The Communication Survival Guide (Gujarati) by Shreya Chakravarty

Greetings

Getting Around

Numbers

Essentials

The Communication Survival Guide English

Hindi

Gujarati

Gujarati Gujarati (also know as Gojarati or Gujerati) is a language spoken by natives in the western state of Gujarat. The roots of Gujarati can be found in Indo-Aryan family branch of the Indo-European languages. The name of the language is derived from the Gurjar/Gujar community people who said to have settled in the region sometime in the middle of the 5th century C.E. From some estimates, it is spoken by almost 46 million people in the world, giving it the rank of 23rd most spoken language in the world. Though most of 46 million are residents of India, speakers of Gujarati can be found in various parts of the world. A large number of native speakers of Gujarati can also be found in North America as well as in United Kingdom.

The Charm of Gujarati Gujarati has a charm of its own. Hindi and Punjabi are considered its closest relatives; its distinctly different and it is relatively simple to learn.

Images Courtesy : Akash Raj Halankar

It has a small vocabulary, which makes it dependent on Sanskrit to express complex metaphysical and scientific disquisitions. The beauty of the language lies in its simplicity of less complex and few conjugations of its verbs than that of found in English, Sanskrit. The majority of characters are taken from Sanskrit with some modifications, the most obvious being the omission of the top line of letters.

How This Works Hello! This Communication Survival Guide is to cater to your basic language and communication requirements to a new city. There are different categories of information which are detailed out in English, Hindi and the local language (Gujarati). Here is how it works for a phrase: the colour code for the category, used for the phrase, the icon as well as the page number

Hello! Nice to meet you!

x]nf] Û gfO; 6" dL6 o" Û

English Hindi Transliteration

Hindi

Û cfk ;] ldns] cR5f nuf Û x gd:t] Namaste! Aap se milke acchaa laga. e

English Transliteration

_dõs¡ ! L¡d Rp¡?

Gujarati Script

gd:t] Û s}d 5f] <

Hindi Transliteration

Namaste! Kem Cho? Gujarati

Hope this helps you! Happy Travelling!

Hindi

English Transliteration

Contents Greetings

Numbers • Counting • Pronunciation • Time Expressions • Distances • Money and Denominations

Getting Around

• Asking Questions • Directions

12 13 16 18 20

22 24

Some Essentials • Important Phrases

Greetings Introductions Hello! Nice to meet you !

x]nf] Û gfO; 6" dL6 o" Û Û cfk ;] ldns] cR5f nuf Û x gd:t] Namaste! Aap se milke acchaa laga. _dõs¡ ! L¡d Rp¡?

gd:t] Û s}d 5f] <

Namaste! Kem Cho?

How are you? I'm fine, thank you !

xfp cf/ o" Û cfO Pd kmfOg, y}Gs o" Û s};] x} Û d+} 7Ls xF" , wGojfb Û x cfk Aap kaise hai? Main theek hoon, dhanyawaad. e

sd¡ L¡d Rp¡? ø»z dSp dp.

td] s}d 5f], x" dhf df Û

Tame kem cho? Hoo maja ma !

Where are you from? I'm from

Jx]/ cf/ o" k|mf]d < cfO Pd k|mf]d

sxfF ;] x} < d}+ ;] xF" . x cfk Aap kahaan se hain? Main sd¡ Le»p \u Rp¡ ? ø»z

se hoon.

\u R|

td] Sof tL 5f] < cfdL

Tame kyaa thi cho? Hoo

y]s] .

thi chu

What is your name ? My name is

Jxf]6 OhÞ of]/ g]d < dfO{ g]d OhÞ

gfd Sof x+} < d]/f gfd x cfksf Apka naam kya hai? Mera naam sdpê _pd i»z R¡? dpê _pd

tdf/f] gfd ;' 5] < df/' gfd

x} .

hai.

R¡

Tamaru naam su che ? Maru naam

See you!

