Teach Yourself Bengali Language
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Quick Start -
Speak basic Bengali before learning the Bengali script (2 Timothy 2:13)
·
Brief Guide to the Pronunciation
[.htm | .pdf]
(Understand the pattern of Bengali characters and memorize their sounds, even
the most challenging.)
·
First Conversations
(Master how to construct some simple
sentences using progressive examples that explain them.)
o
“First
Conversations” (through English)
“Premières Conversations” (par français)
„Erste Gespräche‟ (durch
Deutsch)
“Prime Conversazioni” (in italiano)
“Primeiras Conversas” (usando
o Português)
“Primeras Conversaciones”
(usando
el español)
·
Pronunciation Using Romanized Script
(Repeat Bengali sounds using online audio files them.)
o “Pronunciation”
(through English)
“Prononciation” (par français)
„Aussprache‟ (durch Deutsch)
“Pronuncia” (in italiano)
“Pronúncia” (em Português)
“Pronunciación” (en español)
·
Bengali Alphabet Characters and
Romanized Forms [View or Print pdf]
·
Elements of Sentence Structure
(Parts of speech with explanations, vocabularies, exercises, answers.)
o
“Language
Structure–Simplified Course” (through English) [Print]
“Cours simplifié sur la structure de la langue”
(par français) [Print]
“Corso semplificato sulla struttura della lingua” (in italiano) [Print]
2.
INCREMENTAL
PHRASES AND DISCUSSIONS
Develop
Bengali Sentences by Adding Simple Words—like
a child would do it (John 16:12)
·
Quickly learn
to make yourself understood in simple Bengali.
o Learn its basic sentence structure
o Personal and impersonal nouns or pronouns
o Activate subjects and objects with verb forms—one
past, one present, and one future
o Link thoughts including cause and effect
o Add further detail by adjectives and adverbs
o Work
online (.htm) or study printouts (.pdf)
·
“Incremental
Phrases” (through English) [Print]
“Expressions Progressives” (par français) [Print]
„Inkrementelle Phrasen‟
(auf Deutsch) [Print]
“Frasi Incrementali”
(in italiano) [Print]
“Frases Incrementais” (em Português) [Print]
“Incremental Phrases” (English+French+Italian)
[Print]
“Incremental Phrases” (English+French+Italian+German)
[Print]
“Incremental Phrases” (English+French+Italian+German+Portuguese)
[Print]
More sound routines and software
programmes for practice [.htm]
4.
BENGALI
GRAMMAR COURSE—THROUGH
VARIOUS LANGUAGES (Hebrews 5:14)
Full grammar course
• “Teaching Truth in Bengali” (through English)
“Enseignant la
Vérité en Bengali” (par
français)
„Die Wahrheit auf
Bengalisch Lehren‟ (durch
Deutsch)
“Insegnando la
Verità in Bengalese” (per
Italiano)
“Ensinando a
Verdade em Bengali” (em
Português)
“La Enseñanza de
la Verdad en Bengalí”
(por español)
5.
BENGALI
GRAMMAR COURSE—THROUGH
ENGLISH
Full
course of detailed Studies—“Teaching Truth in Bengali”
· Interactive
Index in English [.htm] [Print
pdf]
o List
of the contents of all of the Studies together
o Use “Find on page” or scroll to search for specific
grammar details you need and click on the link
·
Table of Grammar Studies 1-65
(Click on the
Study of your choice)
Study …
1
2 3 4 5
6
7 8 9 10
11
12 13 14 15
16
17 18 19 20
21
22 23 24 25
26
27 28 29 30
31
32 33 34 35
36
37 38 39 40
41
42 43 44 45
46
47 48 49 50
51
52 53 54 55
56
57 58 59 60
61
62 63 64 65
· Revision
Summary, Questions, and Answers—(1 Timothy 4:15)
[.htm] [Print pdf]
o Easy
extracts of key grammar elements together
o Inculcate by frequent memory recall
o Work on test questions and check with answers
provided
· Lessons
Folder (as printable pdf files)
(Background, Contents, and
Presentation)
· Sentence
Pattern [Printable or view as .pdf
file]
(Using condensed exercises)
o Condensed
exercises for each grammar study
o Simplified examples used, for example:
48.1 | To study Bengali
is hard. |
48.1 |
বাংলা
অধ্যয়ন করা কঠিন। |
·
Answers to Exercises in Studies 1-60
[.htm
] [Print pdf]
(Developed for pre-2007 course.)
o Enables
simultaneous or independent checking
o Can
be referred to while working on questions in the studies
6.
BENGALI
DICTIONARIES (Proverbs 25:11)
(Characters are in Unicode.)
· English to Bengali Dictionary
o [Print larger pdf]
· Bengali to English—in Bengali alphabetical order [.pdf]
o [Print larger pdf]
· Bengali to English—in Romanized alphabetical order [.pdf]
o [Print larger pdf]
· French
to English and Bengali Dictionary (preparatory document)
· Italian
to English and Bengali Dictionary (preparatory document)
7.
LISTS
OF FREQUENT WORDS
· Chandrabindu Word Order
[.pdf]
· Very Frequent Word List
[.pdf]
· Most Frequent Word List
[.pdf]
8.
SONGS
IN BENGALI (Psalm 28:7)
Listen
to audio (.wav or .mp3) or print songsheets (.pdf)
· Jaan-te
Paar-le জানতে পারলে
(“If You Could Know”) (sung in Bengali)
[Audio: wav | Songsheet:
pdf]
· Haalkaa Paalak হালকা পালক
(“Light Feather or Gentle
Shepherd”)
[Songsheet: pdf]
· Aamaay Bhaalobaase আমায় ভালোবাসে (“Loves Me”)
[Songsheet: pdf]
· Hale
Yete হলে
যেতে (“Going
to the Hall”)
[Songsheet: pdf]
· Baaibeler Pustak-gulo (baanºlaay)
বাইবেলের পুস্তকগুলো
(বাংলায়) (“The Bible Books” in Bengali)
[Audio: mp3 | Songsheet:
pdf]
· Baaibeler Pustak-gulo (inºrejiite)
বাইবেলের পুস্তকগুলো
(ইংরেজীতে)
(“The Bible Books” in
English/Bengali)
[Audio: mp3 | Songsheet:
pdf]
· Bengali
Songs—General [.htm]
9.
BIBLE
STUDY AIDS IN BENGALI
·
Bible
Study Aids [.htm]
10.
DOWNLOAD
FONTS AND SOUND FILES
· Get
fonts used in some of these Bengali publications [Download Fonts]
· Get
sounds used in Bengali pronunciation aids [Download Sounds]
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