Trying to practice using adverbs, conjunctions and using more vocab. Realise some of the sentences might sound a bit odd!

Mari girlfriend gujarati che tethi mane gujarati sikhvu che

Mane pizza khavu che sathe sathe burgers khavu che - I like to eat pizza as well as burgers.

Hu marum ghareeh jaldi jau chu karan ke mane book lage che. - I'm going to my home soon because i am hungry.

Hu tane vagar jivi sakto nathi - I cannot live without you

Hu samanya rite pustakalani andar abyas karu chu pun mane kyarak bahare abyas karvu che - I usually study in the library but sometimes I like to study outside.

Marum ghare bahu j upogi che karan ke te marum univeristy najike che - My house is very useful because it is close to my university.

Hu dar roj kadapam paherum chu karan ke te jaruri che - I wear clothes every day because they are necessary

Hey, so I understand human is માનવ Mānava

and the plural is માણસો Māṇasō

I am wondering why the sentence 'it is necessary for humans' is Manuṣyō māṭē jarūrī

Why does manaso --> manusyo?

Thanks.

From 25:30 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP2cR0Nuy-c&t=1614s&ab_channel=PunToonKids-Gujarati

Thanks!

Used Chatgpt to generate some sentences and had a go at translating them!

I want to eat. - Mane khavanum che

I do not want to go. - Mane javum nathi

I want to learn Gujarati. - Mane Gujarati sikhvum che

I do not want to watch TV. - Mane tv jovanum nathi

I want to drink water. - Mane pani pivi che

I do not want to play outside - Mane biharni ramvum nathi

I want to sleep early. - Mane vaheli unghvum che

I do not want to cook today. - Mane aje rasoi karvum nathi

I want to study more. - Mane vadhu abyas karvum che

I do not want to wake up early. - Mane vaheli uthvum nathi

I want to visit the market. - Mane bajarni mulakat levanum che

I do not want to talk right now. - Mane atyare/umna vaat karvum nathi

I want to buy new clothes. - Mane nava kapadam kharidavum che

I want to help you. - Mane tame madad karvum che

I do not want to make a mistake. - Mane mistake karvum nathi

I want to listen to music. - Mane music sambhalvum che

I do not want to argue. - Mane argue karvum nathi

Hi everyone,

I am a master's student at Georgia Tech and I am doing a class project around learning South Asian languages. I was hoping the moderators of the subreddit nad other active redditors on the community would be willing to have a chat with me so that I can understand how subreddits help or don't help with language learning, specifically when it comes to south Asian languages like Gujarati, Hindi, Urdu, Tamil, etc. Please comment if you'd be willing to chat with me.

Thanks!

Does anyone know what dialect these word's are

Tun bahu honsiyor cho

Hum betho chu chaya puvm chu

Ricky bahu fine chashma phare che

Pet dukhe che

This is what Google Images calls a "munim desk." It was mostly used in our grandparents times as the main writing furniture where you wrote with quill and inkwell while sitting on the floor. Does anyone know if it had a more ethnic name in the Gujarati language? ChatGPT says something like lekhanpatti, but I am not sure.

Hi there,

The audio files accompanying the book are available (for free) on the teachyourself website only for the first seven chapters. I can't find the audios for chapters 8 to 15. Does anyone know where i can find them ?

Thanks,

This is the image of a rooftop lined with fire-baked clay tiles very common in rural India and also, I believe, in some Mediterranean communities. In Hindi we call them खपडा (khapda). I want to know what it’s called in Gujarati, especially around Surat if possible. ChatGPT gives ઢાળીયા (dhalia), Gemini gives ખપ્પા (khappa), and Claude gives નળિયા (naliya) but I am not sure if they’re correct. Also, are there different names in different parts of Gujarat?

Hi, I'm from Mangalore, Karnataka, residing in Amdavad for about 1.5 years now. Since i learned basic Hindi in school and because of my stay here, I'm able to read the Gujarati script and understand about ~25% of whatever is being spoken by people surrounding me. The problem I find is that I'm hesitant to speak Gujarati as I do not know which connecting words to use to form sentences. Eg. Ni or na etc. Kindly guide me for the same. I wish to be able to speak Gujarati by the time I leave- 6m to 2 years from now. I can spend a minimum of 15 minutes each day for the same.

