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[8/8/2009 11:36:31 AM] *** jayamurugank has changed the chat topic to "Learn Hindi from scratch ** +9900827045582760 **agala saptaah = next week** kathin = hard ** naya =new**bhule gaya = forgot**mujhe ek taxi chaa-hi-ye = I need a taxi**Baitena = sit** khara =stand**mat = don't**sardi = cold**Garmi= summer**Garam = hot" *** [8/8/2009 11:44:06 AM] jayamurugank says: mausam = weather Garmi = summer Garam = hot Sardi = cold [8/8/2009 11:46:11 AM] jayamurugank says: [8/7/2009 6:45:06 PM] Navneet Bakshi says: yahaan mausam achha hai- zyada garmi nahi.n hai [8/8/2009 11:46:29 AM] jayamurugank says: zyada = more [8/8/2009 11:46:34 AM] jayamurugank says: yahan = here [8/8/2009 11:47:04 AM] jayamurugank says: yahaan mausam achha hai- = here the weather is good [8/8/2009 11:47:24 AM] jayamurugank says: zyada garmi nahi.n hai = not much hot [8/8/2009 11:55:57 AM] jayamurugank says: gaya = had gone main ja raha hoon = I am going Main school jata hoon = I go to the shcool Mujhe school paidal jana paRRta hai = I have to go to the school on foot Mujhe roz school jana parrta hai = I have to go the school everydays Mein school gaya thaa = I had gone to school [8/8/2009 12:00:44 PM] Peter says: zyaadaa (aa = long a) = (a) more; many; much; plenty [8/8/2009 12:06:14 PM] Peter says: zyaadaatar = most, mostly, in most cases. [8/8/2009 12:10:33 PM] Navneet Bakshi says: Zyaadatar log Hindi mein baat karte hain. People mostly talk in Hindi [8/8/2009 12:10:58 PM] Peter says: :) [8/8/2009 12:11:31 PM] Navneet Bakshi says: Hi Peter- saw u sloging so thought, might as well put in my bit [8/8/2009 12:12:23 PM] Peter says: much appreciated, thanks... I'm deeply involved in guesswork; ... nice to have the confirmation. [8/8/2009 12:12:55 PM] Navneet Bakshi says: if it was guessing, it was pretty good [8/8/2009 12:13:45 PM] Peter says: not totally guessing.. I mean moreso that I wasn't sure if it is a currently used word. [8/8/2009 12:14:37 PM] Peter says: (because I couldn't find it in several dictionaries... [8/8/2009 12:14:54 PM] Peter says: ... but one dictionary did mention it. [8/8/2009 12:16:02 PM] Peter says: I have started reading some of the forum messages which you referred to yesterday... very good.. thanks [8/8/2009 12:16:09 PM] Navneet Bakshi says: which word? Zyaadatar ? It is quite common in use. The hindi word for mostly is Adhiktar from Adhik which means more and since Zyadater also means most often- the Hindi word for that is Praya' [8/8/2009 12:16:24 PM] Peter says: yes.. zyaadatar. [8/8/2009 12:17:23 PM] Navneet Bakshi says: this praya' is different from Paraya which means something which does not belong to you [8/8/2009 12:18:06 PM] Navneet Bakshi says: Paraya [8/8/2009 12:19:03 PM] Peter says: is praya' = praya.n (where .n = nazalized in the ITANS standard) ? [8/8/2009 12:19:10 PM] Navneet Bakshi says: Paraya Desh- Alien country- Apna Desh- Our Country- Prayi istri- Someone else's woman [8/8/2009 12:19:45 PM] Navneet Bakshi says: No there is no nasalization it is PARAYA [8/8/2009 12:20:09 PM] Peter says: ok.. thnks... prayi istri .. is it prayi becaus istri is fem. [8/8/2009 12:20:13 PM] Navneet Bakshi says: or Paraayaa ot be exact [8/8/2009 12:20:55 PM] Peter says: paraayaa .. good I can convert that easily into devanagari and from that, easliy find it in the dictionay. [8/8/2009 12:21:24 PM] Navneet Bakshi says: पराया can you read it [8/8/2009 12:22:21 PM] Navneet Bakshi says: yes u can