Hi everyone,
This is my first week of teaching myself Bengali.
I have gone through the first 5 chapters of Teach Yourself Bengali by William Raddice, who teaches a Bengali course at the University of London. I've been practising the alphabet, some simple vocabulary, and some verb tenses.
I still don't feel confident enough to speak Bengali! But, sometime this weekend, I'd like to upload some content to the "Product" section of this website, perhaps some flashcards of some vocabulary I have learned so far, and the alphabet.
Below is an image of the Bengali alphabet. These are just the consonants.
These are the vowels:
The following website is very useful for learning Bengali letters: https://www.lingvozone.com/Bengali
It's a bit complicated because as you can see, there are pure vowels, on the first line of the picture above, and then the shortened version when they are blended with a consonant to make a syllable. Bengali is a syllabic language, so the "a" letter is written first as আ, and then as a simple line when it is joined with "k" (ক) to make the sound "ka" (কা). There are also consonant blends, to make sounds like the "nt" in "rant" or the "nd" in "sound," which I cannot yet read.
I have a long journey ahead!
*Update: Saturday, Jan 23, 2021: I have opened an account on Quizlet and created my first set of flashcards on Bengali colours: https://quizlet.com/ca/563712851/colours-flash-cards/
blue = নীল (nil)
yellow = হলুদ (holud)
red = লাল (lal)
orange = কমলা (komola)
green = সবুজ (sobuj)
purple = বেগুনি (beguni)
brown = বাদামী (badami)
black = কালো (kalo)
white = সাদা (sada)
grey = ধূসর (dhusor)
pink = গোলাপী (golapi)
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