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<DIV>================================</DIV> <DIV>Marathi Feb 2007 ---- Monthly sample poem</DIV> <DIV>part & prose in Roman script, see M12 M11</DIV> <DIV>E15 E14, E04 E03 in (<A href="http://www.mngogate.com/" target=_blank rel=nofollow><FONT color=#003399>www.mngogate.com</FONT></A>).</DIV> <DIV>------</DIV> <DIV>Devanagari has merits, but is unavailable at</DIV> <DIV>times. Linear (a -z) Roman script well suits</DIV> <DIV>dictionaries, phone-books, search-engines,</DIV> <DIV>typing, etc. Many use it loosely for Marathi </DIV> <DIV>e-mails. Symbols (on English facilities) are</DIV> <DIV>used here, taking note of English spellings.</DIV> <DIV>Adjust script for other languages. Circulate.</DIV> <DIV>Editor (India) (<A href="mailto:mngogate1932@yahoo.com">mngogate1932@yahoo.com</A>).</DIV> <DIV>------</DIV> <DIV>Hints. ( ' ) varies sound. Arrow = baan' (not</DIV> <DIV>baaN). Usually no
capitals. 3 dots between</DIV> <DIV>sentences. Lot of English words in Marathi</DIV> <DIV>with Devanagari symbols to fit sounds, like</DIV> <DIV>(nyu)(mo)(ni)(aa) = Pneumonia. Capitals to</DIV> <DIV>start names & English words (Bell, Police)</DIV> <DIV>etc. till recast as (bel, polis) etc. in Roman</DIV> <DIV>Marathi. Write sarkaar, sattya = sat + tya,</DIV> <DIV>etc as spoken, not (Devanagari) sarakaara,</DIV> <DIV>satya. English (th-they, d-do, u-up, a-art) =</DIV> <DIV>Mar (d, d', a, aa). (t d n l soft, t' d' n' l' hard)</DIV> <DIV>(chy, jy, jhy = ch, j, jh) differ from (ch', j', z).</DIV> <DIV>Uniform vowels u =oo i = ee hindi = hindee.</DIV> <DIV>------</DIV> <DIV>aataa vishvaatmake deve</DIV> <DIV>yen'e vaagyadnye toshaave</DIV> <DIV>toshoni maj'a dyaave</DIV> <DIV>pasaaydaan he.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>j'e khal'aanchi vyankat'i saand'o</DIV>
<DIV>tayaa satkarmi rati vaad'ho</DIV> <DIV>bhutaa paraspare j'ad'o</DIV> <DIV>maitra jivaach'e.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>duritaach'e timir j'aavo</DIV> <DIV>vishva svadharmasurye paaho</DIV> <DIV>j'o j'e vaanchhil to te laaho</DIV> <DIV>praan'ijaat.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>-- Dnyaneshvar (13th Century, 13ve shatak)</DIV> <DIV>= Gyaneshvar (Hindi), Jnaneshvar (Sanskrit)</DIV> <DIV>------</DIV> <DIV>dnyaaneshvaritil ovyaa... duritaanch'e asehi</DIV> <DIV>lekhan, vaachan kele j'aate... lipi badalli tari</DIV> <DIV>artha samaj'taat... saraav, Practice paahije.</DIV> <DIV>------</DIV> <DIV>Test - Translate. parikshaa - anuvaad karaa.</DIV> <DIV>Literature started with devotional poems.</DIV> <DIV>-- </DIV> <DIV>Attempt. prayatna karaa.</DIV> <DIV>One Answer At End. ek uttar akheris.</DIV> <DIV>--</DIV> <DIV>--</DIV> <DIV>--</DIV> <DIV>--</DIV> <DIV>saahittyaat aarambhi bhakti-kavitaa hotyaa.</DIV>
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