transliteration tool is avaialble on Gmail itself and then there are many websites- One is Quillpad.com [8/8/2009 12:22:55 PM] Navneet Bakshi says: You can type the text in English and it will write the word in Devnagri for you [8/8/2009 12:22:59 PM] Peter says: I use a devanagari software keyboard. it works in all windows. [8/8/2009 12:23:32 PM] Navneet Bakshi says: Oh Devnagrikyboard gr8- [8/8/2009 12:23:39 PM] Peter says: I switch beteween englisn and hindi keyboard by using a hot-key ... [8/8/2009 12:23:49 PM] Peter says: It is great... [8/8/2009 12:24:03 PM] Navneet Bakshi says: that's good [8/8/2009 12:24:24 PM] Peter says: the only thing that is needed is a registered copy of Windows.. [8/8/2009 12:24:42 PM] Peter says: The software is free. [8/8/2009 12:24:49 PM] Navneet Bakshi says: there are many online dictioanry sites- they are Ok like [8/8/2009 12:25:37 PM] Peter says: yes.. I find Platts to be very good, but some of it is a bit dated. [8/8/2009 12:25:48 PM] Navneet Bakshi says: Ye I know but now a days if u buy the computer u only can get the registered copy [8/8/2009 12:26:31 PM] Navneet Bakshi says: Yes it is a bit dated but then others are lacking. Even webster has one [8/8/2009 12:26:50 PM] Peter says: is webster's online ? [8/8/2009 12:27:38 PM] Peter says: Wiktionary is surprisingly good sometimes.. (a bit hit an miss though.. sometimes nothing... [8/8/2009 12:28:01 PM] Navneet Bakshi says: yes it is I think. My bookmarks have disappeared after Mortzilla crashed can't send the url right away for most but can search and send [8/8/2009 12:28:58 PM] Navneet Bakshi says: never tried wikitionary will search- I don't need to look up the Hindi dictionary so often [8/8/2009 12:29:58 PM] Navneet Bakshi says: http://pustak.org/bs/home.php this has a good data base [8/8/2009 12:30:44 PM] Navneet Bakshi says: If u want to know the meaning of an english word- this is a good site [8/8/2009 12:30:48 PM] Peter says: :( I am very dependant on the dictionary, [8/8/2009 12:30:53 PM] Peter says: I downloaded the entire Platts dicionary (page by page) and converted it into a word document, and a simple text version; these are sometimes helpful doing a special search, but the web search facility is quite good, anyhow. [8/8/2009 12:30:54 PM] Navneet Bakshi says: http://www.shabdkosh.com/ [8/8/2009 12:31:08 PM] Peter says: yes thanks... I use it. [8/8/2009 12:31:38 PM] Peter says: I have a special Firefox profile which auto loads 6 dictionaries and some other realated pages. [8/8/2009 12:31:45 PM] Navneet Bakshi says: that must have been a great effort Peter you are very hard working [8/8/2009 12:31:46 PM] Peter says: Shabdkosh is one.. [8/8/2009 12:31:58 PM] Peter says: I'm a computer nut! [8/8/2009 12:32:02 PM] Peter says: It's fun.. [8/8/2009 12:32:21 PM] Navneet Bakshi says: Shabdkosh will give u hindi word for an English word [8/8/2009 12:32:45 PM] Navneet Bakshi says: Learning Hindi just for fun are you? [8/8/2009 12:33:43 PM] Peter says: the computer is just fun for me [8/8/2009 12:34:10 PM] Peter says: My background has been as a computer programmer [8/8/2009 12:38:27 PM] Peter says: I'm learnin hindi because I am interested in India.... [8/8/2009 12:40:37 PM] Navneet Bakshi says: Good Peter. My son has just done his MTech in Computer science from UWA- Perth. He is there and the younger one is doing BTech in India in Computers both of them were extremely fond of PC gaming [8/8/2009 12:41:02 PM] Navneet Bakshi says: that's why I