Virtual Bangladesh : Survival Bengali : Useful Words and Phrases

[Greetings] [Useful words and phrases] [Numbers]

The links here invoke an audio file so that you can actually listen to the words and phrases being spoken by a Bengali.

Greetings

shAgatom [welcome]
AmAr nAm .. [My name is]
kemon Achho? [How are you?]
bhAlo Achhi
dhonnobAd [Thank you]
AbAr dakhA habe [Will see you again]
nA [no]
ha(n) [yes]

Useful words and phrases

jAninA [Don't know]
Ami bAnglA jAni nA [I don't know Bengali]
Ami tomAke bhAlobAshi [I love you]
Aste [Slowly]
Aro [more]
bAs [Enough]
bhAlo [Good]
khArAp [Bad]
bandho [Close(d)]
dur [Far]
garom [Hot]
kAchhe [Near]
kholA [Open]
ki chAi? [What do (you) want?]
koeTA bAje? [What time is it?]
kato dAm [How much?]
notun [New]
eTa ki pAwA jAe? [Is this available?]
purono [Old]
shundor [Beautiful]
tArAtAri [Quickly]
ThAndA [Cold]

Numbers

ack (one)
dui (two)
tin (three)
chAr (four)
pA(n)ch (five)
chhoy (six)
shAt (seven)
At (eight)
noy (nine)
dawsh (ten)