Gujarati Language

Gujarati is an official language (other than Hindi and English) in the state of Gujarat, India. The language has spread across the world from Gujarat wherever a Gujarati started living. You will find Gujaratis in almost all the countries. The local telephone directory listings of Gandhi, Patel, Shah, Desai, Sheth, Doshi, Parekh, Modi etc indicates presence of Gujarati. Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Morarji Desai are a few of Gujaratis who made their mark in the history of India and the world.

You may want to look at the quick lessons to learn Gujarati. These lessons help you to recognize Gujarati and being able to read and write. With tens of combinations of letters in Gujarati, one has to pay a lot of attention to learn the language. Being able to interpret is another challenge for anyone trying to learn a new language. A dictionary is the best help for understanding different meanings of a word. A few of online newspapers and websites will help you to explore Gujarati language. To perceive the scope of learning Gujarati, a student studying in a Gujarati medium of instructions, learns Gujarati as a language for 12 years of schooling. This learning includes poems, stories, grammar, use of language etc. Then there are a few, who studies the language for a few more years to become a master or a Ph. D.

There are several words in Gujarati which are common for Malayalam and Marathi. E.g. Adhikari (officer).
Just like Hindi, Bengali, Malayalam and Marathi, the words in Gujarati are made of consonants.
Consonants are called vyanjan and vowels are called swar.
The vowels needed for a word are clubbed with the consonant and forming a new pattern in the script.

Improve Gujarati

The best way to improve your Gujarati, is to read the language from different sources. From the links below, you can improve your Gujarati.

 

The adjectives in Gujarati comes before the subject.
The adjectives and verbs takes the form corresponding to the gender of the subject.

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One has to memorise the forms of each adjectives, although it is easy to build up.

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However, same do not apply for safed and katthai colours.

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Similarly, questioning in Gujarati at times is done just by changing the emphasis in a regular sentence. E.g., Tamari paase pen chhe. This statement states the fact that I ate breakfast. Add a question mark at the end and stress on the last word changes the statement into a question. Tamari paase pen chhe? One can ask a rhetoric question in Gujarati on the similar lines. You might find a lot of rhetoric questions coming from a Gujarati (or for that matter from the whole south Asian region). Are you reading it?

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