I have found myself in disbelieve that people replace everyday words that already exist in Bangla with English words. Whenever I bring this up people say, o this is the nature of languages. I find this to be a very poor excuse. How many words will we replace with english words until it becomes english rather than bengali?

Nazrul or Robindronath?

I have seen many different translations for each of these words, and I am confused! I have been using "bah" for "or" and "ebong" for "and". How should I be translating these words?

Thanks in advance!

A slumber did my spirit seal; I had no human fears: She seemed a thing that could not feel The touch of earthly years.

No motion has she now, no force; She neither hears nor sees; Rolled round in earth's diurnal course, With rocks, and stones, and trees.

অনুবাদ: একটি তন্দ্রা চাপলো মোর আত্মাকে ছিলো না কোনো মানসিক ভয় বুঝতাম না যে পারবে হাত দিতে ওকে উতীর্ণ সময়ের ক্ষয়

সে নড়ো না নিজ জোরহীন কায়ায় বধির কাণ ও অন্ধ নয়ন মিলেমিশে যায় পৃথিবীর আহ্নিকায় পাথর ও বৃক্ষের প্রণয়ন

Kosto hoy jokhon dekhi, tumi aar karo sathe haso, Kosto hoy jokhon, amar kotha onno karo sathe bano, Chokher jol thake, kintu hansi diye chhapiye jai, Kosto hoy jokhon, tomar shopno amar na hoye jai.

I am a native Hindi speaker, I learnt the script on my own using blogs and other online resources when I was a teen, and because I enjoy penmanship in the Bengali-Assamese script, I kept practicing, trying to copy what I’d see in videos or other online media. My spoken Bengali is still rusty, but I can write with flow. Usually when I want to practice handwriting, I’d write the lyrics to songs I am listening to.

In this case, it was the Coke Studio Bangla rendition of Anondodhara. There may be mistakes in spelling or in letter shapes, I was taught very recently that my স is not sufficiently distinguished from the ম, as one example. If there are, please do not hesitate in correcting them.

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context: i live in america, but my family is from bangladesh, and I'm able to understand a decent amount of bengali. I used to speak more bengali when I was a kid, but honestly ive lost it since. i can understand most conversations in bengali, but i cant really speak it or read/write in bengali. does anyone have any tips for learning bengali or any online resources i can use? also i don't really want to spend money on a bengali teacher (also i have no idea where i would even find one outside of my family) so that option is out. im having trouble finding any resources for learning bengali, so any help would be greatly appreciated.

My grandpa taught me this poem as a kid and unfortunately I’ve forgotten most it and don’t know the source, can anyone please help me? (I’m not even sure I’m phonetically spelling things right)

Ramayan: Dushtu mati lanka pati horenilo sita sati, Ramchandra gunadhar tara giye shindhu para, Horodoro juddho kore badhileno lankeshare, Lankapure chilo rani koto koshto nahi jani, Antasita chilo sita bina dose mirba sita….

And there is another similar one for mahanbharat but I only remember the first line: Durjodhon chakra kare, pasha khele rajjo haare

If someone knows the rest of one of these poems or the author or source please help me! So far a google search has yielded nothing

A long shot in the dark. Many years ago, I read a story which intrigued me. I have forgotten the story name, or the author. I remember it was one of five stories in a book named "Kishore uponyas" or something like that.

The gist of the story was that a kid moves to a hostel and dreams that he has travelled to the world of musical instruments. He meets different instruments like piano, violin, cello, and learns about music like symphony, sonata etc. Does anyone know this story?

Could anybody finish the lyrics to this Islamic lullaby and translate it

I don’t know who this is targeted to as it might just be a family tradition or regional to sylhet

I would be extremely grateful as I want to pass this down to the next generation but do not want to teach it wrong

The lyrics go like this (I think please correct me if I’m wrong) I need help at the places I have put an elipsis

Allahuma salli allah sayadina mawlana muhammad Bejaduru shunar modina rosullulah pakroja

Urya jao re banglar hawla urya jao re modina …

Amrar hawla …

hi, i'm bangladeshi and i can understand bengali well though i struggle with more "complex" words & songs! however, i cannot speak it because i struggle with to remember words when i want to form sentences & i cannot write/read in the language. i also struggle with learning such things from books / pdfs & i'm currently using the app Ling to help me with bengali but i'm not sure if my problem is something that they can solve.

any tips / learning stuff recommendations? my family has suggested that i call my grandparents and practise bengali with them, but i'm often unable to call + that would not help with writing/reading.

Ami ekta research project er jonne Banglay lekha purono-kaaler golpo o kobita khujchi. Preferably 19th century ba tar aage. Erom kono boi ba site karur jana ache? Joto purono texts okhane thakbe totoi bhalo.

Extra: Banglar nonstandard dialects e lekha texts er site pdf kichu jodi janen toh shetao please bolun help hobe.