Where are you from? Marwari Translation

This is the question we ask to any stranger right after asking their name. Where are you from?
You will learn how to ask this in Marwari. Asking this to someone who speaks Marwari obviously shows that he/she is from Rajasthan. But you see Rajasthani people are spread all over the world.

This question too is asked in 2 forms.

One in a respectful way and the other in an informal way.

Where are you from?

Translation:

Respectful:

Aap katta ra ho?

Informal:

To ask him: Tu katta ro hai? 
To ask her: Tu katta ri hai?

How are you? Marwari Translation

So it's a been a while since I blogged. Sorry for that!
Today you'd learn the basic stuff which we ask almost every one we meet.
"How are you?"

In Marwari, this is asked in two ways.
One being in a respectful way and the other in an informal way.

How are you? Doing good?

Translation:

Respectful:

Kikan ho? Theek ho?


Informal:

Kikan hai? Theek hai?

What are you doing? Marwari translation

You're going to ask this a lot to almost everyone who knows Marwari. They won't be surprised to hear it but they'll definitely get the feeling of 'he/she is one among us'.
Even this question has two forms of asking. One is for the male and the other is for the female.

1)Asking a male

What are you doing?

Translation:

Tu kai karriyo hai?

2)Asking a female

What are you doing?

Translation:

Tu kai karrahi hai?

Where are you going? Marwari Translation

Today you will learn how to ask him/her as of where he/she is going. Another phrase which is used in our day to day life. There are two forms of asking this question. One is asking to a male and the other is asking to a female.

1)Asking a male
Where are you going?

Translation :
Tu khatte jariyo hai?

2)Asking a female
Where are you going?

Translation:
Tu khatte jarahi hai?

You had lunch? Marwari Translation

Today I will teach you how to ask a Rajasthani man/woman whether he/she had food in Marwari.
In Marwari, there are no specific words for 'Breakfast', 'Lunch' or 'Dinner' as in English. It is generally called as food.

But, there are two ways of asking this question. Number one is asking it to a male and number two is asking it to a female.

1) Asking a male
Had your lunch/breakfast/dinner?

Translation :
Khaano khaliyo kai?



2) Asking a female
Had your lunch/breakfast/dinner?

Translation:
Khaano khaali  kai?

What is your name? Marwari Translation

Most frequently when we try to learn a language, we commonly ask 'how to ask for a person's name?"
Here is how you ask for a person's name in Marwari

What is your name?
*translation*
Thaaro naam kai hai?

Simple as that.

Commonly used Marwari Phrases.

Starting from today, I will post a few frequently used Marwari phrases which are used almost everyday. I received a few e-mails stating that people are facing problems with learning Marwari words. Learning the words can be a hectic job, specially for the beginners.

Keep coming back for more, I'm not giving up until I teach you Marwari perfectly!!