
1. My name is _________
H: Mera naam _______ hai.
B: Amaar naam _________.
2. What is your name?
H: Aapka naam kya hai?
B: Apnar naam ki?
3. It was great! (if someone asks you how somethings was)
H: Bauhot achha laga!
B: Khub bhaalo laglo!
4. Where can I catch a taxi?
H: Taxi kaha milegi?
B: Taxi kothaye dhorte pabo?
5. Is it spicy?
H: Teekha hai kya?
B: Eta ki jhaal?
6. How much is this?
H: Ye kitne ka hai?
B: Er daam koto? / E gulo koto kore? (for asking individual price of something from a group)
7. I'm feeling hot.
H: Garmi ho rahi hai.
B: Gorom lagchhe.
Okay so I know pronunciation isn't particularly easy if you don't have someone actually saying the phrases, but I tried my best to capture the sound in english! English is extremely limited when it comes to writing stuff from other languages phonetically. I thought I could write the phrases phonetically in korean so that if someone knew how to read hangul, they could follow the pronunciation a bit better. But since I have to use a web-keyboard, and no one actually reads this blog anyway, why put in the unnecessary effort. (sorry I sound so pessimistic but it's true you know haha :p )
Moving on to........ *drum roll*
SLANGS (I'll explain these a little too)
(remember to never use these for anyone other than people you are super close to. Never for anyone older than you, even if you're close friends. Also, if you're really seriously mad at someone, these words are not very effective as while they may be rude, they're not as strong as real curse words which I will not teach on my blog)
1. Stupid
H: Dhakkan
(So there are a lot of things one can say obviously, but this is my favourite. The words actually means 'lid' like the lid of a container. But it's used as a slang to call someone stupid)
B: Boka
(This is very common and it just means stupid, idiotic, someone with low skills)
2. OMG!
H: Arre baap re! ('Arre' itself is a very versatile word which is used by Indians in so many situations. It doesn't actually have a meaning but is very useful in expressing your emotions :p I think there's a Buzzfeed video about it's situational usage, go check it out :p )
B: Oh ma go!/ Hey bhogoban! ( You'll hear this a lot in Bengali serials. But more than these, there is this very typical sound that Bengali women tend to make when shocked that's very characteristic. I do it too lol)
3. This is rubbish.
A: Bilkul bakwaas hai.
(Bakwaas is an absolute favourite of almost everyone. It's used to describe something that doesn't work, not up to standards, kind of lame etc. Bilkul just means 'totally' or 'completely'
B: Akdom khaja/ akdom baaje
(Khaja means useless, inexperienced, but we use it a lot like bakwaas. Baaje means 'bad' and is used a lot too. Akdom means 'totally')
I would love to keep going for a while and teach some more, but I have to go clean my room and sort out a lot of stuff unfortunately.... :(
So seeya folks for now!
And if you actually read till the end (or just scrolled down lmao you sneaky rat), here's a bonus phrase in not 2 but 3 languages!
Eng: It looks kinda weird.../ I think it's a bit weird...
Kor: 좀 이상한 것 같아.... (Chom isaang han got gat-tha)
[informal phrase]
[note: idk official romanization rules of Korean language, this is just the most natural way to pronounce it]
H: Thoda ajeeb hai...
B: Ektu odbhut lagchhe...
Okay! That's it!
I love learning and sharing languages so much yayayay :)
Alvida,
안녕,
Squish.
PS: This was really really fun to write! Maybe I'll make a series out of this and teach different phrases from the languages I know every now and then :D Because what's the point of knowing it if you don't use it. I often count in Hindi and my friends are like... why? (cz we generally count in english and they don't know the numbers in hindi despite being able to speak hindi. In these situations I'm like, I know the numbers well, so why not use them? Whenever someone asks me what the time is, I tell it to them in english and then in my head, I repeat it in Korean, just for practice.
Omg. I'm gonna make a post about how to learn languages!!!!
YES.
Awesome.
I love how my own aimless babbling in the post script got me an idea for an upcoming post.
*shakes head*
chalo byeeee
