Bengali Phrases
Everyday Bengali written in English letters and in Bangla script — with the part phrasebooks leave out: who you can say it to, and what it sounds like if you get that wrong.
Bengali is spoken by more than 230 million people in Bangladesh and eastern India, and by families all over the world.
- Bangla PhrasesHow to Say Thank You in Bengalienglishbd.com — free, foreverHow to say thank you in Bengali: dhonnobad (ধন্যবাদ), how to write it, how to reply, and why Bangladeshis often thank you without saying it at all.8 phrases →
- Bangla PhrasesHow to Say I Love You in Bengalienglishbd.com — free, foreverHow to say I love you in Bengali: ami tomake bhalobashi (আমি তোমাকে ভালোবাসি), what to say to family rather than a partner, and the mistake learners make.8 phrases →
- Bangla PhrasesBengali Greetings: Hello, Goodbye and How Are Youenglishbd.com — free, foreverBengali greetings with Roman spelling and Bangla script: assalamu alaikum, nomoshkar, kemon achho, and which one to use with whom.14 phrases →
- Bangla PhrasesBengali Numbers 1 to 100englishbd.com — free, foreverBengali numbers one to a hundred in English letters, Bangla words and Bengali digits, plus why the teens and twenties have to be memorised.28 phrases →
- Bangla PhrasesBengali Family Words: Mother, Father, Brother and the Restenglishbd.com — free, foreverBengali words for family members with pronunciation, including why there is no single word for uncle or aunt and which one to use for whom.19 phrases →
- Bangla PhrasesBengali Food Words and Phrasesenglishbd.com — free, foreverBengali food words and the phrases you need at a table, with pronunciation — including how to stop being served more, which is the real problem.18 phrases →
- Bangla Phrases50 Basic Bengali Words to Start Withenglishbd.com — free, foreverThe Bengali words worth learning first, in English letters and Bangla script, with the two grammar facts that make the rest of the language make sense.30 phrases →
- Bangla PhrasesBengali Travel Phrases: Getting Around Bangladeshenglishbd.com — free, foreverBengali travel phrases with pronunciation: asking directions, taking a rickshaw or CNG, agreeing a fare, and the two words that decide what you pay.17 phrases →
- Bangla PhrasesBengali Shopping Phrases and Bargainingenglishbd.com — free, foreverBengali shopping phrases with pronunciation: asking a price, bargaining properly, taka amounts, and where bargaining is expected and where it is not.16 phrases →
- Bangla PhrasesBengali Phrases for Illness and Emergenciesenglishbd.com — free, foreverBengali phrases for illness and emergencies with pronunciation: describing pain, finding a doctor, and the numbers to call in Bangladesh.17 phrases →
- Bangla PhrasesBengali Days, Months and Telling the Timeenglishbd.com — free, foreverDays of the week and months in Bengali with pronunciation, how to tell the time, and why Bangladesh runs on two calendars at once.20 phrases →
Going further
- Bangla to English dictionary — every English word that carries a given Bangla meaning.
- Word translator — look words up in either direction, including Bangla typed in English letters.