suggested to them to choose computers as their career [8/8/2009 12:41:30 PM] Peter says: that's great... [8/8/2009 12:41:44 PM] Peter says: Perth .. a long way from Melbourne. [8/8/2009 12:42:01 PM] Peter says: Perth is a very nice town (city) [8/8/2009 12:42:14 PM] Navneet Bakshi says: In Aus every place is a long way off  :D [8/8/2009 12:42:25 PM] Peter says: :) so true... [8/8/2009 12:42:32 PM] Navneet Bakshi says: So he says [8/8/2009 12:43:19 PM] Peter says: It too me eight days to drive there... I wasn't in any great rush, but it is a long way... [8/8/2009 12:44:49 PM] Navneet Bakshi says: You are free lancing or working with some firm [8/8/2009 12:45:35 PM] Peter says: I'm retired now... [8/8/2009 12:45:56 PM] Peter says: ... enjoying the county atmoshpere.. [8/8/2009 12:46:28 PM] Navneet Bakshi says: O Great! How old are you? [8/8/2009 12:46:41 PM] Peter says: 59 [8/8/2009 12:48:46 PM] Navneet Bakshi says: Learning a new language at this age- really appreciate- I am 57. Still working in China- supervising new ship building- Not a necessasity to work but just living my life my way- sort of busman's holiday [8/8/2009 12:49:54 PM] Peter says: Bravo! .. [8/8/2009 12:50:11 PM] Peter says: You've got the ships, I've got the goats.. :) [8/8/2009 12:51:58 PM] Navneet Bakshi says: oh goats, don't get goat meat here though see some goats grazing around- don't know what they do with their goats besides milking- they eat every imaginable thing otherwise wonder why not the goat [8/8/2009 12:53:15 PM] Peter says: I've got them to keep the blackberries under control... Blackberries are a noxious weed here. [8/8/2009 12:53:41 PM] Peter says: and to keep the grass down.. [8/8/2009 12:54:03 PM] Navneet Bakshi says: don't get much of naything- there is no abundance like may I say, I have seen in India too though u may have the different impression about India, with poor emaciated urchins around [8/8/2009 12:55:33 PM] Navneet Bakshi says: what harm black berries do [8/8/2009 12:57:09 PM] Peter says: They grow prolifically here, no natural predators.. they over whelm all other native vegitation [8/8/2009 12:58:18 PM] Peter says: and they are nice to eat but the dense growth is impenetrable; a mass of thorns [8/8/2009 12:58:19 PM] Navneet Bakshi says: That abundance- goats can create deserts out of any land [8/8/2009 12:58:40 PM] Peter says: yes.. They eat and eat and eat..... [8/8/2009 12:58:53 PM] Navneet Bakshi says: and then we can it them [8/8/2009 12:59:27 PM] Navneet Bakshi says: it's easier then eating the berries because u can't eat the plant and the thorns [8/8/2009 1:01:10 PM] Peter says: They are fantastic for the job I need them to do.. and its quite nice having them around... [8/8/2009 1:01:12 PM] Peter says: ... [8/8/2009 1:01:18 PM] Peter says: Navneet, I have just noticed that I am uploading something at about 100kbps.. and I don't know why.. I [8/8/2009 1:01:46 PM] Peter says: I think it may be Skype, so I want to exit Skype to see if it stops... [8/8/2009 1:02:28 PM] Peter says: and it getting on here.. it is getting close to dark... [8/8/2009 1:02:55 PM] Peter says: so I'll head off now... I've enjoyed the chat.. and thanks for your assistance.. [8/8/2009 1:05:45 PM] Peter says: I found the "problem" ! It wasn't Skype... [8/8/2009 1:06:44 PM] Peter says: I had Bittorrent running in the background and had forgotten it was running... Bye..... getting dark.. things to do... [8/8/2009 1:07:18 PM] Navneet Bakshi says: Bye- good night