Meeting 11/05

rani-queen can be a name

makon-butter (nickname for a man)

munmun (another nickname)

nicknames a very common

cihi is Paroma’s nickname, peanutbrittle in Hindi

rani haʃlo-rani laughed

makon rani-ke haʃalo-Makon make Rani laugh

rani moregalo, rani died

rani morlo (completitive reading?)

rani maragelo, more respectful

rani makon-ke merepelo-Rani killed Makon

rani makon-ke marlo (could also be just hit, not killed)

rani boʃlo-rani sat down (just walked into a room and sat down)

rani boʃeporlo (in between)

rani boʃepelo (had been standing for hours and finaly sat down)

 makon rani-ke boʃalo Makon made Rani sit, or just ushered her to her seat

rani akta apel kelo, rani ate an apple

rani akta apel kepelo if she FINISHED eating it

makon rani-ke akta apel kawalo-Makon fed Rani an apple

rani French ʃikhche, Rani is learning French

makon rani-ke French ʃekhacche-Makon is teaching Rani french

makon rani-r gari deklo-Makon saw Rani’s car

makon rani-r gari-((ta)-ke) deklo

makon rani-ke or/nijer gari(ta ke) dakhalo-Makon showed Rani his car.

rani rakorce-Rani is angry (right now)

makon rani-ke ragalo-Makon made rani angry

rani ragi manuʃ-Rani is an angry person

rani bhoy phacche, Rani is afraid

rani bhitu manuʃ Rani is a coward

rani kub bhitu 

makon rani-ke bhoy pawalo/ bhoy dakalo-makon frightened rani

he made her feel scared/ vs showed her fear, dressed up as something and scared her, to scare with something that’s not really going to happen

bhoy pawa has a sense of being scared with the person

rani lukolo-Rani hid

makon rani-ke lukolo-Makon hid Rani

lukono “to hide”

jhol boil holo-the water boiled

rani jhol boil korlo-Rani boiled water

boil or phutlo

jhol phutlo

rani jhol photalo

phutlo also means to burst or bloom

rani-r bari-te agun laglo-Rani’s house caught fire

laglo-attached

from lagano, actually from laga, which means to attach by itself rather than through an agent

makon rani-r bari-te agun lagalo/lagietilo/lagiepelo-makon set fire to rani’s house

latter ones imply completion

kaʈi-ta bhenge galo-the stick broke

bhanga-to break

galo-went

rani kaʈit-a bhanglo bhegedilo, rani broke the stick

janla-ta kullo-the window opened

jalna might come from jal, net

rani janla-(ta-(ke)) kullo-rani opened the window

open-kola/ koladewa

diʃ-gulo ʃuklo-the dishes are dry

rani diʃ-gulo-ke ʃokalo, rani dried the dishes

tar-ta ʃojahuey galo-the wire straightened out (by itself became straight)

rani tar-(ta-(ke)) ʃoja {korlo/koredilo}/{hueygalo/holo}-rani straightened the wire

dori-ta gacer dhal teke jhullo-the rope hung from the branch

jhulle porlo also possible

rani dori-ta-ke dhal teke jholalo-Rani hung the rope from the branch

jhola, to hang

kati-ta dewal-e ʃate ʃete daralo-the stick leaned against the wall

ʃ˜ete, “when two things are really close and they’re sort of leaning on each other”

rani kati-ta-ke dewal-e ʃete dar koralo-Rani leaned the stick agains thte wall

dar kora, to make something stand

rani ghurlo, rani turned around

ghurepelo if there’s a sense of completion

makon rani-ke ghoralo-Makon turned Rani around

or ghuriepelo

noko-ta ultegalo/ultolo-a boat turned upsidedown

makon noko-(ta-(ke)) ultiedilo/ultolo

pator-ta poregalo/porlo-the stone fell

rani pator(-ta-(ke)) pelo/peledilo, Rani dropped/ threw the stone

rani pator-ta poriedilo/poralo, sounds weird, also sounds like she taught the rock

What do you want to drink

ki kabe (or food)

tumi ki kete jal

Colloquial followed by formal

Do you want coffee?

kofi cai ki

tumi ki kofi kete jal

jal- to go

Do you want coffee or tea

kofi na cha

tumi ki kofe na cha kete jal

tumi ki kofe na cha cao (if you’re not drinking it)

You want what?

ki cai

ki bole

You want coffee don’t you

kofi cai na

Could also mean I don’t want coffee

Depends on tone

Could mean you changed your mind halfway through

Say , do you want coffee

“We really don’t have that”

What drink do you want

ki drink cai?

Which drink

kon drink kete cal

ki kete jal is what do you want to eat, usually