Jump to content

Why do some South Indians can speak Hindi fluently while many can't?

Franco Vazquez

By Franco Vazquez
in Chit Chat

 Share

Recommended Posts

Mariyam Grand Master

Mariyam

Posted
Posted
Just now, New guy said:

Dont mess with a malayali, we are those who - bore addicha, terichi addikum

I would never mess with you. 

 

I don't get the reference here.

 

What is your connection to Bengali/Bengal? I am sure I remember reading you argue with @Gollum? in Bengali in a Sachin Tendulkar related thread. Those threads always make for a great read.

coffee_rules Grand Master

coffee_rules

Posted
Posted (edited)
35 minutes ago, Mariyam said:

Why did the Malayalee cross the road?

 

*simbly* 

There is no equivalent consonant for that L in English. It is the Ly as in a retroflex lateral flap ळ (ḷa) 

Edited by coffee_rules
New guy Grand Master

New guy

Posted
Posted (edited)
20 minutes ago, Mariyam said:

I would never mess with you. 

 

I don't get the reference here.

 

What is your connection to Bengali/Bengal? I am sure I remember reading you argue with @Gollum? in Bengali in a Sachin Tendulkar related thread. Those threads always make for a great read.

It was a dad joke my dad used to (still does) make. If I ever said said - Bore adikkua which translates literally to "bore maar raha hai", he would always say tirichi addiku - meaning, "then hit it back". So in my reply to you, I said dont mess with a malayali, we are those who even hit boriyat back.

 

And bengali connection is through my wife, who is a bengali. 

 

 

 

 

Edited by New guy
Mariyam Grand Master

Mariyam

Posted
Posted
21 hours ago, New guy said:

It was a dad joke my dad used to (still does) make. If I ever said said - Bore adikkua which translates literally to "bore maar raha hai", he would always say tirichi addiku - meaning, "then hit it back". So in my reply to you, I said dont mess with a malayali, we are those who even hit boriyat back.

 

And bengali connection is through my wife, who is a bengali. 

 

Aww that is so sweet, learning your wife's mother tongue. You must be a hit with the in laws.

 

IIRC @BacktoCricaddict also speaks his Marathi, his wife's language. :hatsoff:

@coffee_rules do you speak Telugu?

coffee_rules Grand Master

coffee_rules

Posted
Posted
3 hours ago, Mariyam said:

Aww that is so sweet, learning your wife's mother tongue. You must be a hit with the in laws.

 

IIRC @BacktoCricaddict also speaks his Marathi, his wife's language. :hatsoff:

@coffee_rules do you speak Telugu?

 

Speak Telugu? I can't say that "I can talk Telugu, walk Telugu because Telugu is a phunny language." I can hold a conversation with simple sentences mixing Telugu verbs with English nouns.  Coffee taagtaara? Lunch aainda? But can totally understand Telugu after seeing many many movies with her. So much that I can totally understand what my wife complains to her mom about me. 

BacktoCricaddict Grand Master

BacktoCricaddict

Posted
Posted
5 hours ago, Mariyam said:

 

 

IIRC @BacktoCricaddict also speaks his Marathi, his wife's language. :hatsoff:

 

It sure helped that my Hindi was already decent. I basically understand everything that is said in Marathi, and can watch Marathi TV/movies with no subtitles. But I still hesitate to speak because it is easy to mess up gender-references. 

 

 

G_B_ Grand Master

G_B_

Posted
Posted
22 hours ago, BacktoCricaddict said:

It sure helped that my Hindi was already decent. I basically understand everything that is said in Marathi, and can watch Marathi TV/movies with no subtitles. But I still hesitate to speak because it is easy to mess up gender-references. 

 

 

 

Masta biddu!

singhvivek141 Grand Master

singhvivek141

Posted
Posted
11 hours ago, BacktoCricaddict said:

If that was Marathi, he would be Jackie Saraf.

Saraf or Sarraf ?
Sarraf is a common word in North for the folks who're are in ornaments business.

randomGuy Grand Master

randomGuy

Posted
Posted

According to ChapGPT

 

 

Language Similarity with Hindi (out of 10) 

 

Bhojpuri 9/10 Very close to Hindi; mutually intelligible.

 

Punjabi 8/10 Similar grammar and vocabulary; different script.

 

Marathi 7.5/10 Shares Indo-Aryan roots; close grammar and lexicon.

 

Gujarati 7/10 Similar structure and vocabulary; different phonetics.

 

Bengali 6/10 Shares some vocabulary; different phonology, grammar, and script.

 

Odia 5.5/10 Some common roots, but notable structural differences.

 

Telugu 3/10 Dravidian; some Sanskrit influence shared with Hindi.

 

Kannada 3/10 Dravidian; limited similarity via Sanskrit-based words.

 

Malayalam 2.5/10 Dravidian; script and grammar very different; some Sanskrit loanwords.

 

Tamil 2/10 Dravidian; minimal similarity in structure or vocabulary.

 

 

 

randomGuy Grand Master

randomGuy

Posted
Posted
On 5/22/2025 at 3:52 AM, diga said:

 

 

https://x.com/VeeraBallalaV/status/1925124820796408150

@Mariyam / @coffee_rules 

 

Views of Banu Mushtaq on Kannada vs Urdu.. for the uninitiated her work won the booker prize 

 

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/who-is-banu-mushtaq-kannada-writer-who-scripted-history-with-international-booker-prize-win/article69600716.ece

I don't know this woman but sharing this since I follow Sanjay Dixit -

 

 

 

coffee_rules Grand Master

coffee_rules

Posted
Posted
16 minutes ago, randomGuy said:

I don't know this woman but sharing this since I follow Sanjay Dixit -

 

 

 

 

 

@diga  I came across this interview of her 3 years back. Quite a Arfa Khannum style intellectual. She's celebrating the Shah Bano case !!

 

https://article-14.com/post/-in-karnataka-cultural-practices-basavanna-fought-against-are-getting-reintroduced--6231ec2685c76

 

 

What would be your advice to the girls at the forefront of the hijab issue?

I would say continue fighting in the courts but also continue your studies in the meantime. Colleges are saying they will make provision for a designated place to remove hijab before entering the classroom. There is nothing more valuable than education for a woman. We have to choose our battles wisely. The resistance we all showed against CAA in the recent years was commendable. The entire community galvanised around the issue. But that will not happen in the case of the hijab issue. Remember what happened in the Shah Bano case? Our rigidity became fodder for the divisive politics of BJP.  

 

But do you think the Sangh Parivar will stop at the hijab issue?

They won’t. But as a community we should be wise enough to know which issue to fight for and which to let go. And everyone has realised it and that is why you don’t see widespread support from within the community. Because the hijab issue is a double-edged sword and resistance to this will be used for vote bank politics by the right wing. Also, I personally think there is no need of exhibitionism in Islam. 

 

 

Progessive, anti-Majority, anti-RW, 

 Share
Go to topic listing
×
×
  • Create New...