TABLE OF CONTENTS (সূ িচপ )
English Bengali Pronunciation
Introduction ভূিমকা
Bengali Alphabet বাংলা বণমালা
Frequently Used Bengali াত িহক ব ব ত শ
Words
Parts of Speech পদ করণ
Verb Forms ি য়া পদ
Useful Tips েয়াজনীয় তথ
Introduction (ভূিমকা)
Few Interesting facts on Bengali Language:-
1. Bengali evolved circa (approximately) 1000–1200 CE (Common Era) from Sanskrit
and Magadhi Prakrit.
2. Bengali is spoken by more than 261 million people worldwide as a 1st or 2nd
language.
3. Bengali is one of the official languages of Sierra Leone (Africa).
4. Bengali is the language after which the International Mother Language Day is based.
5. The National Anthem of India and Bangladesh both are written in Bengali.
Alphabet (বণমালা)
Like in the English language, Bengali alphabet also comprises of Vowels and
Consonants. But in contrast to the English alphabet, the vowels and consonants of the
Bengali alphabet are grouped in separate tables.
Vowels- Called as ‘swaraborno’ (pronounced as: ‘saw-ro-bor-no’). This group consists of
12 letters.
Consonants- Called as ‘banjonborno’ (pronounced as: ‘ban-jon-bor-no’). This group
consists of 35 letters.
Swaroborno ( রবণ)
Letters Pronounced Pronounced in a word as:
individually
অ ‘a’ in ‘small’
আ ‘a’ in ‘ask’
ই ‘i’ in “ill’
ঈ ‘e’ in ‘eagle’
উ ‘u’ in ‘ubuntu’
ঊ ‘ou’ in ‘you’
ঋ ‘ri’ in ‘risk’
ৠ ‘rri’ in ‘irritation’
এ ‘a’ in ‘ate’
ঐ ‘ai’ in ‘krai’ – pronunciation of ‘cry’
ও ‘o’ in ‘go’
ঔ Stressed and long sound of ‘o’
Banjonborno (ব নবণ)
Letter Pronounced Pronounced in a word as:
individually
ক ‘k’ in kite
খ Coupled sound of ‘k’, ‘h’= ‘kh’
গ ‘g’ in gun
ঘ Coupled sound of ‘g’, ‘h’= ‘gh’
ঙ As ‘gn’ in gnome
চ ‘ch’ in chair
ছ ‘ch’ as in chair with more stress on ‘h’
জ ‘j’ in jug
ঝ This is produced using the naval sounds while the
tongue touches the upper part of mouth cavity
ঞ Just like ‘gn’ of gnome with a slight up movement of
tongue
Banjonborno (ব নবণ) (Contd.)
Letter Pronounced individually Pronounced in a word
ট ‘t’ in top
ঠ Hard sound of ‘t’
ড ‘d’ in dark
ঢ Coupled sound of ‘d’ and ‘h’= ‘dh’
ণ Nasal sound when the tongue touches a bit
away from teeth
ত Soft sound of ‘t’ as used in "Bharat"
থ ‘th’ in thermo
দ ‘th’ in the
ধ sound produced by coupling soft ‘d’ and ‘h’=
‘dh’
ন ‘n’ in man
Banjonborno (ব নবণ) (Contd.)
Letter Pronounced individually Pronounced in a word
প ‘p’ in push
ফ Sound of ‘f’ if pronounced with closed lips
ব ‘b’ in ban
ভ Coupled sound of ‘b’ and ‘h’= ‘bh’
ম ‘m’ in mass
য ‘y’ in yacht
র ‘r’ in run
ল ‘l’ in love
শ ‘sh’ in shot
ষ Sound of ‘sh’ when the tongue touches the roots of
the teeth
Banjonborno (ব নবণ) (CONTD.)