;L o" Û ldnt] x} Û x lkm/ Phir milte hain! AphSp¡ !

cfjhf] Û Aavjo

Numbers Counting Roman

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 12

Devanagri

Gujarati

! @

# $ % ^ & * ( )

4 5 6 7 8 9 0

Numbers Pronunciation

one

jg Ps ek AยกL

P]s

two

y|L tLg

@ 2

ร Z

tran

bay

teen

q0f

doh bยก

three

6" bf]

four

kmf]/ rf/ chaaar Qpf

$ 4

rf/ chaar

Numbers Pronunciation

five

kfFr kmfOJf paanch `pƒQ

kfFr

six

;]jg ;fTf saat kps

ch ay Rp¡

5f}

paanch

seven

;LS; 5}

^ 6

cho

@ 7

eight

P6 cf7 aat ApƒW

;fTf

cfF7

saat

aanth

& 8

Numbers Pronunciation

nine

gfO{g gf} nauh _h

nav

( 9

ten

6]g b; dus vk

!) 10

dus

Numbers Time Expressions What time is it ?

Jxf6 6fO{d OhÞ O6 < lstg] ah /x] x+} < x ceL Abhi kitne baj rahen hain? L¡Vgp hpÁep R¡ ?

s]6nf jfUof 5] <

Ketla vagya che?

Its 5:00 o' clock now.

O6\; kmfOj cf] Snf‘s .

x ceL kfFr ah /x] x+} .

Abhi paanch baj rahe hain.

`pƒQ hpÁep R¡

kfr jfUof 5]

Paanch vagya che

It is 5:15 now.

O6\ OhÞ kmfOJf lkmˆ6\Lg gfp . ;jf kfFr ah /x] x+} . x ceL Abhi sawaa paanch baj rahe hain. khp `pƒQ hpÁep R¡

;jf kfFr jfUof 5]

Sawa paanch vagya che

Its 5:30 now.

O6 OhÞ kmfOJf y6L{ gfp . ;f9]Þ kfFr ah /x] x+} . x ceL Abhi sadey paanch baj rahe hain. kpXp `pƒQ hpÁep R¡ .

;f8f kfFr jfUof 5]

Saada paanch vagya che

Its 5:45 now.

O6 OhÞ kmfOJf kmf]6L{ kmfOJf gfp . kf}g] 5] ah /x] x+} . x ceL Paune cheyy baj rahe hain. `p¡Z»p Rp¡ hpÁep R¡

kf]gf 5f] jfUof 5]

Pona cho vagya che 17

Numbers Distances How far is

xfp kmf/ OhÞ

x e

lstgf b"/ x} <

kitna door hai?

L¡Vgz v|f R¡ ?

s]6nf] b"/ 5]

ketlu dur che ? How long will it take?

xfp nf‘Gu ljn O6 6]s

lstgf ;do nu]uf L¡Vgu hpf gpNi¡?

sf}6nL jf/ nfuz] < Ketli vaar lagshe ?

Kitna samay lagega?

Fifteen minutes.

lkmkm6Lg ldlg6\; . ›x ldlg6\ . x k+Pundraah minit. `»vf dur_V gpNi¡. k+b/ dLlg6\ nfuz] .

Pandar minit lagshe Half an hour

xfkm Pg cf/ cfwf 3G6f

Aadha ghanta

AXYp¡ LgpL gpNi¡.

cfwf] snSs nfuz]

Adhdo kalak lagshe One hour

jg cf/ 3G6f x Ps Ek ghantaa. A¡L LgpL gpNi.

P]s snSs nfuz] Ek kalak lagshe

Numbers Money and Denominations How much ?

xfp dr < x'cf < x lstgf Kitna hua? L¡Vgp \ep?

s]6nf yfof < Ketla thaya?

Give this to me for

cfO{ j‘fG6 lb; kmf]/ ß] o] x d'Mujhe yeh

d]+ rflxP .

mein chahiye

dp Ap`u vp¡.

df cfkL bf]

ma aapi do.

twenty

x e

6\Jf]G6L AfL; ek

huk

jL;

vees one hundred

fifty

lkmˆ6L

x e

krf; pachaas

x+8«]8

`Qpk

x e

krf;

five hundred

kfFr ;f}

kfg;f]

paansaw

kp¥

;f}

one thousand

500

paanch saww

`p_kp¥

100

saw

pachas

kmfOj x+8«]8

Ps ;f}

ek saww

x e

jg yfphÞ]+8 Ps xhÞf/ 1000 ek hazaar

lSpf

xhf/ hajaar

Getting Around NUMBERS Questions Distances Where is

Jx]/ OhÞ

< sxfF x} <

kahaan hai ?

