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{
"id" : "bengali_cheat_sheet",
"name" : "Bengali Cheat Sheet",
"metadata" : {
"sourceName" : "Wikitravel Bengali Phrasebook",
"sourceUrl" : "http://wikitravel.org/en/Bengali_phrasebook"
},
"aliases": [
"bangla", "bangla phrases", "bengali phrases", "english to bengali",
"basic bengali phrases", "basic bengali"
],
"template_type": "language",
"section_order" : [
"Etiquette",
"Basics",
"Getting Help",
"Travelling",
"Going out for dinner"
],
"description" : "Basic Bengali words and phrases",
"sections" : {
"Etiquette" : [
{
"key" : "I'm sorry",
"val" : "ক্ষমা করবেন",
"trn" : "Khoma Korben"
},
{
"key" : "Thank you",
"val" : "ধন্যবাদ",
"trn" : "Dhonyobad"
},
{
"key" : "Please...",
"val" : "দয়া করে...",
"trn" : "Doya kore..."
},
{
"key" : "Thank you very much!",
"val" : "অনেক ধন্যবাদ!",
"trn" : "Onek Dhonyobad"
},
{
"key" : "You're welcome",
"val" : "অাপনি স্বাগত",
"trn" : "Aapni shwagato"
}
],
"Getting Help" : [
{
"key" : "Call the police!",
"val" : "পুলিশ ডাকো!",
"trn" : "Pulish dako!"
},
{
"key" : "Can you speak more slowly, please?",
"val" : "দয়া করে একটু অাস্তে কথা বলবেন?",
"trn" : "Doya kore ektu aaste kotha bolben?"
},
{
"key" : "Can you repeat, please?",
"val" : "দয়া করে অারেকবার বলবেন?",
"trn" : "Doya kore aarekbar bolben?"
},
{
"key" : "How do you say \"X\" in Bengali?",
"val" : "বাংলায় \"X\" কি ভাবে বলে?",
"trn" : "Bangla-e \"X\" ki bhaabe bole?"
},
{
"key" : "Stop!",
"val" : "দাড়াও!",
"trn" : "Darao!"
},
{
"key" : "Do you speak English?",
"val" : "অাপনি ইংরেজি বলতে পারেন?",
"trn" : "Aapni eengreji bolte paren?"
},
{
"key" : "Excuse me!",
"val" : "এই যে!",
"trn" : "Ei je!"
},
{
"key" : "I need a doctor!",
"val" : "একজন ডাক্তার ডাকুন!",
"trn" : "Ek jon doctor dakun!"
},
{
"key" : "Can you write that down, please?",
"val" : "দয়া করে ওটা লিখে দিতে পারবেন?",
"trn" : "Doya kore ota likhe dite parben?"
},
{
"key" : "Call an ambulance!",
"val" : "একটা অ্যাম্বুলেন্স ডাকুন!",
"trn" : "Ekta ambulance dakun!"
},
{
"key" : "I am in danger!",
"val" : "অামি বিপদে পরেছি!",
"trn" : "Aami bipode porechhi!"
},
{
"key" : "Can you help me?",
"val" : "একটু সাহায্য করতে পারবেন?",
"trn" : "Ektu sahajjo korte parben?"
},
{
"key" : "Fire!",
"val" : "অাগুন!",
"trn" : "Aagoon!"
}
],
"Basics" : [
{
"key" : "My name is...",
"val" : "অামার নাম...",
"trn" : "Aamar naam..."
},
{
"key" : "I'm fine, thanks!",
"val" : "অামি ভাল অাছি, ধন্যবাদ!",
"trn" : "Aami bhalo achhi, dhonyobad!"
},
{
"key" : "How are you?",
"val" : "অাপনি কেমন অাছেন?",
"trn" : "Aapni kemon aachhen?"
},
{
"key" : "Welcome",
"val" : "স্বাগতম",
"trn" : "Shagotom"
},
{
"key" : "What's your name?",
"val" : "অাপনার নাম কি?",
"trn" : "Aapnar naam ki?"
}
],
"Travelling" : [
{
"key" : "Turn left.",
"val" : "বায়ে যান।",
"trn" : "Baa-e jaan."
},
{
"key" : "Where is the exit?",
"val" : "বাইরে কোনদিক দিয়ে যাবো?",
"trn" : "Baire kon din diye jabo?"
},
{
"key" : "Where?",
"val" : "কোথায়?",
"trn" : "Kothaay?"
},
{
"key" : "Is it far?",
"val" : "ওটা কি অনেক দুর?",
"trn" : "Ota ki onek dur?"
},
{
"key" : "Go straight ahead.",
"val" : "সোজা চলে যান।",
"trn" : "Soja cholay jaan."
},
{
"key" : "Do you have a city map?",
"val" : "অাপনার কাছে একটা ম্যাপ হবে?",
"trn" : "Aapnar kachhe ekta map hobe?"
},
{
"key" : "Please stop here.",
"val" : "এখানে থামুন।",
"trn" : "Ekhane thamun."
},
{
"key" : "Turn right.",
"val" : "ডান দিকে যান।",
"trn" : "Daan dike jaan."
},
{
"key" : "Where can I find the taxis?",
"val" : "ট্যাক্সি কোথায় পাবো?",
"trn" : "Taxi kothay pabo?"
},
{
"key" : "How can I get a taxi?",
"val" : "একটা ট্যাক্সি কি করে পাবো?",
"trn" : "Ekta taxi kikore pabo?"
}
],
"Going out for dinner" : [
{
"key" : "Do you have vegetarian dishes?",
"val" : "অাপনাদের এখানে নিরামিষ খাবার অাছে?",
"trn" : "Aapnader ekhane niramish khabar aachhe?"
},
{
"key" : "I am allergic",
"val" : "অামার অ্যালার্জি অাছে",
"trn" : "Aamar allery aachhe"
},
{
"key" : "The check please!",
"val" : "চেক দেবেন!",
"trn" : "Check deben."
},
{
"key" : "A cup of coffee please.",
"val" : "এক কাপ কফি দেবেন।",
"trn" : "Ek kaap coffee deben."
},
{
"key" : "Where is a good restaurant?",
"val" : "অাশে পাশে ভালো রেস্তোরাঁ অাছে?",
"trn" : "Aashe paashe bhalo restaurant aachhe?"
},
{
"key" : "A glass of water please.",
"val" : "এক গ্লাস জল দেবেন।",
"trn" : "Ek glaas jol deben."
},
{
"key" : "A table for two please!",
"val" : "দুজনের জন্য একটা টেবিল চাই!",
"trn" : "Du jon-er jonyo ekta table chai!"
},
{
"key" : "Can I get a menu, please?",
"val" : "মেনু টা দেবেন একটু?",
"trn" : "Menu ta deben ektu?"
}
]
}
}
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tagawa commented Nov 17, 2015

I like this extension of the basic cheatsheet structure, but I wonder if we could make the term "trn" a bit more generic. It's likely that other information, not just transliteration, could be put in parentheses after the value. I'm struggling with a good 3-letter name but something similar to "other", "extra", "misc", etc. What do you think?

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