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# Bengali Cheatsheet

## Overview of Bengali

- Bengali is an Indo-Aryan language spoken mainly in Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal.
- It is the seventh most spoken language in the world.
- Bengali is written in the Bengali script.

## Basic Vocabulary

- āĻ¨āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ•āĻžāĻ° (nomoskar) - Hello
- āĻ§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ (dhonnobad) - Thank you
- āĻšā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ (hyan) - Yes
- āĻ¨āĻž (na) - No
- āĻ•ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨? (kemon achhen?) - How are you?
- āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛ā§‹ (bhalo) - Good
- āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ° (khabar) - Food
- āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ (pani) - Water
- āĻ•āĻ¤āĻŸāĻž? (kota?) - How many?
- āĻ•āĻ¤āĻŸāĻž āĻĻāĻžāĻŽ? (kota dam?) - How much does it cost?

## Numbers

- 0 - āĻļā§‚āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ (shunyo)
- 1 - āĻāĻ• (ek)
- 2 - āĻĻā§āĻ‡ (dui)
- 3 - āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨ (tin)
- 4 - āĻšāĻžāĻ° (char)
- 5 - āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻš (pach)
- 6 - āĻ›āĻ¯āĻŧ (chhoy)
- 7 - āĻ¸āĻžāĻ¤ (sat)
- 8 - āĻ†āĻŸ (at)
- 9 - āĻ¨āĻ¯āĻŧ (noy)
- 10 - āĻĻāĻļ (dosh)

## Basic Grammar

- Bengali has two grammatical genders: masculine and feminine.
- Nouns change depending on their gender and number.
- Verbs change depending on the tense and aspect.

## Useful Phrases

- āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽ ___ (amar nam ___) - My name is ___
- āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧā§‹āĻœāĻ¨ ___ (amar proyojon ___) - I need ___
- āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨? (apni amake sahajjo korte paren?) - Can you help me?
- āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻž (ami bangla jani na) - I don't know Bengali
- āĻĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ§ā§€āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ§ā§€āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ (doya kore dhiro dhiro kotha bolun) - Please speak slowly
- āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŦ āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛ā§‹ (amar sob bhalo) - I am fine

## Resources

- [Duolingo Bengali](https://www.duolingo.com/course/bn/en/Learn-Bengali-Online)
- [BBC Bangla](https://www.bbc.com/bengali)
- [BengaliPod101](https://www.bengalipod101.com/)