Learning Bengali

Hello!


Hope you are well. This is a bit of a different post from my usual and I thought it would be quite fun for me to do. From my first ever post, I mentioned that I am Bengali by ethnicity. What people may not know is that not all Bengalis are Sylhetis and that includes me. What they may not know that a non-Sylheti is not always from Dhaka which is also me. I am from a region called Khulna. The following map will explain it all:

As you can see, the top right is Sylhet, the centre is Dhaka and the bottom left is my region called Khulna.

Anyway, I speak shuddho Bengali and I will teach you some basic Bengali stuff for fun or if you encounter someone Bengali and want to try it with them.

Greeting/Introduction

- Hello = Salam or Hello (there is no particular way of saying hello)

- Welcome = Shagotom

- How are you? = Kemon acho? (achis is very informal and achen is very formal)

- Are you okay/well? = Tumi bhalo acho? ( "  ")

- How is everyone? = Shobay kemon ache?

- I am good/well = Ami bhalo achi

- I am not good = Ami bhalo nei

- I am healthy/ill = Ami shusto asi/Ami oshusto

- My name is x = Amar naam x

- What is your name? = Tomar naam ki?

Understanding/Courtesy

- I (don't) understand = Ami bujhi (na)

- Do you understand? = Bujhte paro?

- I understand English/Bengali = Ami English/Bangla bujhi

- I don't understand English/Bengali = Ami English/Bangla bujhina

- I can speak English/Bengali = Ami English/Bangla bolte pari

- I can't speak English/Bengali = Ami English/Bangla bolte pari na

- Sorry = Maf kore dao

- Please = Doea kore

- Thank you = Dhonnobad

- Help me! = Amake shahajjo koro!

Like/Love

- I like you = Ami tomake pochondo kori

- I don't like you = Ami tomake pochondo kori na

- I love you = Ami tomake bhalo bashi

- I hate you = Ami tomake ghinna kori

- I like x = Amar x pochondo (x is anything you want to mention)

- I don't like x = Amar x pochondo na

- I love x = Ami x bhalo bashi

- I hate x = Ami x ghinna kori

Numbers

1 = Ek

2= Dui

3 = Tin

4 = Char

5 = Pach

6 = Soe

7 = Shat

8 = Aat

9 = Noe

10 = Dosh

11 = Egaro

12 = Baro

13 = Tero

14 = Choddo

15 = Ponero

16 = Sholo

17 = Shataro

18 = Atharo

19 = Unish

20 = Bish

Insults (mild)

- Evil = Shoetan

- Son of x = x- er baccha

- Dog = Kutto (female = kutti)

- Shut up = Chup

- I will break your x = Tumar x bhange dibani

Asha kori tomader ei post ta bhalo lagse. Amar duite bandhobider dhonnobad janate chai: Marjan ke ei idea deoar jonno ar Maliha, Spain theke, amake shahajjo korar jonno. More rekho prottek Budbar ar Shonibar fire ashar jonno notun post er jonni.

Translation:

I hope you enjoyed this post. I would like to thank two of my friends; Marjan for giving me this idea and Maliha from Spain for helping me. What language do you speak? Let me know below in the comments. Remember to check back every Wednesdays and Saturdays for new posts.

Take care

Yours, Nafiza