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৪ [চার] বিদ্যালয়ে / স্কুলে

4 [Cāra] bidyālaẏē / skulē

Where are we?	আমরা কোথায়?; āmarā kōthāẏa?
We are at school.	আমরা বিদ্যালয়ে ৷; Āmarā bidyālaẏē
We are having class / a lesson.	আমাদের ক্লাস আছে ৷; āmādēra klāsa āchē
Those are the school children.	ওরা ছাত্র ৷; ōrā chātra
That is the teacher.	উনি শিক্ষিকা ৷; uni śikṣikā
That is the class.	ওটা ক্লাস ঘর / শ্রেণিকক্ষ ৷; ōṭā klāsa ghara / śrēṇikakṣa
What are we doing?	আমরা কী করছি?; āmarā kī karachi?
We are learning.	আমরা শিখছি ৷; Āmarā śikhachi
We are learning a language.	আমরা একটি ভাষা শিখছি ৷; āmarā ēkaṭi bhāṣā śikhachi
I learn English.	আমি ইংরেজী শিখছি ৷; āmi inrējī śikhachi
You learn Spanish.	তুমি স্প্যানিশ শিখছ ৷; tumi spyāniśa śikhacha
He learns German.	সে (ও) জার্মান শিখছে ৷; sē (ō) jārmāna śikhachē
We learn French.	আমরা ফ্রেঞ্চ শিখছি ৷; āmarā phrēñca śikhachi
You all learn Italian.	তোমরা সবাই ইটালিয়ান শিখছ ৷; tōmarā sabā'i iṭāliẏāna śikhacha
They learn Russian.	তারা (ওরা) রাশিয়ান শিখছে ৷; tārā (ōrā) rāśiẏāna śikhachē
Learning languages is interesting.	ভাষা শেখাটা একটা দারুন ব্যাপার ৷; bhāṣā śēkhāṭā ēkaṭā dāruna byāpāra
We want to understand people.	আমরা মানুষকে বুঝতে চাই ৷; āmarā mānuṣakē bujhatē cā'i
We want to speak with people.	আমরা মানুষের সঙ্গে কথা বলতে চাই ৷; āmarā mānuṣēra saṅgē kathā balatē cā'i

Internationalisms

Globalization doesn't stop at languages. This is evident in the increase in ‘internationalisms’. Internationalisms are words that exist in multiple languages. The words can thereby have meanings that are the same or similar. The pronunciation is often the same. The spelling of the words is usually very similar as well. The spreading of internationalisms is interesting. They do not pay any attention to boundaries. Nor to geographic boundaries. And especially not to linguistic boundaries. There are words that are understood on every continent. The word hotel is a good example of this. It exists almost everywhere in the world. Many internationalisms come from science. Technical terms also spread quickly and worldwide. Old internationalisms are derived from a common root. They have evolved from the same word. However, most internationalisms are usually borrowed. That is to say, words are simply incorporated into other languages. Cultural circles play an important role in the adoption. Every civilization has its own traditions. That is why not all new concepts catch on everywhere. Cultural norms decide which ideas will be adopted. Some things are only found in certain parts of the world. Other things spread very quickly around the world. But only when they spread do their names also spread. That's exactly what makes internationalisms so exciting! When we discover languages, we always discover cultures too.