Friday, March 19, 2010

Any simple word for the English verb "use"?

Hindi is good to communicate in most part of India. Its a different matter that non-Sanskritized Hindi will be understood by most Pakistanis and many Afghans as well.

Interestingly, Hindi (or Urdu, if you want this name) doesn't have any simple word for the English verb USE.

Hindi/Urdu say "upayog karna" and "istemaal karna"; both sound too buggy to me. Aren't they?

MaraaTHii and Gujraatii have a simple word.. vaaparanaa. Why can't, we, take this word in Hindi? We're caaluu enough to take caaluu from those languages!.. lol

Look at the following examples and decide for yourself:

# Current Hindi expression After adopting vaaparanaa
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1. istemaal/upayog karna vaaparna
2. istemaal karo vaaparo
3. istemaal kiijiye vaapariye

Well, I'm no language expert, but those who are might just can take a look at my suggestion!

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