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| Tenebrarum Groupie United States Joined 5409 days ago 84 posts - 115 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Hindi | Message 9 of 13 02 March 2012 at 11:28pm | IP Logged | ||
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It's funny because this mention of English being mixed with Hindi is always the first
thing I hear from people who are listening to Hindi for one of the first times. As mentioned, the amount of English varies from film to film. Jodhaa Akbar, for instance, has one character speaking Hindi loaded with Sanskrit words, while another speaks pure Urdu. Raajneeti too uses a more pure Hindi style, as it deals with politics. And on the other end, you even have the recent Delhi Belly, which is mostly in English with some lines in Hindi! I think English being mixed into these movies often livens up the dialogues, as it creates potential for more jokes, puns, etc. As for speaking Hindi, I don't necessarily use English as a crutch, but I suppose it's nice to know that I can throw a word in here or there and not sound too strange. And I sometimes hear native speakers use an English word when a non-English alternative is perfectly acceptable (e.g. "use karna" for "to use" instead of something like "istemaal karna"). 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Rajsinhasan Diglot Newbie Joined 4701 days ago 24 posts - 34 votes Speaks: English*, Creole (English) Studies: Portuguese | Message 10 of 13 03 March 2012 at 8:34am | IP Logged | ||
I believe the film you are referring to with the Mughals is Jodhaa Akbar. Although I personally have no qualms with the use of English in Bollywood films, I found it refreshing to watch a movie that was purely in Hindustani! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Hashimi Senior Member Oman Joined 6262 days ago 362 posts - 529 votes Speaks: Arabic (Written)* Studies: English, Japanese | Message 11 of 13 04 March 2012 at 8:33am | IP Logged | ||
"use" and "istemaal", both are foreign words for Hindi speakers (one being English, and the other Arabic.) So there is no big difference in choosing any of them. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Jeffers Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4912 days ago 2151 posts - 3960 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Hindi, Ancient Greek, French, Sanskrit, German | Message 12 of 13 04 March 2012 at 11:24pm | IP Logged | ||
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Every language has words which have come in from other languages. Presently, "istemaal" is a Hindi word which has come in from Arabic. It is still a Hindi word, just as much as "pyjama" is an English word, although it comes from Hindustani, and "ballet" is an English word, although it comes from French. "Use" is a word you will find used by Hindi speakers, but it is not presently a Hindi word.
The other word for use in Hindi is "prayog", which comes from Sanskrit. This doesn't make it more Hindi than "istemaal". 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Devashish Diglot Newbie India Joined 4611 days ago 4 posts - 7 votes Speaks: Hindi*, English Studies: Spanish | Message 13 of 13 13 April 2012 at 3:05pm | IP Logged | ||
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The dialogues of the Bollywood films are actually the ones which are used in daily usage. This ability of Hindi to accommodate English words without distorting the meaning is wonderful. Sometimes it makes things much easier. E.g. the word for a 'cigarette' (or for that matter even a 'train') in Hindi is very complex, and we tend to use the English words for them even in formal contexts.
At the end of the day the fundamental reason behind the invention of any language is to convey the meaning, which Hindi does perfectly. 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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