Re: Any Hindi speakers out there?

["Roger Stenning \(G1LIW\)" <g1liw@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Izzy -


> Here is the reply from my Indian Malay friend...
>
>>I don't speak or understand Hindi..the language that
>> is associated with me is Tamil..:)heheh. However, a
>> friend of my mom speaks Hindi and managed to
>> give you a translation for the word that you asked.
>> They don't have a word of 'The'.instead they use
>> 'This'. So the translation for 'This Business' is 'Eh
>> Papar':) Hope that helps.

Hmm. Tamil. Geographically close, but unfortunately, not what I needed, but thanks to you and your freind, none the
less - gives me another angle to look into, later.

ASIDE:

Tamil is primarily a language used (if memory serves) in what most of us probably call Sri Lanka, the rather large
island off the south east coast of mainland India.

Best regards,

Roger Stenning
Organiser, The Impossible Scenarios Group
www.the-isg.co.uk
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