#bengali 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!

[notetaeker]

Knowing 5 languages with mediocre skill is not enough I need to be rlly bad at a 6th one

[bongboyblog]

সবাইকে দোল পূর্ণিমার শুভেচ্ছা! 🎨 Happy Dol Pūrṇimā!

Happy Holi to the rest of the subcontinent! 🎨

[tlajtollirambles]

Go watch this video about how language shapes gender by India in pixels.

[salvadorbonaparte]

hi there :) i was just wondering if you have any resources to learn bengali? my bf really wants to learn the language and i am unfortunately quite bad at speaking it myself and we’re struggling to find good resources on it. thank you!

Hi there! My Bengali folder currently has 5 resources in it.

You should also check out blogs like @banglanotebook

I have a Bengali Hashtag on my blog that you can browse for more resources, vocabulary lists and other things I reblogged about Bengali

[studyishe]

6th January 2023, Friday

Reading a Bengali short story called “Pandav Goenda”, while huddled inside a blanket with tea in this chilly winter.

[kelseythelinguist]

As someone who is interested in and is learning Bengali, and as someone who enjoys linguistics, I love digging into dialects. Also I love languages that are diglossias, for some reason. 😅

I’m this article, I detail some of the main dialects (some of which are controversial as speakers may consider their language separate), and some common differences between them and the standard.

I’m not a native speaker though, so if there are any mistakes, do let me know. 😅

[normalweirdoboy]

02-02-23

০২-০২-২৩

My first semester is finally over. It's been a terrific four months at KIIT-DU, Bhubaneswar. I've enjoyed every bit of my newfound college life. Not saying I didn't have my lonely sad-sad days but the happy days probably outweigh them.

I'm 18 now, the first birthday I spent without my parents. This is probably the longest I've been away from my family. I've been through so many new experiences and probably developed as a person too. My social skills have improved. I mean, I can finally go buy a lassi for myself at the foodcourt :) and not forget to take the change back :))) Although UPI helps. Oh yes, I finally know how to use UPI! HEHEHE

I also, finally FINALLY have a stable romantic relationship. Almost five months with my present girlfriend and I want her for lifeeee. My previous romantic ventures weren't so successful as you guys know. I have also been able to move on from my last crush, all thanks to SJ.

I also made some wonderful friends here at KIIT. Funny thing is, I don't know half my own classmates but the class knows me. People I've never talked to are like, "Hey Agni, iska answer bata na" (Hey Agni, what's the answer for this?). And this sudden rise in popularity (I was a fcking loner back in school) is probably because that maths professor made me recite poems in front of the class.

As far as my academics go... Well, I fcked up my exams. But I HOPEEEE I'll get 70% up?! Pray for me guys ;_;

I mean, I never wanted to join an engineering college in the first place. Yes, I enjoy coding but not the other shit they're teaching here. The new education policy makes us study physics, chemistry, evs, yoga and stuff we'll never require in our professional lives.

Anyways, the campus is being lit up for the Karnival and freshers and it looks beauuuutiful! I mean, it's private college. They needed to use the money extorted from the students somewhere or the other.

I also visited lots of cool places around here. Sure, Bhubaneswar ain't Kolkata or Mumbai but it sure has some places to see. Like, Shanti Stupa, Nandankanan zoo, Lingaraj, etc etc I've never been outdoors so much 💀

Honestly, the botanical garden ain't much to look at. It might have some endangered species but these people haven't put up name tags for me to recognise. And the Koraput coffee place is overrated and overpriced. Go for it if you're coffee crazy tho... I'll stick to my cheap college cappuccinos, thank you very much.

Anyways, it's already become a second home to me. I do miss Nagaland a lot and Assam too... Brooooo I need to go see the tea gardens againnnn I'm STARVED to see the tea gardens ;;;

Anyways, that's it for now. I'll try to be more regular at posting these but... Well yk, I'm a very busy guy... Need to waste 18 hours a day, then sleep for an hour and attend classes :)

Aight, good day mates!

- normalweirdoboy

[the-nihongo-adventure]

আমি: তোমরা কেনো পৃথিবী কে নষ্ট করে দিচ্ছ?

এলিয়েন (অন্য গ্রহের প্রাণী): কারণ এমন কিছু লোক আছে যারা মনে করে যে ইংরেজিই একমাত্র ভাষা যাতে কথা বলা উচিত

আমি: তা তো ঠিক, বুঝেছি 🙂

me: why are you destroying earth!!!

aliens: because theres people who think that english is the only language they need to speak

me: thats fair i understand

[indigostudies]

it's been a while—a bit more than six months!—since i first made an intro post for this blog, and since then, i've gained a lot of followers, and my focuses have shifted slightly, so i wanted to make a langblr reintro post to reflect that.

you can call me jiayi (家宜). 2024-2025 is my fourth year in post-secondary education overall, and my second year working on my bachelor's degree.