Lep» R¡ ?

SofF 5] <

kyan che ? Is this

OhÞ lb;

Sof o]

x} <

Kya yeh

hai ?

R¡?

5] <

che ?

I want to go to

cfo jf‘G6 6" uf] 6"

ß] x d'Mujhe

hfgf x} .

dpf¡

Shy R¡ ?

df/]]

hfjf] 5] .

hai.

Maare

javu che.

Will you take me to

ljn o" 6]s dL 6" Sof cfk d'ß]

< n] hfo]+u?]

cfk s};]mujhe x} Û d} 7Ls le xF" , wGojfb Û Kya aap jayenge ?

cfw Bf]G6f d_¡ ghonnta gB Sip¡ Aadh

dg]

Mane

n]O{ hzf] <

lai jasho?

Which way?

ljr\ j] < g ;f /f:tf < x sf} Kaunsa raasta ? LB bpÄy ?

s]O afh" < Kai baju ?

Getting Around NUMBERS Directions Distances Straight?

:6«]6

x ;Lw] ?

Seedhe ?

ku^p ?

;Lwf <

Sidha ? Left or right?

n}ˆ6\ cf}/ /fO6

afo]+ of bfo]+

Bayen ye dayen ?

Xpbu L¡ SdZu ?

bfaL sL hdgL <

Daabi ke jamani?

Back ?

uf] a}s ? / jfk; < x kL5] Peeche / wapas ? `pRX ?

kf58 <

Pachad ? Go Round ?

uf] /fp+m8 < 3"d s] <

Ghoom ke ?

afu _¡ SppD» ?

km]/L g] hfpm < Fari ne jaao?

Turn left or right ?

6g{ n}ˆ6\ cf}/ /fO6 < + of bfo]+ d'8'? < x afo] Baayen ya dayen ghoome ? Xpbu L¡ SdZu bpSz aê ?

bfaL sL hdgL afh" km/" <

Daabi ke jamani baju faru?

Some Essentials NUMBERS Important Distances Phrases I don't know Gujarati.

cfo 8f]G6\ gf] af+unf . ß] af+unf gxL+ cftL . x d'Mujhe bangla nahi aati. NzSfpsu d_¡ _\u AphXsz .

u'h/ftL dg] gyL cfJbt'

Gujarati mane nathi avadtu. This is ok/ good/ bad.

lb; OhÞ cf]s] ÷ u'8 ÷a}8

o] 7Ls x} ÷ cR5f x} ÷ a'/f x} .

Yeh theek hai/ accha hai/ bura hai WuL R¡ / kpfy R¡/ kpfy _\u

7Ls 5]÷ ;f? 5] ÷ ;f? gyL theek che/ saaru acche/ saaru nathi

Where can I get food here?

Jx]/ s}g cfo u]6 km"8 lxo/ < ß] oxfF vfgf sxfF ldn]uf < x d'Mujhe yahaan khaana kahaan milega? d_¡ Mphp_| Lep» dXi¡?

dg] vfjfg' Sof d8z] <

Maney khavanu kya madshe? Where can I get water here ?

Jx]/ s}g cfo u]6 Jff‘6/ lxo/ < ß] oxfF kfgL sxfF ldn]uf < x d'Mujhe yahaan paani kahaan milega ? d_¡ `p»Zu Lep» dXi¡?

dg] kfgL Sof d8z] <

Maney pani kya madshe?

Notes

Image Courtesy : Akash Raj Halankar

The Communication Survival Guide This guide is to cater to your basic language and communication requirements to a new city. There are diďŹ&#x20AC;erent categories of information which are detailed out in English, Hindi and the local language (Bangla). This guide works in a easy-to-comprehend and step by step way. Information is categorised under various branches like Greetings, Numbers, Getting Around and Some Other Essentials. It works in a 3 step procedure where the transliteration for a particular phrase is given in Hindi and in English. Hope it helps you while you travel!

Greetings

Numbers

Getting Around

Essentials 35