Request for Help
Okay, I'm a little stuck over a minor point, and could use some expert knowledge. Does anybody reading this speak any Hindi?
The situation is this. I have a scene with Dhiti at home, chatting with her parents. Now, her background is that she's lived in Japan all her life—and in fact her parents probably have, too. They speak Japanese to one another. It's possible, even likely, that Dhiti herself speaks little or no Hindi. But I thought it might be reasonable, and perhaps a nice personality touch, if when she addresses her mother, she uses the Hindi word for "Mom".
The question, of course, is, what's a good, reasonably informal Hindi word for "Mom"? I searched around on the net and came up with "Amma" but I honestly have no idea how correct or appropriate this is. Can anyone comment?
posted by Angus @ 9:44 pm
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7 Comments:
Let me get back to you. My flatmate's Indian, so when she gets home tonight, I'll ask her!
--Laurel Rose
Laurel -- Any update? :)
Hallo Angus,
I just asked a colleague, who's from India, he told me the word would be "maa".
Hope that helps
Greetings
BlueLion
Well, yes and no -- 'no' in that it's close enough to English that I might as well not bother, since it'd look like a spelling mistake. :)
How much longer until this chapter is done? I am really excited!! I really dont understand why you take so long to write though, usually authours take 2 years, but thats a whole book. You take over a year to write a chapter?
here's what i have for you angus xD
(S) £ÛÑÅ® (S) says:
Okay, I'm a little stuck over a minor point, and could use some expert knowledge. Does anybody reading this speak any Hindi?
The situation is this. I have a scene with Dhiti at home, chatting with her parents. Now, her background is that she's lived in Japan all her life—and in fact her parents probably have, too. They speak Japanese to one another. It's possible, even likely, that Dhiti herself speaks little or no Hindi. But I thought it might be reasonable, and perhaps a nice personality touch, if when she addresses her mother, she uses the Hindi word for "Mom".
The question, of course, is, what's a good, reasonably informal Hindi word for "Mom"? I searched around on the net and came up with "Amma" but I honestly have no idea how correct or appropriate this is. Can anyone comment?
` anilaa. kyun ke zindagi bohat mukhtasar hai, aur yeh rishta bohot gehra hai. says:
hmm
Ma would work also
but sometimes, you can get modrn..
like
there are individuals who say "Mummy"
or, Mamma
or Maama
it depends on the pronounciation to some extent
(S) £ÛÑÅ® (S) says:
ahh,
ok xD
` anilaa. kyun ke zindagi bohat mukhtasar hai, aur yeh rishta bohot gehra hai. says:
amma is a little..
it works too
(S) £ÛÑÅ® (S) says:
a little?
` anilaa. kyun ke zindagi bohat mukhtasar hai, aur yeh rishta bohot gehra hai. says:
im thinkin lol
(S) £ÛÑÅ® (S) says:
loll
` anilaa. kyun ke zindagi bohat mukhtasar hai, aur yeh rishta bohot gehra hai. says:
it would be fine
people say Ammi as well
but thats more.. village-like
lol
(S) £ÛÑÅ® (S) says:
lollllz
` anilaa. kyun ke zindagi bohat mukhtasar hai, aur yeh rishta bohot gehra hai. says:
i would say, ma or amma is jst about fine
amma.. to me seems a little dated
(S) £ÛÑÅ® (S) says:
ahh i see
alrite, thnkyoo
` anilaa. kyun ke zindagi bohat mukhtasar hai, aur yeh rishta bohot gehra hai. says:
lol
:D no sweat
..
^o)
the hell, though
lol
is it a blog?
(S) £ÛÑÅ® (S) says:
lol yea
for a sailor moon fanfiction
hahahaha
` anilaa. kyun ke zindagi bohat mukhtasar hai, aur yeh rishta bohot gehra hai. says:
lol
i'd say ma
ma is..
lol
(S) £ÛÑÅ® (S) says:
but he's really dedicated
` anilaa. kyun ke zindagi bohat mukhtasar hai, aur yeh rishta bohot gehra hai. says:
nicer
Okay, that came out looking rather odd, presumably because of a mix of alphabets, but I gather that "Amma" may be okay after all, though "Maa" or "Maama" might be better. Decisions, decisions. ^_^
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