originally, i was an intended combination STEM-humanities major, but due to a variety of reasons, i am now exclusively focusing on humanities. my majors are chinese, middle eastern languages and cultures, and linguistics. i'm also passionate about translation and sexuality studies and asian languages in general, especially turkic and sinitic languages.

i am west asian and speak english, chinese, and turkish as my mother tongues, and i am more or less functionally conversational in german, at around a B1 level. my current language focuses for independent study are korean and bengali, but i'm also interested in mongolian, vietnamese, shanghainese, and kurmanci.

for my study tools, you can find an ask i answered here that extensively details what programmes, apps, and sites i use to study (slightly out of date currently, but not wildly so). besides that, you can find my collection of resource posts generally under the tag #resources, my chinese-specific posts under #汉语, and answered asks under #inbox.

i'm always open to asks and dms! i want to use this account as a resource for other people with interest in learning languages, and i'd love to make friends :)

[languageswithhomer]

❀𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒚𝒃𝒍𝒓 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐❀

Hi there! My name is Phi, I’m from the UK and I’m currently studying a Linguistics and Languages degree. My dream is to become a Speech Therapist (also an author, translator and language teacher on the side - I have a lot of dreams, and most of them are about words!) ˚ʚ♡ɞ˚

why have I made this blog?

Since I am a distance-learning student, it can sometimes be difficult to find the motivation to study so I really hope this blog will hold me accountable and keep me productive.

I also really admire the studyblr & langblr communities and hope to make some friends who are similarly passionate about all things languages! ˚ʚ♡ɞ˚

what languages will I post about?

Languages I speak/ am currently learning:

♡ English (Native/ C2)

Posts will be tagged #english and/or #english resources

♡ Castilian Spanish (intermediate to advanced/ B2 -> C1)

Posts will be tagged #castellano and/or #recursos castellano

Please note: I refer to the language as Castilian/ castellano instead of Spanish/ español out of respect for the co-official languages of Spain and also to recognise the language’s divergence from its Latin American variants

♡ German (Beginner/ A2)

Posts will be tagged #deutsch and/or #deutsche Ressourcen

⭒ I will make posts expanding on my background with each language soon ⭒

Languages I hope to start studying soon:

♡ Scottish Gaelic

I intend to begin independent study of Gàidhlig in September - October 2024 and I’m so excited!

♡ Russian

My friend and I are going to begin buddy learning Russian in March 2025 and I can’t wait!

♡ Catalan

I’m so excited to learn Catalan but, given its similarities with Spanish, I don’t want to confuse myself. So I intend to start learning it when I have finished my degree in May 2027!

⭒ If you have any questions or advice for me based on these languages, please don’t hesitate to drop me an ask or a message ⭒

Other languages I’m interested in (warning: there’s a lot):

♡ Irish, Welsh, Scots, Cornish, Manx, Greek, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Icelandic, Dutch, Italian (especially Sicilian), Cherokee, Navajo, Guarani, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Korean, Yiddish, Hebrew, Bengali, Basque, French, Monegasque, Portuguese, Arabic, Ladino, Old/ Middle English, Hawaiian, Cantonese

What are my other passions?

♡ Books and poetry (I have a book blog @phireads if you’re interested)

♡ Writing

♡ Fibre arts (mainly knitting, crochet and sewing - though I really want to try embroidery and beading)

♡ Baking

♡ Reading

♡ Language conservation

♡ Wildlife (especially British, especially birds)

♡ Period Dramas

♡ History (with a focus on fashion history)

♡ Classics (as in Greco-Roman, my study buddy is a marble bust of the Greek poet, Homer, who is the namesake of this blog)

⭒ That’s all for now, I’ll be regularly posting study content at the end of September with the start of the academic year. So excited to meet you all! ⭒

[lalafrombombay]

I'm doing the Langblr Reactivation Challenge by @prepolyglot I'm super duper late to the party but I really wanted to do it. Week 1 ● Day 1 Hi I'm Nidhi aka lala, I'm a writer by profession and I absolutely love languages and language history. Currently learning: French, Latin, Spanish Rusty but want to brush up: Marathi, Bengali For the future: Sanskrit, Tamil, Italian, Icelandic I think the main reason I want to do this challenge is to sort of document some of the stuff I've been working through and I'm really excited about it #languagelearner https://www.instagram.com/p/CnWuLM3y9y1/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[bongboyblog]

Bengali word of the day: বরবাদ (bôrbad)

English: wasted/ruined

Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Persian برباد‎ (bar-bâd).

Cognates: With Hindi/Urdu बरबाद,برباد‎ (barbād) and Ushojo برباد (barbād).

Phrases/Sentences: আজকের দিনটা বরবাদ করলাম।

ājkēr dinṭā bôrbād korlām.

Translated: I wasted my whole day today.

[langblrwhy]

Me: Okay, I need to be fluent on esperanto in 2 weeks, maybe on this vacations I could watch some french movies to practice, and I want to study more russian

Me after a single post on Tumblr.com: I wanna start bengali