#bangla langblr

[literaryvein-reblogs]

A List of "Beautiful" Bengali Words & Phrases

for your next poem/story

Āguna - fire

Amader - ours; belonging; sense of community and collectivism

Ami shobai ke bhalo chai - I want everyone to be good

Āśā - hope

Bolo na janoa kichu - say something, please

Br̥ṣṭipāta - rainfall

Buddhiman - intelligent

Cā - tea

Chokh - (or cōkha) eye

Chomotkar - said when one looks at something in wonder; magnificent

Cirantana - eternal

Diganta - horizon

Ghore - home

Golpo - stories

Haashi - (or hashi) smile; laughter

Kichu na bola jay - don’t say anything

Kotha - words; speech

Moner agun - the burning fire within one’s heart; passion, desire

Mukhosh - mask

Phula - flower

Prem - (or prēma) love

Raag - anger; rage

Samprīti - harmony

Shundor - beautiful

Śubharātri - goodnight

Sources: 1 2 3 4 5 ⚜ More: Word Lists

If any of these words make their way into your next poem/story, please tag me, or send me a link. I would love to read them!

[bongboyblog]

সবাইকে দোল পূর্ণিমার শুভেচ্ছা! 🎨 Happy Dol Pūrṇimā!

Happy Holi to the rest of the subcontinent! 🎨

[matrahin]

ভূগোল [Geography]

ভূগোল (bhūgōl) – geography

উচ্চতা (ūcchōta) – altitude

খাল (khāl) – canal

বদ্বীপ (bōdīp) – delta

মরুভূমি (mōrūbhūmi) – desert

হিমবাহ (himbāhō) – glacier

উপসাগর (ūpōsāgōr) – gulf

পাহাড় (pāhāṛ) – mountain

সমভূমি (śômōbhūmi) – plain

মালভূমি (mālbhūmi) – plateau

প্রণালী (prôṇālī) – strait

উপত্যকা (ūpôtôkkā) – valley

অক্ষাংশ (ôkkhangśō) – latitude

দ্রাঘিমা (drāghimā) – longitude

গোলার্ধ (gōlārdhō) – hemisphere

উত্তর (ūttōr) – north

দক্ষিণ (dōkkhīn) – south

পূর্ব (pūrbō) – east

পশ্চিম (pōśchīm) – west

মাধ্যাহ্নিক (māddhāhnīk) – meridian

মহাসাগর (môhāśāgōr) – ocean

সমুদ্র (śōmūdrō) – sea

পুকুর (pūkūr) – pond, lake

নদী (nōdī) – river

[normalweirdoboy]

My great grandfather was so freaking coooooool

He knew English, Hindi, Urdu, Odia and possibly Arabic, along with Bangla!

And that's a big thing for someone coming from a tiny village in Midnapore (plus we're talking about pre-independent India!). It seems he'd call the wandering fakirs and beggars home, feed them, and ask them to teach him how to read and write the Arabic and Devanagari scripts. English was the then official language and Odia, I'm guessing he learned it from the locals (big Odia diaspora in western Bengal).

Never felt proud of my family like this before lmaoo

Guess I take after him heheh 😌

Edit: Oh wait, he knew some Sanskrit too!!! 'Cause he was a great fan of reading religious texts and stuff (another interest we both share lol)

[southasianlanguages]

Resource List for Learning Bengali/Bangla

Hello! Do you want to learn Bengali/Bangla but don't know where to start? Then I've got the perfect resource list for you and you can find its link below! Let me know if you have any suggestions to improve it. Here is what the resource list contains;

"Handmade" resources on certain grammar concepts for easy understanding.

Resources on learning the script.

Websites to practice reading the script.

Documents to enhance your Bengali vocabulary.

Notes on Colloquial Bengali.

Music playlists

List of podcasts/audiobooks And a compiled + organized list of websites you can use to get hold of Bengali grammar!

[a-german-learning-clown]

[banglanotebook]

Hello. I read online about Bengali kinship system having different terms for aunt, uncle, grandmother, grandfather and whatnot and being someone who grew up knowing Chinese, that kinship system reminds me a lot about our kinship system. It makes me wonder which kinship system between Chinese and Bengali do you consider more complicated to learn.

Considering I’ve had real-life experience memorizing the Bangladeshi one and absolutely no experience with the Chinese system, I can’t give you a fair assessment. I did make the post below if you want to check it out and compare. Keep in mind that Bangladeshi titles will be quite different from Indian ones, and they can also vary by region. The post I made is biased towards Bangladesh.

[honeytuesday]

there's no language as sweet as bangla. simple words coated in sunshine and steeped in affection. dripping so generously with honey, even the saddest song becomes an ode to love. if french is the language of breathless romance, then bangla is the language of bottomless devotion. the language of tenderness so deep, you can't bear to speak of it. the language of returning home and being folded into a tight hug. warm, steadfast, and as easy as breathing.

[yourlocalaphrodisian]

I'm feeling weird so I'm going to teach my extensive audience how to insult someone in Bangla! Creative really.

Let's start of with my personal favourite:

বাল ফালাইসো। (Bāl fālāiso) — "[You] Cut your pubes". Used when someone told you about something they did which you give 0 shits about.

Continuing,

তর মায়ের হেডা। ('tor māyer hæda) — "Your mom's asshole". Used when someone's pissing you off.

Next up we have:

বাজারের বেশ্যা। (Baajārer bæshshā) — "Whore [for sale]". Say this to your ex. Do it.

