The Hindi word for 'the business' is 'Eh Bapar' [was: Any Hindispeakers out there?]

[Izzy <ij_von@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.

	Um, I don't think you read the rest of the message.  My friend
doesn't speak Hindi, but a friend of her mum does.  BTW, there is a
spelling correction, it is 'Eh Bapar'.

	Izzy