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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> <DIV>===================================</DIV></FONT></DIV> <DIV>Marathi (Dec 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 (and traditional spellings</DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Police Pencil etc in transition). Eventually adopt</DIV> <DIV>logical (polis, pensil). Devanagari is popular and</DIV> <DIV>gives compact words, due to lot of symbols. If it</DIV> <DIV>is not available, 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>pannaashichi umar gaat'hali</DIV> <DIV>abhivaadan maj'a karu nakaa</DIV> <DIV>mich' vinavito haat j'od'uni,</DIV> <DIV>vaat' vaakd'i dharu nakaa.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>goragaribaa chhal'u nakaa</DIV> <DIV>pind'a phukaach'e gil'u nakaa</DIV> <DIV>gun'ijanaanvar j'al'u nakaa.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>maan'us mhan'je pashu nase</DIV> <DIV>he jaachaa rhudayaat t'hase</DIV> <DIV>naranaaraayan' toch'
ase.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>-- kavi (Poet) Kusumagraj</DIV> <DIV>----------------------</DIV> <DIV>pun'e yethil kaahi shidhaa-patrikaa (pustikaa)</DIV> <DIV>paahilyaa... tyaamadhe antim paanaavar varil</DIV> <DIV>pankti aahet... shaasanaachi hi ek rasikataa.</DIV> <DIV>----------------------</DIV> <DIV>devanaagarit (ch j jh ) yaanchi duheri dhvani</DIV> <DIV>chinhe naahit... roman lipit (ch j jh), (ch' j' z)</DIV> <DIV>aahet... mhan'un (jyaachyaa) aivaji (jaachaa). </DIV> <DIV>----------------------</DIV> <DIV>Test -Translate into Marathi in Roman script.</DIV> <DIV>Many poets have enriched literature.</DIV> <DIV>---</DIV> <DIV>Try. One answer is at end.</DIV> <DIV>---</DIV> <DIV>---</DIV> <DIV>---</DIV> <DIV>---</DIV> <DIV>---</DIV> <DIV>khup kavini saahitya sampanna kele aahe.</DIV> <DIV>===============================</DIV></DIV><p>
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