Daily Life

Your day in Gujarati

This module is about daily life: the times of day, the things you do, and the places you go. As before, every word is shown three ways: the script, the sound (a simple transliteration in brackets), and the English. Gujarati reads from left to right.

Times of day

The parts of the day: - દિવસ (divas) = day - સવાર (savar) = morning - સાંજ (sanj) = evening - રાત (rat) = night

Match each word to its meaning

Everyday activities

Some common things you do each day (in the "to do" form): - ખાવું (khavu) = to eat - પીવું (pivu) = to drink - સૂવું (suvu) = to sleep - જવું (javu) = to go

Match each verb to its meaning

Spot the verb

Which word means "to eat"?

• ખાવું (khavu)
• પીવું (pivu)
• સૂવું (suvu)
• જવું (javu)

Places

Two places that fill a day: - શાળા (shala) = school - ઘર (ghar) = house / home So શાળા જવું (shala javu) means "to go to school".

Spot the word

Which word means "school"?

• શાળા (shala)
• ઘર (ghar)
• સવાર (savar)
• દિવસ (divas)

Actions, not things

Select the THREE words that are activities (verbs).

• ખાવું (khavu)
• પીવું (pivu)
• સૂવું (suvu)
• સવાર (savar)
• શાળા (shala)
• દિવસ (divas)

A day in order

Put this simple daily routine in order, from the start of the day to the end.

• સવાર (savar) - morning
• શાળા જવું (shala javu) - go to school
• ખાવું (khavu) - eat
• સૂવું (suvu) - sleep

How the writing works

Gujarati is written from left to right, like English, but with no capital letters. It is an abugida: each consonant carries a built-in vowel sound, and small marks (matras) change that vowel.

Gujarati closes the sentence with the verb

The routine words become sentences with the verb at the end, and Gujarati sticks its little words onto the back of a noun rather than in front of it:

Gujarati sticks "in" onto the end of the noun

Gujarati sticks "in" onto the end of the noun. Which of these says "I eat in the morning"?

• હું સવારમાં ખાઉં છું (hu savarma khau chhu)
• હું માં સવાર ખાઉં છું (hu ma savar khau chhu)
• ખાઉં છું હું સવારમાં (khau chhu hu savarma)
• હું રાતમાં સૂઉં છું (hu ratma suu chhu)

Describe a day

Choose the right word to describe each part of the day.

• To talk about the morning, which word?
• To say to go (to school), which verb?
• To say to sleep at night, which verb?

The right word

Using the script, complete: "morning" is _____, "school" is _____, "to eat" is _____, and "to sleep" is _____.

Daily life summary

Gujarati is written from _____ to right and is an abugida. The word for day is _____, and the word for school is _____. To say to eat, you use _____.