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USE OF SUFFIXES 'રે' and 'ને' WITH PRONOUNS

Can the two suffixes 'રે' and 'ને ' be used interchangeable with I and II person pronouns? For example whether these two sentences mean same thing?

  1. મને ચોપડી જોઈએ છે.

  2. મારે ચોપડી જોઈએ છે.

2 Comments
2025/01/25
09:38 UTC

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What are the main differences in Surti Gujarati?

I already know about SH being pronounced as S and S being pronounced as H (and in some more rural dialects, both Sh and S being pronounced as h) but what about more vocabulary, grammatical and cultural differences?

6 Comments
2025/01/25
07:26 UTC

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Help

Can someone translate the below sentence? Thanks in advance

હમ ભી ચલે થે પ્યાર કા हिया ४लाने...

એની માને ભડકો થઈ गयो...!!

3 Comments
2025/01/23
13:49 UTC

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PLEASE CHECK FOLLOWING SENTENCES

  1. What is this? - આ શું છે?

  2. Whose sister is Rama? - રમા કોની બહેન છે?

  3. Whose house is this? - આ કોનું ઘર છે?

  4. Whose books are these? - આ કોની ચોપડીઓ છે?

  5. Those are father's books. - તે બાપુજી ની ચોપડીઓ છે.

  6. That is father's easychair - પેલી બાપુજી ની આરામ ખુરશી છે.

  7. Father's clothes are in the cupboard - બાપુજી નાં કપડાં કબાટમાં છે.

  8. His ties are in the coupboard. - તેની ટાઈ કબાટમાં છે.

  9. All those things belongs to father. - તે બધાં બાપુજી નાં છે.

4 Comments
2025/01/20
13:21 UTC

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'આ' and 'એ'

આ means 'this', which is singular. Whether plural form of 'આ' is 'એ' or if 'આ' is used for both singular and plural?

2 Comments
2025/01/09
12:35 UTC

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PLEASE CHECK MY SENTENCES! LEVEL - BEGINER

  1. How many tables are those? - પેલાં કેટલાં મેજો છે?

  2. Those are six tables. - પેલાં છ મેજો છે.

  3. That is one table. - પેલું એક મેજ છે.

  4. How many boys are those? - પેલા કેટલા છોકરાઓ છે?

  5. Those are thirty boys. - પેલા ત્રીસ છોકરાઓ છે.

  6. How many pens are those? - પેલી કેટલી પેનો છે?

  7. Those ten tables and chairs are in the classroom. - પેલું દશ મેજો અને ખુરશીઓ વર્ગમાં છે.

12 Comments
2025/01/08
08:02 UTC

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HELP

પેલું ઓવેન કયાનું છે?

What will be the translation of above sentence -
a) Whose oven is that?
OR
b) Where is that oven from?

Basically want to know whether 'કયાનું' translates to - 'whose' or 'from where'?

7 Comments
2025/01/05
09:14 UTC

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Useful vocab list here: pg 80 onwards

Useful vocab list for the GCSE (UK high school qualification) Gujarati specification.

https://qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/GCSE/Gujarati/2018/specification-and-sample-assessment-material/specification-gcse2017-l12-gujarati-iss4.pdf

PG 80 onwards has a long list of vocab including verbs, adjectives etc and also vocab organised around themes (identity, school etc)

It is, however, not the transliteration.

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2024/12/23
22:21 UTC

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Gujarati Dictionary online where I can see what type of a gender which a particular noun is?

Like given a noun, what is the gender? There are so many exceptions in gujarati's nouns hence I would like to have some kind of dictionary which shows me what gender of the noun is.

2 Comments
2024/12/17
08:05 UTC

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Confused on verb lagvum in this sentence

So i've been using and are comfortable with that verb. As I understand it, it means feel/seem

E.g. mane lage che - i think that (it seems to me that)

mane garmi lage che - i feel cold.

why does this: તેને શોધવા લાગે છે Tēnē śōdhavā lāgē chē

--> why does that mean "he begins to search". why not tene sode che instead?

hope this question makes sense! thank you

2 Comments
2024/12/10
19:56 UTC

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BOOK DISCUSSION

Anyone here who has tried to learn Gujarati through books published by CIIL (Central Institute of Indian Languages)? They have a book to learn Gujarati through Hindi, titled as - 'Bhartiya Bhasha Jyoti'. Any opinion about that book or CIIL published books?

0 Comments
2024/12/03
11:34 UTC

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Can someone check these sentences please?

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

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2024/11/28
18:01 UTC

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The noun for humans

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.

5 Comments
2024/11/13
15:59 UTC

5 Comments
2024/11/10
16:22 UTC

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Can someone check my sentences please. Thank you!

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

9 Comments
2024/11/10
15:57 UTC

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Help with identifying dialect

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

4 Comments
2024/11/03
08:31 UTC

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Munim desk

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.

4 Comments
2024/10/25
02:50 UTC

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Teach Yourself Gujarati : where to find the audio files ?

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,

5 Comments
2024/10/15
05:26 UTC

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What do you call clay rooftiles in Gujarati?

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?

4 Comments
2024/10/13
11:40 UTC

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Please suggest

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.

4 Comments
2024/10/10
08:49 UTC

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Help understanding conjucation of 'can'

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?

3 Comments
2024/09/26
18:27 UTC

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પ્રયત્ન vs પ્રયાસ - help?

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

Confused what the difference between the two is?

1 Comment
2024/09/26
18:14 UTC

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Help understanding - is this ideamatic?

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!

2 Comments
2024/09/24
18:43 UTC

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Gujarati word for "Accent"

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

4 Comments
2024/09/22
07:45 UTC

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Standardization of Gujarati script and Gujarati spellings

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

1 Comment
2024/09/19
19:39 UTC

1 Comment
2024/09/10
17:05 UTC

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Can someone give me example sentences using સાથે સાથે (Sāthē sāthē)

Thank you.

3 Comments
2024/09/09
16:38 UTC

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How to write “hello?”

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!

10 Comments
2024/09/07
03:20 UTC

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Anyone know where I can find gujarati dubbed films/tv shows?

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

3 Comments
2024/09/03
10:19 UTC

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Is the automatic keyboard typing incorrectly?

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?

2 Comments
2024/08/31
09:21 UTC

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