4.1.

3 Typical Colloquial Sentences

in Gujarati
GREETIN G
w Hello
, -- , ~~
xi / xE / VV
Namste / Namaskar / Jay Jay
w Good Morning
-
|i
Suprabhat
w Good Night
- -
j
Shubharatri
w Good Bye
~-~
+V
Aavajo
w Thanks
~-
+
Aabhar
w How are you
- o
E U
Kem Chho ?
w I am fine thank you
c ~ o , ~-. , ~
V U , +. / V
Hu majaman chhu, Aabhar / Majaman
w Sorry
..-- o .
nM U .
Dilgir chhu.
WEATHER
w It is cold
- ~ ~ : -: o . , .: o .
J V ` b {b U . / ]f U .
Khuba j thandi pade chhe. / Tadh chhe.
represented by U+0A81 Gujarati Sign

Chandrabindu
and U+0A82 Gujarati Sign Anusvara. These marks
indicate nasalization or nasal closure of a syllable.
Digits. Gujarati scripts has a distinct set of digits and
they are used with the ordinary text in practice.
Punctuation and Symbols. Gujarati script, in general
uses the symbols for punctuation marks, as those of
Latin script.
Enco di ng st ruct ure. T he Unicode St andard
organizes the nine principal Indic Scripts in block of
128 encoding points each. The first six columns are
identical with ISCII-1988 encoding, except that the
last 11 positions, which are unassigned or undefined
in ISCII-1988 are used in the Unicode encoding.
The seventh column in each of these scripts, along
wit h t he last 11 posit ion in t he sixt h column,
represent additional character assignments in the
Unicode Standard that are matched across all nine
scripts. For example, positions U+xx66..U+xx6F and
U+xxE6..U+xxEF code the Indic script digits for each
script.
The eighth column in Unicode standard for each
script is reserved for script-specific additions that do
no correspond from one Indic script to the next.
There are cert ain charact ers which are used in
Gujarati only. The first one is currency symbol #.
and others are a, aa, aaa which are used to denote
the value 0.25, 0.5 and 0.75 respectively when they
follow any digit.
(Courtesy : Prof. Sitanshu Y. Mehta
M.S. University of Baroda,
Baroda-390002
Tel. 0265-792959
E-mail : sityash@satyam.net.in
&
Sh. Jignesh Dholakia
Director IT Services, RC MSU
E-mail : jignesh_dholakia@yahoo.com)
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w It is cool outside
~c- - ~ ~ : o . , ~c- ~c .: o .
J V ` b U . / ]f U .
Bhahar khuba j thandi chhe. / bahar bahu tadha chhe.
w It is hot
- ~ ~ o . , -- ~c o .
J V P U . / M U .
khuba j gham chhe. / garami bahu chhe.
w It is raining
--. -: o . , - -- o .
n {b U . / {h U .
Varasad pade chhe. / paani varase chhe.
GEN ERAL
w What is your name?
- - o , - -
i x U ? / x i ?
Tamaaru naam shu chhe ? / Naam shu
tamaaru?
w My name is Ranjan
- - ~ o . , - - ~.
x Vx U . / x Vx.
Maaru naam ranjan chhe. / maaru naam
ranjan.
w Where do you live?
-c o , - -
i C U ? / P C i ?
Tame kyan raho chho ? ghar kyan tamaru ?
w I live near Ghantaghar
c .- c- -c o .
P ]P xVE U .
Hug ghantaghar najeek rahu chhu.
w How old are you?
- 0- - o
i = U ?
Tamari ummar shu chhe ?
w That building is tall
- . - 0 o .
{ Ex =S U .
Pelu mkaan uchu che.
w She is beautiful
.- o . , ~ . --: o .
i n U . / B n Jb U .
Te sundar chhe. / E dekhavadi chhe.
w I like Bengali sweets
~ - - o .
x M `< U .
Mane bangali mithai bhave chhe.
w I love birds
- -~ - o . , c -:~ c o .
x { J+ M U . / {I+ x S U .
Mane pankhio game chhe. / hu pakshione
chahu chhu .
w Where is Railway station?
- .- . - o
] x C U ?
ralve stashan kyan chhe ?
w How far is the Bus Terminal from here?
~ ~: : ~c - .. . - o
+b b +l E ] n U ?
bas addo ahithi ketalo dur chhe ?
w How long will it take to reach the Airport?
~ -- . -c - .. -- .--
B{ ] { Si E ] M ?
erport pahochata ketali var lagashe ?
w Is Mr. Raghunath there?
- - o , - c o - ?
P xl U ? / P xl < U E ?
shu shri raghunath chhe ? / raghunathhai chhe ke ?
w Please tell him to call back as soon as he is free
~ - ~ -- - - ~ , --- -c ~ .
V B x l E ii V x E E V .
Jeva e navara thay ke tarat j karava kahejo.
w How much will it cost?
- - o ?
i x Ei U ?
teni kimat shu chhe ?
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w Excuse me
, --~ .
ekQ djtks
maaf karajo
w From which Platform can I get the train for
Chandigarh?
:-: ~- . -: - -. ., --
-
x S bMf V ] Mb E { ] {l ?
Mane chandigadha java maate gaasi kaya
platform parthi malashe ?
w Does this train stop at Aligarh?
- ~ -: ~.-: 0 -c -
+ Mb +Mf = ?
shu aa gaadi aligadh ubhi raheshe ?
w How many kids do you have?
- .. ~- o
ix E ] E U ?
Tamane ketala balako chhe ?
w This gift is wonderful
~ . ~. o .
+ ] +n i U .
Aa bhet adbhut chhe.
w It is really pretty
-- -- .- o .
i J J n U .
Te kharekhar sundar chhe.
w Food is delicious
-O -.-. o .
Jh n] U .
khanu swadisht chhe.
w Congratulations
~.
+xnx
Abhinandan
w You look lovely
- ~ ~ .- .- o .
i J V n M U .
Tame khuba j sundar lago chho.
w Wish you happy new year
. ~-- , -- .
E / x ix x nx
Salmubarak / nutan varshabhinandan.
w I wish you all the happiness
c - -~ , . - -c
i J {V / n J
Tu sahu sukh pamje / sada sukhi raho.
w Congratulations on your marriage
.--- - ~ ..
Mx-| M +x nx.
lagna-prasange abhinandan.
w Keep your eyes wide open before marriage and
half- shut afterwards
- .. ~ - .- -- , ~. ~: ~:
--.
J + J Mx E , n +bv b J .
khulli aankhe lagna karo, badma addhi beedee
rakho.
(Courtesy : Shri Sitanshu Y. Mehta
M.S. University of Baroda,
Baroda-390002
Tel. 0265-792959
E-mail : sityash@satyam.net.in)
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