=================================== Marathi (Nov 2006) Poem part & prose. Monthly sample below recast in Roman script. See M12, E03, E15 in ( www.mngogate.com ) for symbols. Linear (a-z) Roman better suits search-engines, word-sorting ( dictionaries, phonebooks), typing. Circulate. (Author) [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---- Hints. apo ( ' ) varies sound. Stone = dagad' (not dagaD). Usually no capitals. 3 dots bet adjacent sentences. Lot of English words in Marathi. Use capitals to start names & words with traditional spellings. Allow (Police, Pencil) etc temporarily. Prefer (polis, pensil ). Devanagari is popular and gives compact words, due to lot of symbols. If it is unavailable, use Roman on English facilities. Uniform vowels u (u, oo), i (i, ee), hindi = hindee. Mar (a,aa)(d,d' ) = Eng (u-up,a-art) (th-that,d-do). -------------------------------------------------------------------- aalaa khushit samindar, tyaalaa naahi dhir hod'ilaa dei naa t'haru, ga saj'an'e, hod'ilaa baghato dharu.
hirva hirva paach'uvaan'i jal'a, saphet paan'yaachi var khal'bal'a maashaavan'i kaal'j'aachi tal'mal'a maajhi hod'i samindar, od'hi khaalivar paan'yaavar deinaa t'haru, ga saj'an'e, hod'ilaa baghato dharu. taambd'e phut'e aabhaal'aantari, raktaavaan'i ch'amak paan'yaavari, tujhaa gaalaavar tase kaai tari zaalaa khul'aa samindar, naaj'uk hod'ivar, laat'aanch'aa dhingaa suru, ga saj'an'e, hod'ilaa baghato dharu. (kavi Poet) Anant Kanekar (kol'yaach'e gaan'e) (Fisherman's Song) ---------------------- samudra aivaji samindar ase graamin' shabda yethe vaaparlyaane kavitaa adhik ut'haavdaar zaali aahe... samudraat khup kshaar astaat... udaa Sodium Chloride ( = sod'iyam kloraaid' ) ---------------------- Test -- Translate into Marathi in Roman script. 70% Earth's surface is occupied by oceans. --- Try. One answer is at end. --- --- --- --- --- 70% pruthvi prusht'haavar mahaasaagar aahet. ================================== _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
