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| Ulven | Saturday 19th of March 2005 01:05:17 AM |
| Sanskrit/Nepali/Hindi/Newari - Namaste!:) I'd like to know some differences Nepali has with Hindi. And, is a Sanskrit/English dictionary useful for learning Nepali? I've been told of some differences, like Nepali may have suffixes where Hindi may not. But in written, are these differences as notable? Because in Arabic, the ponunciation is diferent from region to region, yet the script is the same (perhaps some culturally specific words differ). Dhanyabad!:) | |
| rjohn722 | Saturday 19th of March 2005 09:13:58 AM |
| - Namste sasthi Hey by no means I am I expert on this matter, but I was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Nepal for about a year, so I got a good hold on the conversational Nepal and was starting to learn Hindi. Regarding Sanskrit in relation to Nepal and Hindi, it would be simalar to learning latin as a means to learn english or Italian. Although there are several words that are borrowed from sanskrit it both language, it is more like the base language for Nepali and Hindi and other languages in the region. Hindi in Nepali are closer in there relation similar to english and french or french and spanish. Major difference are pronouns, male and female articales are present in both languages (e.g. le and la in frence)but they seem to have greater bearing on conversational hindi than nepali. For example coversationally verb ending in Hindi can be affected depending on if the subject is masculine or femanine. The same is sometimes seen in very formal writen Nepali, but rarely in informal writing or daily conversations. Sentence structures are similar, but conjugation of verbs, tenses and things are different. example: 1) the sentence my name is Ulven. 2)I am writing. Nepali: mero naam ulven ho Hindi: mera naam ulven hai Nepali: ma lekh dai chhu Hindi: mé lekh rahaa hai Also hindi has a few character which are not used in; or used as common in Nepali The languages are very close. The sanskrit dictionary may help some, but I would venture to say you should try to get some specific nepali and hindi books/dictionaries. I hope that was of some assistance to you. Sorry it was so long. Rollin pheri bhotulaa (see you again) | |
| Ulven | Saturday 19th of March 2005 11:37:04 AM |
| - nahii, the longer the better;). Dhanyabad for that! haa, I have a good impression of Nepalese people, despite never really getting to meet any. I think I've just been inspired to go to a Nepalese retaurant I know. Hindi is the language I'm more likely to learn, though. As, I get the opportunity to meet Hindi speakers everyday in most suburbs of my city, Sydney. But, all it takes for me to learn a language is to meet one person who inspires me, so if I have a rapport enough with the people from the Nepalese restaurant, who knows, I may be buying Nepali books and tapes by the week's end.lol | |