A bit more complicated one:

তরে বেচলে এইডার দাম হইবো? ('torε bechlε eidar ðām hoibo?) — "If I sell you will I get the price?" Used sarcastically in extremely specific situations. For example your friend told you they wants to buy something, you use this phrase to devaluate them. The cheaper the thing the better.

Now another one:

For men: কুদ্দুস (Kuddus) and for women: সকিনা (Sokina). That's it. They're named which many people associate with cringe people. Usually couples.

Alternatives to Kuddus and Sokina:

আবদুল আর মর্জিনা (Abdul and Morjina)

টুটুল আর টুকটুকি (Tutul and Tuktuki)

মাসুদ আর রুবিনা (Masud and Rubina)

জাবেদ আর জরিনা (Jabed and Jorina)

That's all I can think of bye

[comparatist]

finished the 3rd lecture of 6.1B on the essay of literature by rabindranath tagore. i have 11 lectures more to go! ☘️

i'm taking up the summer study challenge started by @myhoneststudyblr , i'm really excited as to see where this goes. my assignments are due and i'll be completing them within today and tomorrow. i've never taken a study challenge and hence really looking forward to it. i hope i can attend every prompt each day. i'll urge others to take this challenge as well, as it's super productive and the questions are too nice. please go to the tagged blog and hop on the bandwagon! ❤️🌿

since today's 12th july, here's the prompt.

What is the worst vacation you have ever been on?

a summer vacation to puri with my parents. the hotel was cheap, full of mosquitoes, food was horrible, the bed was full of bedbugs and we dropped our phone in the ocean and lost all the photos.

[alvallah]

@bongboyblog thank you for making so many wonderful Bengali posts. You’ve been a great help and your content is so useful and practical and an absolute gift for Bengali learners. Your hard work fills a learning gap for people like me!

For those studying Bengali, this blog provides daily word posts, breaks down grammatical concepts and gives examples on how to use a word or concept in Bengali. Considering Bangla doesn’t have a whole lot of reliable/easy-to-understand resources, this is a gold mine! This blog is also wonderful for people who want to learn about Bengali culture in general as well.

Note: the author is West Bengali, so students of Bangladeshi Bangla should still cross reference if they wish to speak colloquial Bangladeshi Bangla. West Bengal Bengalis do speak closer to “standard”, so this will still be very useful if you wish to better understand Bengali literature, songs and film!

[preme-pora-baron]

কিচ্ছু চাইনি আমি

আজীবন ভালোবাসা ছাড়া

আমিও তাদেরই দলে

বারবার মরে যায় যারা

সময়ের ঘষা লেগে

শিলালিপি যায় ক্ষয়ে ক্ষয়ে

আমি একা বসে থাকি

প্রেমিকের অপেক্ষা হয়ে

—Kichchu Chaini Ami, Anirban Bhattacharya, lyrics by Dipangshu Acharya

[bongboyblog]

শুভ বিজয়া!

To all my wonderful readers, I wish you a very auspicious and happy Bijôyā Dôshomi/Dussehra/Dasain/Dasara!

May the Goddess bless you with prosperity and joy!

[matrahin]

Happy International Women’s Day! Today’s Google logo has the Bengali word for woman in it: নারী

শুভ আন্তর্জাতিক নারী দিবস! আজকের গুগল লোগো-তে ‘নারী’ শব্দ-টি রয়েছে।

নারী  /nārī/ noun woman; female; wife

[normalweirdoboy]

03-10-22

Idk why but the statue of Khudiram in front of Belda station in the drizzle made me so emotional...

Here are today's Bengalis, blasting senseless sexist and colorist Bollywood music in a devotional occasion like Durga Puja, very much aware of the current economic conditions of the fcked up state and doing literally nothing for the cultural or economic advancement of the society.

And there's the statue of Khudiram, a boy my age who martyred himself to bring freedom to his people.

High time people wake up from their wasteful dreams and work their asses to achieve something. What India thinks today, Bengal thinks tomorrow. Period. Tables have turned.Can anyone please answer these questions that hit me on my train ride last afternoon?

Why was a kid of around 9 years, almost naked (except an old shorts), cleaning the train floor with a broken piece of plastic and pointing to his tummy looking at the passengers?

Why were transgender ladies, outcasted by the society that's supposed to be super intellectual, clapping and begging for money?

Why was an old man, probably older than my grandparents, singing 'hore krishno' waiting for someone to drop a few coins in his palms? Where's your religious fervour now? Isn't he praising your divinity? Where are the religious fanatics now?

The governments, both central and state,the various parties that cause riots every odd day in the cities of WB, what good has any of it done to these people? Food for thought, right? But no, all you Bengalis care about is who won the football match last night, which party will get maximum votes next elections and which pandal was the best this Durga Puja.

Blast your Bollywood music all you want, you have zero devotion anyways.

[currylangs]

resources for bangla

Free/accessible resources

wikipedia

a notebook

youtube channels (pebbles live, namaste nepal)

langblr accounts (currylangs, banglanotebook for vocab lists)

teach yourself bengali textbook https://www.dropbox.com/sh/2ks4ce8gp3lgk8p/AAAhmf2cN2-BQDpTBGPDv8Nia/TY%20Bengali?dl=0&preview=Teach+Yourself+Bengali.pdf

Paid resources

italki

mango languages

children’s books or poems (i have a collection of these, send an ask if you would like to read a story or poem scanned from the anthology)

bengali movies

How i personally use these resources:

practice writing the alphabet in a notebook, similar to character tracing notebook. I use wikipedia to check the letter shapes, and then watch a youtube video or use the book to check specifics about stroke order or word structure.