Teach yourself colloquial Bengali for beginners with answer keys

Bengali translation: নতুন শিক্ষার্থীদের জন্য নিজে নিজে চলিত বাংলা শিক্ষা - উত্তরমালা সহ

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English term or phrase:Teach yourself colloquial Bengali for beginners with answer keys
Bengali translation:নতুন শিক্ষার্থীদের জন্য নিজে নিজে চলিত বাংলা শিক্ষা - উত্তরমালা সহ
Entered by: Anna Konar

14:48 Oct 24, 2010
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English term or phrase: Teach yourself colloquial Bengali for beginners with answer keys
This is the name of a book "Teach yourself colloquial Bengali for beginners with answer keys" where "teach yourself" is not a verb + pronoun, but a phase with indicates 'Tutorial", "Self-teacher" or any textbook for learning Bengali without any teacher and with answer keys at the end of the book.

I think পাঠ্যপুস্তক is a textbook which is used when studying with a teacher, not "teach yourself" (self-teacher), so I cannot say চলিত বাংলা পাঠ্যপুস্তক...

So how would you say "Teach yourself colloquial Bengali for beginners with answer keys"?
Anna Konar
Russian Federation
Local time: 10:55
নতুন শিক্ষার্থীদের জন্য নিজে নিজে চলিত বাংলা শিক্ষা - উত্তরমালা সহ
Explanation:
Or we can write : উত্তরমালা সহ নতুন শিক্ষার্থীদের জন্য নিজে নিজে চলিত বাংলা শিক্ষা

But writing "নতুন শিক্ষার্থীদের জন্য উত্তরমালা সহ" in any way would give the wrong notion that the answer key, not the book itself, is intended for beginners.

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Dear Asker, yes obviously there are books like this in Bengali, end those books usually include the words শিক্ষা, শিখি, শিখুন etc. Words like পাঠ্যপুস্তক, or any synonym like শিক্ষা-সহায়িকা, are not usually used in such cases.
I hope I could make it clear. Further queries are welcome.

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Note added at 2 days13 hrs (2010-10-27 04:18:23 GMT)
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Dear Asker,
In response to your query, please let me refer to these links:

1. http://www.amazon.com/Learn-Bengali-Bangla-Porhi-Shikhi/dp/0...

2. Rabindranath Tagore's Ingreji sahaj siksha, as listed on http://www.calcuttaweb.com/tagore/chronology.shtml

3. 30 dine Ingreji bhasha shiksha, as listed in http://www.oclcpica.org/content/1050/word/CILLABooklist94.do...
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Quamrul Islam
Local time: 13:55
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1নিজে নিজে কথ্য বাংলা শিক্ষা নতুন - শিক্ষার্থীদের জন্য উত্তরমালা সহ
Md Abu Alam
5 +1চলিত বাংলা নিজে শিখুন - নতুন শিক্ষার্থীদের জন্য উত্তরমালা সহ
keshab
5নতুন শিক্ষার্থীদের জন্য নিজে নিজে চলিত বাংলা শিক্ষা - উত্তরমালা সহ
Quamrul Islam


  

Answers


1 day 22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
teach yourself colloquial bengali for beginners with answer keys
নিজে নিজে কথ্য বাংলা শিক্ষা নতুন - শিক্ষার্থীদের জন্য উত্তরমালা সহ


Explanation:
1. Here "teach yourself" doesn't make any imperative expression. So using "....শিক্ষা" would be more appropriate than "....শিখুন".

2. To express the title properly in Bengali, we must start with "নিজে নিজে".

3. In Bengali, "চলিত" is a standard form of language and is also used in literature. But the word "colloquial" indicates the words that are used in dialogue and are not used in standard literature. It can be represented with the Bengali word "কথ্য", not with "চলিত".

4. To express the English title in Bengali, the sequence of words should be - নিজে নিজে কথ্য বাংলা শিক্ষা - নতুন শিক্ষার্থীদের জন্য উত্তরমালা সহ, because it's smooth and easy to understand.

Md Abu Alam
Bangladesh
Local time: 13:55
Native speaker of: Native in BengaliBengali
PRO pts in category: 8

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agree  Md. Tanjimul Islam Jiban
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teach yourself colloquial bengali for beginners with answer keys
চলিত বাংলা নিজে শিখুন - নতুন শিক্ষার্থীদের জন্য উত্তরমালা সহ


Explanation:
or নতুন শিক্ষার্থীদের জন্য উত্তরমালা সহ চলিত বাংলা নিজে শিখুন : If it's a statement rather than a heading.
teach yourself= নিজে শিখুন.
This is a very popular phrase for "teach yourself" which apparently seems an advise.





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Note added at 1 day2 hrs (2010-10-25 17:08:20 GMT)
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of course there are such books for Bengali learning. all the answers are suggested are commonly used for self teaching books.

But if you want more specific term for self teaching book, it will be স্বশিক্ষণ পুস্তক
self teaching= স্বশিক্ষণ
book= পুস্তক





keshab
Local time: 13:25
Native speaker of: Native in HindiHindi, Native in BengaliBengali
PRO pts in category: 12
Notes to answerer
Asker: thank you for your answer. but I've mentioned that I don't need it to be translated literally. I just need a synonym of the word পাঠ্যপুস্তক, but with the meaning of tutorial, self-teacher or whichever book is called for studying without a teacher. I can't believe there's no such books in Bengal.


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teach yourself colloquial bengali for beginners with answer keys
নতুন শিক্ষার্থীদের জন্য নিজে নিজে চলিত বাংলা শিক্ষা - উত্তরমালা সহ


Explanation:
Or we can write : উত্তরমালা সহ নতুন শিক্ষার্থীদের জন্য নিজে নিজে চলিত বাংলা শিক্ষা

But writing "নতুন শিক্ষার্থীদের জন্য উত্তরমালা সহ" in any way would give the wrong notion that the answer key, not the book itself, is intended for beginners.

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Note added at 21 hrs (2010-10-25 12:21:25 GMT)
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Dear Asker, yes obviously there are books like this in Bengali, end those books usually include the words শিক্ষা, শিখি, শিখুন etc. Words like পাঠ্যপুস্তক, or any synonym like শিক্ষা-সহায়িকা, are not usually used in such cases.
I hope I could make it clear. Further queries are welcome.

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Note added at 2 days13 hrs (2010-10-27 04:18:23 GMT)
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Dear Asker,
In response to your query, please let me refer to these links:

1. http://www.amazon.com/Learn-Bengali-Bangla-Porhi-Shikhi/dp/0...

2. Rabindranath Tagore's Ingreji sahaj siksha, as listed on http://www.calcuttaweb.com/tagore/chronology.shtml

3. 30 dine Ingreji bhasha shiksha, as listed in http://www.oclcpica.org/content/1050/word/CILLABooklist94.do...

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Quamrul Islam
Local time: 13:55
Native speaker of: Native in BengaliBengali
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
thank you
Notes to answerer
Asker: thank you for your answer. but I've mentioned that I don't need it to be translated literally. I just need a synonym of the word পাঠ্যপুস্তক, but with the meaning of tutorial, self-teacher or whichever book is called for studying without a teacher. I can't believe there's no such books in Bengal. I do need the term of book itself, not literal translation.

Asker: Dear Answerer, if such books with the words শিক্ষা, শিখি, শিখুন etc. exist, can you please give me a link to any book which name contains শিক্ষা, শিখি or শিখুন (may be at ebay, amazon sites etc.)?

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