Huṁ dhīmē dhīmē kampyuṭara para kāma karavā sakṣama chuṁ - Bit by bit, I’m able to work on the computer.

In this sentence, why is it saksam chum and not sakum chum?

Come across both of these with the verb to do, meaning 'to try'.

Confused what the difference between the two is?

In this sentence:

મને તાવ આવીયો હતો એટલે હોસ્પિટલ ગયા હતા - mane tava aaviyo hato etle hospital gaya hata - I got a fever so went to the hospital

I don't understand why aaviyo/આવીયો is in the sentence? Surely it can just be મને તાવ હતો એટલે હોસ્પિટલ ગયા હતા

Any help appreciated!

What's the appropriate gujarati word for the english word "Accent", is it 'બોલી' or is it 'ઉચ્ચારણ'? or something else?

Does Gujarat have a standard state language board for Gujarati language and have very similar book like a Standardization of Devanagari script and Hindi spellings ?

https://www.chd.education.gov.in/sites/default/files/devanagari-lipi.pdf

https://www.ocr.org.uk/images/149939-topic-based-vocabulary-list.pdf

Thank you.

Hi! I am an ESL teacher in an elementary school in Massachusetts. Our district has quite a few families who speak Gujarati. I’m making something to hang in the entrance of my classroom that says “hello!” In the different languages of my students and their families, and am coming across some translation discrepancies in how to write hello! in Gujarati. Could anyone help me? Thank you in advance!

Can only watch so many kids cartoons and gujrati films - anyone know where I can find Western films dubbed in gujarati?

Automatic keyboard preference for Gujarati typing You write a,b,c,d, it is written in Gujarati but there are some mistakes in spelling. કેલં( true writing kelam -banana) કેલામ He usually types incorrectly, do you think the normal Gujarati keyboard is more logical?

It was easier when I knew a little Hindi beforehand, it was easier than other Indian languages, I am only at A1 level.

Hey,

I've come across the sentence

• Kapāsa anē śaṇa paṇa vr̥kṣōmānthī mēḷavavāmāṁ āvē chē

I'm confused why it isn't just: Kapāsa anē śaṇa paṇa vr̥kṣōmānthī male chē

Struggling with understanding the conjugation here -

Came across both of these:

hum ghare pohochine kahu

tame ghare pochi ne phone karjo

In English, Hindi and Urdu and but not in Gujarati. Why?

https://ncert.nic.in/textbook.php?eeap1=5-22

https://ncert.nic.in/textbook.php?ehap1=5-22

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Hi all,

I've come across 'jauri' જરૂરી as the word for necessary.

But I've also come across 'jaur' જરૂર. Can someone explain to me the rule for when to use one over the other please?

Thank you.

Are there any Gujarati teachers here who'd be up for doing online zoom classes? Ideally someone who's taught Gujarati to English speakers before. Thanks!

I want to learn to speak Gujarati but have no need to write it. Is there a way to just learn to speak it? I figure it will save me time. What’s the best course?

I am mixed race. My dad is white from texas, and my mom is British-Indian. Her side of the family is Gujarati and most of my older relatives speak it as does my mom. She never taught my sister and I to speak growing up, which she does regret. I’ve just graduated college and have just come back from visiting her family in England. It has inspired me to try to pick up the language, as I want to be able to converse with them (they all speak fluent english but I think they would love if I picked it up). Can anyone recommend me ways to pick it up? Maybe any apps, websites, books etc.? I am a fluent english speaker and it is the only language I speak, with no knowledge of any Indian dialect. I would appreciate any insight. Thanks!

Hi,

My girlfriend is of Gujarati descent. I was wondering how best to address her affectionately. In English, I regularly call her “gorgeous” or “beautiful”. However I’ve been led to believe that “sundara” means more “nice” than the affectionate nickname I’m trying to convey. Can anyone give me the appropriate pet name I can use please?