Short Questions

[Jesus Bhai]

Yep. Bakwaas is like saying "nonsense"

On the subject of nonsense... Here's some vocabulary!

Pagal (mad/crazy)
Bewakoof (fool/idiot)
Gadha (donkey)
Uloo da patta (son of an owl, like saying idiot or fool)

I can give you further lessons if you want, but they'd have to be through private messages, or like I said, I'd get banned

As for your question:

How are you: Kya haal hai?
What's up: (this is something i always say) kya khabar hai aaj? (what's the news of the day?)

[Saim]

I think swearing is allowed on Unilang? I'm sure I've seen some f-bombs dropped on this site with no repercussions. Just don't abuse any particular person and you should be fine, I think.

[charlie_issac]

Hello...........

Kya hal hai? Jesus Bhai......m I r8? Yesterday I asked "Kya Hal Hai?" to one of my Indian friend..He really get shocked to hear this and replied "sb thk hai" and asked me where you had learned this?

But Jesus bhai I am unable to pronounce it properly. What should I do?

Hey Jesus where is Meera ji How is she? Kya haal hai? Sorry if I am wrong........

[Jesus Bhai]

@saim
oye kithe gayab ho gayi tusi yaar? kithe kithe gum rahe ho ajj kal?

@charlie
Main bilkul theek hoon, aap kaise hai bhai? if you're having trouble with the pronounciation, find some friends to help you out. They'll be really happy to help I'm sure. Not sure where Meera ji has gone off to. Maybe Saim paaji will stick around and help out

[Meera]

Hello...........

Kya hal hai? Jesus Bhai......m I r8? Yesterday I asked "Kya Hal Hai?" to one of my Indian friend..He really get shocked to hear this and replied "sb thk hai" and asked me where you had learned this?

But Jesus bhai I am unable to pronounce it properly. What should I do?

Hey Jesus where is Meera ji How is she? Kya haal hai? Sorry if I am wrong........

main yahaan hoon aur main theek hoon charlie ji. aur aap kaise hain ji?

[Saim]

शयाद विकिपीडिया मदद करें ।

Maybe Wikipedia will help.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindi-Urdu_phonology

[charlie_issac]

Hello Mira ji and Jesus Bhai.......
I think Speaking with native Hindi speakers will help me a lot to catch the correct accent and will increase my vocabulary and modes of expression...Suggest some entertaining games which involves using Hindi so that I can learn new words through it .

[Jesus Bhai]

Hey hey Charlie Saab. Well if you're into Indian music, one game you could try is called 'Antakshari'

It's a musical game, the rules of which are better explained by:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antakshari

This game is a lot of fun. Give it a try sometime.

[jiback7]

How do you say these words in hindi?:

confusing
famous
fun
jealous
last
same
troublesome
nervous
cute
scared

धन्यवाद

[TeneReef]

Hi, could someone compare Hindi and Bangla?
Which one is easier?
Shukriya

[Meera]

Hi, could someone compare Hindi and Bangla?
Which one is easier?
Shukriya

Hmm I would say Hindi is easier, but it depends on what you find hard. Bangla has no gender but more cases and a harder writing system. Also Bengali doesn't have as many resources as Hindi. I think that Hindi is easier to pronounce. I think you should do the one you like better though.

[TeneReef]

I like the Bengali script more, it seems more elegant and less clustered.
I like the sounds of both languages tho'.

[Bijlee]

I like the Bengali script more, it seems more elegant and less clustered.

Not exactly my thoughts haha. But I do think it is very pretty.

I think Hindi is just a notch easier. I second what Meera said. Bengali, grammatically, is a bit more.... complex, but at least there is no genders. Bengali has more cases, and harder personal pronouns(at least I think so). Phonetically, I think Bengali is a bit harder too. Not much so, mind you.

Just do a little research and dabbling and pick your favorite( or pick both? )!
Which ever one you like most will seem easier. I don't think neither of them are particularly daunting languages. They are both very useful and fun too

[Meera]

Yeah TeneReef, I have to agree with bijlee, pick the one you want. Both have a lot of speakers so you cant go wrong with either. Some things that are difficult for us might not be as difficult for you. Since you speak Croatian, you might not find the cases in Bengali that daunting as Bijlee and i do. I just think you have to try out both and see which one feels right for you. Or do both

[Cycol]

So how do you make the ergative constructions?

[Cycol]

So how do you make the ergative constructions?

I mean 'ne' added to the noun.
how do you use it in Hindi?

[Meera]

So how do you make the ergative constructions?

I'm nota linguist so I don't know if I can use the right terms to describe this. But for me, I think of it as a "special" past tense. For example if you said, "the boy wrote one letter" in Hindi you would say, "लड़के ने एक चिट्ठी लिखी". The "ने" part tells us the boy is the one who did the action. I want to say it's the object marker but I'm not sure if that's accurate.

[Satsuma]

So how do you make the ergative constructions?

I mean 'ne' added to the noun.
how do you use it in Hindi?

I didn't quite understand the usage of ने, so I figured this might be a good opportunity to read up on it... helping you understand it will help me to understand it. From what I've read, ने is used in sentences with a transitive verb in the perfective tense (tense, aspect, whatevs, you know what I mean). It is inserted after the subject of the sentence, but since this is an ergative marker, the verb agrees with the object of the sentence. So it'd be हम लिखे we wrote compared to हमने चिट्ठी लिखी we wrote a letter. लिखना agrees with हम (masculine plural) in the first sentence because it is intransitive, and it agrees with चिट्ठी (feminine singular) in the second because it is transitive.

Note that like the postpositions (से etc.) and का, nouns are in the oblique case when followed by ने. Pronouns are a bit odd here, though. Personal pronouns remain unchanged, except for यह and वह, which take their oblique forms (so इसने and उसने), and ये and वे, which become इन्होंने and उन्होंने.

EDIT: Meera beat me to it! Funny how we both used लिखना... TY Hindi anyone?

[Meera]

EDIT: Meera beat me to it! Funny how we both used लिखना... TY Hindi anyone?

Yeah I remembered that sentence from TY when explaining it also I think maybe because it's the simplest example to use


And Satsuma you should come in the Hindi forum and practice with us more

[Cycol]

So how do you make the ergative constructions?

I mean 'ne' added to the noun.
how do you use it in Hindi?

I didn't quite understand the usage of ने, so I figured this might be a good opportunity to read up on it... helping you understand it will help me to understand it. From what I've read, ने is used in sentences with a transitive verb in the perfective tense (tense, aspect, whatevs, you know what I mean). It is inserted after the subject of the sentence, but since this is an ergative marker, the verb agrees with the object of the sentence. So it'd be हम लिखे we wrote compared to हमने चिट्ठी लिखी we wrote a letter. लिखना agrees with हम (masculine plural) in the first sentence because it is intransitive, and it agrees with चिट्ठी (feminine singular) in the second because it is transitive.

Note that like the postpositions (से etc.) and का, nouns are in the oblique case when followed by ने. Pronouns are a bit odd here, though. Personal pronouns remain unchanged, except for यह and वह, which take their oblique forms (so इसने and उसने), and ये and वे, which become इन्होंने and उन्होंने.

EDIT: Meera beat me to it! Funny how we both used लिखना... TY Hindi anyone?

Hmm... I see...
I had problem with it, because my textbook didn't explain it clearly.