SHABDKOSH

Hello everybody,

I am quite new in this forum. If possible, I’d like to ask someone who knows Bengali to write a couple of words for me.

I’d like to know the following VERBS:

1.  to find (I found my book)
2.  to lose (I’ve lost my bag)
3.  to wait (he’s waiting for you)
4.  to dance
5.  to look for/search (I’m looking for my book)
6.  to do
7.  to become (I wanna become a doctor)
8.  to sing
9.  to sleep
10.  to change (to change the world; to exchange money)

Thank you

contact me if you want to learn how to write Bengali

First things first:
a) do you already speak, or have a basic knowledge of, Bengali?
or (b), are you planning to learn Bengali and want to write from the start?

If (a), then you need to learn the basic Devanagari layout on a ‘qwerty’ keyboard. Bengali is one of the languages that use an adapted form of the Sanskrit or Prakrit alphabet: others include Hindi, Punjabi, Nepali, Gujarati, etc. Once you have learned the basic layout, you can apply to any of these languages.

বাংলা ”bangla” is the result if you type the following on the ‘qwerty’  keyboard: b-e-x-n-e. Obviously, this bears no resemblance to the Bengali, but that is how the Devanagari letters are mapped to the ASCII codes.

The font: if you are using Windows, all these Indian fonts are available, already built in to the system. Accessing them can be a bit of a nightmare, but it is possible. I have over 35 different fonts I regularly use, from Hindi, to Korean, Arabic, Chinese, and Thai. I am planning to put an open-source web page on-line soon to help all those budding linguists. Till then, contact me at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) and I shall try and help you.

An interesting site is the following also: http://www.omniglot.com/ (I think!) contact me and I can give you more details.

Check posting on Gujarati above.

If you’re serious about learning Bengali, I suggest you buy a Grammar Book and Dictionary. Check out this web page for Amazon :

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?url=search-alias=stripbooks&field;-keywords=Bengali+language&x=19&y=17

You can even get CD ROMs and peripherals, but it will not, I repeat not, teach you how to write Bengali on the web.

For example, you can easily find: খুঁতে পাওয়া “khungje paoya” = “to find”.

I have written some articles on Bengali language here in my site http://www.indianscripts.com

Bengali – One language Multiple Variations

An Introduction to Bangla: 3 simple steps to get started
A Precise Précis on the spoken forms of Bengali
How to write correct Bangla: A synopsis
Bangla vs Sylheti: Between two hearts

Through the darkness and into the storm: Phases of development of Bengali language and literature
Easier than learning Hebrew – How to read and write Bangla in Computer
Amused, bemused or confused? – A lowdown on Bangla Font and Software
Winning the Wean Mind: An account of Bengali Children’s Literature
Unicode: The new face of the Bengali Script
A linguistic cross-pollination : Influence of foreign culture on the Bengali language
A Great Poet and the National Anthems of two countries
Past Connections with a Prospective Future: An account of Bangla Science Fiction
Traditions in a Lighter Vein: Gambhira and Alkap
The Sounds of Bengal: An account of traditional Bengali Music
History of Bangla Literature
A different approach towards Linguistic Communication: Bengali writers opt for English
Influence of Westernization on Bengali music
Pnuthi: The Ancient Bangla Manuscripts

বাংলা ”bangla” is the result if you type the following on the ‘qwerty’  keyboard: b-e-x-n-e. Obviously, this bears no resemblance to the Bengali, but that is how the Devanagari letters are mapped to the ASCII codes.

I happen to have created a keyboard layout for বাংলা লিপি in a QWERTY fashion, with the equivalent symbols identically mapped to the keys as they are in the Devanagari-QWERTY. I am using a Mac and because I have no profound knowledge of compatibilities I cannot ensure that this keyboard layout will work on Windows platforms. Furthermore, as for I have not yet immersed with ALL symbols of the Bangla abugida fully (this is speaking of currency symbols or the like) I have arbitrarily mapped some symbols to keys while oblivious to their function. But the essential alphabet is of course mapped correctly. It helped me a lot to intuitively write Bangla or learn conjuncts/ligatures (myriads of them in Bangla as opposed to general Devanagari). Hence, in order to write বাংলা লিপি one would simply have to type b-a-[alt+g]-l-a   l-i-p-i . Upto four letters per key, thus:
i = ি
shift+i = ী
alt+i = ই
alt+shift+i = ঈ

or:

d = দ
shift+d = ধ
alt+d = ড
[alt+d]+[shift+f] = ড় (shift+f = ’ ় ’ [nuqta])
alt+shift+d = ঢ (ঢ় with nuqta etc.)

Typing the plain letter ‘f’ will give you the virama. If anyone is interested I can share this keyboard layout somehow, of course after removing the residual Devanagari symbols I initially copied the mapping from, though I shall remind you here that it has been created and is in use on an Apple-platform.

Further advantage of this layout is that CAPS.LOCK enables roman letters (Caps with shift+letter and minuscules) as well as numbers. Which has not been the case within previous layouts (at least for the Mac).

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Cool ! So many people knowing Bengali, writing everything possible under the sky, except what the original poster asked. Anyone?