Letter Pronounced individually Pronounced in a word
স ‘s’ in sound
হ ‘h’ in hall
য় e and -
ড় ŗ
ঢ় ŗh
Bengali numerals (বাংলা সংখ া)
English Bengali Pronunciation Pronounced as Written is Bengali
Numerals Numerals Font
0 ০ shunnô শূ ন
1 ১ êk এক
2 ২ dui ই
3 ৩ tin িতন
4 ৪ char চার
5 ৫ pãch পাঁচ
6 ৬ chhôy ছয়
7 ৭ shat সাত
8 ৮ aṭ আট
9 ৯ nôy নয়
10 ১০ dôsh দশ
1st, 2nd & 3rd person ( থম ি তীয় এবং তৃতীয় পু ষ )
SR Bengali Pronounced as Pronunciation Meaning Use
No. Word
1 আিম Ami I Common use
2 আমার Amar Mine Common use
3 আমােক Amake Me Common use
4 আিম িনেজ Ami nije Myself Common use
5 তুই Tui You informal
6 তােক Toke To you
7 তার Tor Your
8 তুিম Tumi You informal
9 তামােক Tomake To you
10 তামার Tomar Your
11 আপিন Apni You formal
12 আপনােক Apnake To you
13 আপনার Apnar Your
• Words from serial number 5 to 7 in the previous table are informal and used to address
someone very close or/ and younger to you.
e.g. It is used to address Friends, Brothers, Sisters, Nephews, Nieces etc.
• Words from serial number 8- 10 are used to address family members elder to you.
e.g. They are used to address Parents, Uncles, Aunts, Grand Parents etc.
• Words from serial number 11- 13 are used to address people both around your age and
elder to you.
Parts of speech (পদ করণ )
English Bengali Example উদাহরণ
Noun িবেশষ Ram is a good boy. রাম ভােলা ছেল |
Pronoun সবনাম She is reading a story book. স গে র বই পড়েছ |
Adjective িবেশষণ Ram is a good boy. রাম ভােলা ছেল |
Verb ি য়া I am playing football. আিম ফু টবল খলিছ |
Adverb ি য়া িবেশষণ The train is running fast.
নটা জাের চলেছ|
Prepositio পদা য়ী অব য় The man is resting under the tree.
n লাক গােছর িনেচ িব াম িনে ।
Conjunctio সংেযাজক Sam and John are good football স াম এবং জন ভাল ফু টবল খেলায়াড়|
n অব য় players.
Interjectio আেবগ সূ চক Bravo Kamal! You played সাবাশ কমল! তুিম দা ন খেলেছা|
n অব য় magnificently
Verb forms (ি য়া পদ)
যাওয়া (To Go)
(While using with 1st Person)
Simple Continuous
Present যাই (Ja-ei) যাি (ja-chhi)
(বতমান)
Past িগেয়িছলাম (gi-ye-chi-lam) যাি লাম (ja-chhi-lam)
(অতীত)
Future যােবা (ja- bo) যেত থাকেবা (je-te thak-bo)
(ভিবষ ৎ)
SINGULAR & PLURAL FORMS (একবচন এবং ব বচন)
SR Bengali Word Pronunciation Meaning Use
No. Singular Plural
Bengali English Bengali English
1 আিম Ami আমরা Amra We Common
2 আমার Amar আমােদর Amader Our Common
3 আমােক Amake আমােদরেক Amaderke Us Common
4 আিম িনেজ Ami nije আমরা িনেজ Amra nije Ourselves Common
5 তু ই Tui তারা Tora You Informal
6 তার Tor তােদর Toder Your Informal
7 তােক Toke তােদরেক Toderke To you Informal
8 তু িম Tumi তামরা Tomra You Informal
9 তামার Tomar তামােদর Tomader Your Informal
10 তামােক Tomake তামােদরেক Tomaderke To you Informal
11 আপিন Apni আপনারা Apnara You Informal
12 আপনার Apnar আপনােদর Apnader Your Informal
13 আপনােক Apnake আপনােদরেক Apnaderke To you Informal
Useful tips ( েয়াজনীয় তথ )
• You can use ‘google translate’ to translate simple English
sentences into Bengali. For complex sentences, its better to
use your knowledge and experience for translation.
• The website ‘http://bengali.Indiatyping.Com/’ is a good
website where you can write any Bengali word using English
letters and as you hit the ‘space’ button it will get converted
into Bengali fonts.
