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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> <DIV>===================================</DIV></FONT></DIV> <DIV>Marathi (Nov 2006) Poem part & prose. Monthly</DIV> <DIV>sample below recast in Roman script. See M12, </DIV> <DIV>E03, E15 in ( <A href="http://www.mngogate.com/">www.mngogate.com</A> ) for symbols.</DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Linear (a-z) Roman better suits search-engines,</DIV> <DIV>word-sorting ( dictionaries, phonebooks), typing.</DIV> <DIV>Circulate. (Author) <A href="mailto:mngogate1932@yahoo.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow _><FONT color=#003399>mngogate1932@yahoo.com</FONT></A> </DIV></DIV> <DIV>---- </DIV> <DIV>Hints. apo ( ' ) varies sound. Stone = dagad' (not</DIV> <DIV>dagaD). Usually no capitals. 3 dots bet adjacent</DIV> <DIV>sentences. Lot of English words in Marathi. Use</DIV> <DIV>capitals to start names & words with
traditional</DIV> <DIV> <DIV>spellings. Allow (Police, Pencil) etc temporarily.</DIV> <DIV>Prefer (polis, pensil ). Devanagari is popular and</DIV> <DIV>gives compact words, due to lot of symbols. If it</DIV> <DIV>is unavailable, use Roman on English facilities.</DIV> <DIV>Uniform vowels u (u, oo), i (i, ee), hindi = hindee.</DIV></DIV> <DIV>Mar (a,aa)(d,d' ) = Eng (u-up,a-art) (th-that,d-do).</DIV> <DIV>--------------------------------------------------------------------</DIV> <DIV> <DIV>aalaa khushit samindar, tyaalaa naahi dhir</DIV> <DIV>hod'ilaa dei naa t'haru,</DIV> <DIV>ga saj'an'e, hod'ilaa baghato dharu.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>hirva hirva paach'uvaan'i jal'a,</DIV> <DIV>saphet paan'yaachi var khal'bal'a</DIV> <DIV>maashaavan'i kaal'j'aachi tal'mal'a</DIV> <DIV>maajhi hod'i samindar, od'hi khaalivar</DIV> <DIV>paan'yaavar deinaa t'haru,</DIV> <DIV>ga saj'an'e, hod'ilaa baghato dharu.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV> <DIV>taambd'e phut'e aabhaal'aantari,</DIV> <DIV>raktaavaan'i ch'amak paan'yaavari,</DIV> <DIV>tujhaa gaalaavar tase kaai tari</DIV> <DIV>zaalaa khul'aa samindar, naaj'uk hod'ivar,</DIV> <DIV>laat'aanch'aa dhingaa suru,</DIV> <DIV>ga saj'an'e, hod'ilaa baghato dharu.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>(kavi Poet) Anant Kanekar</DIV> <DIV>(kol'yaach'e gaan'e) (Fisherman's Song)</DIV> <DIV>----------------------</DIV> <DIV>samudra aivaji samindar ase graamin' shabda</DIV> <DIV>yethe vaaparlyaane kavitaa adhik ut'haavdaar</DIV> <DIV>zaali aahe... samudraat khup kshaar astaat...</DIV> <DIV>udaa Sodium Chloride ( = sod'iyam kloraaid' )</DIV> <DIV>----------------------</DIV> <DIV>Test -- Translate into Marathi in Roman script.</DIV> <DIV>70% Earth's surface is occupied by oceans.</DIV> <DIV>---</DIV> <DIV>Try. One answer is at end.</DIV> <DIV>---</DIV> <DIV>---</DIV> <DIV>---</DIV> <DIV>---</DIV> <DIV>---</DIV> <DIV>70% pruthvi
prusht'haavar mahaasaagar aahet.</DIV> <DIV>==================================</DIV></DIV><p>
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