5 Bengali words – work

After a good start to the year the frequency of my 5 Bengali words posts slowed from a steady stream to barely a trickle.

One of the reasons for this was my search for a new job, though I was lucky enough that the whole process took just four months.

Nevertheless, when my father-in-law asked recently about my চাকরি I knew it was time for some further Bengali revision.

5 Bengali words – conurbations

This post isn’t exactly about conurbations, but I don’t think I use the word enough, so that’s as good a reason as any for its appearance in the title.

Instead the post is more about urban things (a pretty unimpressive phrase), so here’s my latest (sort of conurbation-related) 5 Bengali words post.

1 Town/city (n) - শহর  (sōhōr)

5 Bengali words – big numbers

I’ve started working my way through the review of part two in Teach Yourself Bengali and have decided to tackle my mental block with crore and lakh.

The numbers are common in India and the surrounding countries, but for some reason I’ve never quite got my head around them, until now (hopefully).

1 Crore (10,000,000) - কোটি, ক্রোড়ে (koti, crore 1,00,00,000)

Five Bengali words – lost and found

Find (vb) - পাওয়া (paoya)

Where (adj) - কোথায় (kothay)

Lose/misplace* (vb) - হারানো (harano)

I’ve lost my …** - আমার … হারিয়ে গেছে (amar … hariye geche)

I am lost - আমি পথ হারিয়েছি (ami pōth hariyechi)

5 Bengali words – animals

This (long overdue) 5 Bengali words post is based on a longer one on ‘animal words’ I’ve had half finished for a while.

I’ll have the longer version ready soon and in the meantime have picked out some of those I’d particularly like to learn – so they’re perhaps not the most obvious animal words if you’re just starting out. (For Dog, Cat etc check back again next week.)

Fox (n) - ঁখেকশিয়াল (khekosiyal)

5 Bengali words – school work

Son1′s primary school homework is not yet very complicated, but it does provide an opportunity to learn a small number of words connected to it.

As my Bengali still leaves much to be desired, the words are useful for me too.

Maths (n) – অঙ্ক (onkō)

5 Bengali words – time expressions (part 2)

This week’s 5 Bengali words is the second of a two-part post that collects together some useful conversational expressions about time.

Part 1 included words like always and sometimes, and it can be found here.

Soon adv – একটু পরে (ektu pōre), শিগগির (siggir)

5 Bengali words – time expressions (part 1)

This week’s 5 Bengali words collects together some useful conversational expressions about time.

It ran on a bit so I split it in half, and will post part 2 next week.

Time n – সময় (sōmōy)

5 Bengali words – river

On the Padma, near the ferry crossing between Dhaka and Khulna (by joiseyshowaa)

I recently finished reading Rabindranath Tagore’s Selected Stories, many of which take place on or by the banks of the river Padma in Bangladesh.

5 Bengali words – cleaning

Today’s post was inspired by this week’s short period of house-husbanding – and the list of chores that seems to come with the post.

The words will also come in handy with Son1, who’s currently getting to grips with hanging up and putting his clothes away rather than leaving them in a heap on his bed after school.

Tidy adj - পরিপাটি (pōripati*), ছিমছাম (chimcham**)