Asking about work and things in general

So, now we move a little further on. We ask how's work? How's life? Etc.

Here goes:

How is work?

Kaaj [pronounced Kaa-j] kormo [pronounced Kor which rhymes with 'for' & Mo which rhymes with 'so'] kemon cholchey?

Way-lie [== Work] yep-padi [padi rhymes with 'ready'][== How] e-ruk-ku? 

In Tanglish (majority influence of English over Tamil) it would sound as Work smooth-aa po-dha? [dha as in 'dada']. Tanglish is almost become the colloquial tamil language especially in chennai and bangalore.

Is everyone at home ok?

Baadi [pronounced Baa which rhymes with the Indian musical note 'Saa' & di which rhymes with 'sea'] tey [rhymes with 'hay'] shob [sh like sh in sheep ob like ob in 'object'] bhalo [pronounced Bha-Low] to [rhymes with 'sow']?

Veet-till [== Home] yell-la-rum [rum sounds like 'room', but with a shorter 'oo' in the middle][== Everyone]  na-la-ma? [== Fine?/OK?] 

Responding to the Greeting

So, now we've greeted. But then, you've got to respond to the greeting don't you? ;-)

So in response you mostly end of saying

Aamee bhaa-low aa-chee [ch pronounced as the common hindi word 'chee chee', the expression showing disgust].

And what this means is 'I am fine'.

In tamil, 'I am fine' is

Naan null-aa e-ruk-cane [null pronounced like the computer term NULL, ruk rhymes with 'look'].

Greetings

&We'll follow a really simple style. Put in an English sentence. And then each author translates this into his language. With pronunciation hints, if possible. Hints follow the words and are marked up differently.

So without further ado, here goes.

Hello, How are you?

Bengali - Know-moe-sh-car, ka-mone ['a' pronounced like the 'a' in 'bat'] aachane ['a' in bold, pronounced like 'a' in 'age']

Tamil - Va-nak-kam, Yep-pa-di iruk-keeng-a?

1. in Va, pa and ga, 'a' prounounced like 'a' in 'at'.

2. 'nak' rhymes with 'duck'

3. 'kam' rhymes with 'come'

4. 'di' rhymes with 'd'

5. in 'iruk', 'i' is pronounced like 'e' and 'ruk' rhymes with 'cook'

6. 'keeng' is pronounced like 'keying'

7. the last 'a' is pronounced like 'a' in 'at'

The beginning

What does this blog want to do? 

Simple. 

Teach two people separated by 5000 miles each other's language. 

In the process, it hopes to become a source for any queries on spoken Tamil and Bengali with English being the tool that forms the common ground.