=================================== Marathi (Dec 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 (and traditional spellings Police Pencil etc in transition). Eventually adopt logical (polis, pensil). Devanagari is popular and gives compact words, due to lot of symbols. If it is not available, 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). -------------------------------------------------------------------- pannaashichi umar gaat'hali abhivaadan maj'a karu nakaa mich' vinavito haat j'od'uni, vaat' vaakd'i dharu nakaa.
goragaribaa chhal'u nakaa pind'a phukaach'e gil'u nakaa gun'ijanaanvar j'al'u nakaa. maan'us mhan'je pashu nase he jaachaa rhudayaat t'hase naranaaraayan' toch' ase. -- kavi (Poet) Kusumagraj ---------------------- pun'e yethil kaahi shidhaa-patrikaa (pustikaa) paahilyaa... tyaamadhe antim paanaavar varil pankti aahet... shaasanaachi hi ek rasikataa. ---------------------- devanaagarit (ch j jh ) yaanchi duheri dhvani chinhe naahit... roman lipit (ch j jh), (ch' j' z) aahet... mhan'un (jyaachyaa) aivaji (jaachaa). ---------------------- Test -Translate into Marathi in Roman script. Many poets have enriched literature. --- Try. One answer is at end. --- --- --- --- --- khup kavini saahitya sampanna kele aahe. =============================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Goanet supports BMX, the alumni network of Britto's, St Mary's and Xavier's -- three prominent institutions in Mapusa, Goa. Events scheduled from Dec 16 to 21, 2006 For more details visit http://www.bmxgoa.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------
