Free-Time Activities: Film, Food and Sport
Read Bengali words for films, food and sport in their own script, from comedy films and documentaries to pineapple, kebabs and swimming.
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Films, food and sport
This module builds your Bengali for free time: films, food and sport, all read in Bengali script. Each Bengali example is shown with a simple way to say it in brackets, then its English meaning, like this: হাসির ছবি (hashir chhobi), a comedy film. A full sentence looks like this: আমি হাসির ছবি ভালবাসি (ami hashir chhobi bhalobashi), meaning I love comedy films.
Kinds of film
Start with four kinds of film. Bengali often uses ছবি (chhobi) for a film or picture.
Match each food to its meaning
- আনারস (anaros)
- কমলা (komola)
- পেয়ার (peyar)
- ডিম (dim)
- a pineapple
- an orange
- a pear
- an egg
Read the ending
A useful habit: watch the last word. Bengali often ends a film type with ছবি (chhobi, film or picture) or কাহিনী (kahini, story). So হাসির ছবি is a laughing film, a comedy, and গোয়েন্দা কাহিনী is a detective story. Read the ending first and the meaning gets much closer.
Which word is a pineapple?
Which Bengali word means a pineapple?
- আনারস (anaros)
- কমলা (komola)
- ডিম (dim)
- সিম (shim)
Spot the two foods
Select the TWO words that are foods.
- স্ট্রবেরী (stroberi)
- মটরশুটি (motorshuti)
- সাঁতার কাটা (shantar kata)
- মাছ ধরা (machh dhora)
Match each activity
- সাঁতার কাটা (shantar kata)
- সাঁতারের পোশাক (shantarer poshak)
- মাছ ধরা (machh dhora)
- আইস-স্কেটিং (ais-skating)
- swimming
- a swimming costume
- to fish
- ice-skating
Films and food
Reading the whole word tells you which is which. Here are more film types and more foods to read.
Find the two films
Tap the TWO words that are kinds of film.
- হাসির ছবি (hashir chhobi), comedy film
- ভাজা কাবাব (bhaja kabab), fried kebab
- গোয়েন্দা কাহিনী (goyenda kahini), detective story
- সিম (shim), bean
Reading a sentence
Now read a full Bengali sentence, verb last as usual: - আমি সাঁতার কাটা ভালবাসি (ami shantar kata bhalobashi) = "I love swimming". Three parts: আমি (ami, "I"), সাঁতার কাটা (shantar kata, "swimming"), then the verb ভালবাসি (bhalobashi, "I love") at the end.
What does it say?
In আমি সাঁতার কাটা ভালবাসি (ami shantar kata bhalobashi), what does the sentence say the person loves?
- Swimming
- Fishing
- Comedy films
- Pineapple
A trip to the cinema
Put the steps of going to see a film into a sensible order.
- Choose which film to watch
- Buy a ticket
- Find your seat
- Watch the film
- Talk about the film afterwards
Complete the free-time facts
A funny film is called a _____ film. Bengali often ends a film type with the word _____. The word আনারস means _____. The activity সাঁতার কাটা means _____. A film full of danger and action is an _____ film.
Read the listing
Use what you know to read each Bengali word. Choose each time.
- A cinema listing reads হাসির ছবি (hashir chhobi). What kind of film is it?
- A menu lists ভাজা কাবাব (bhaja kabab). What is it?
- A poster reads সাঁতার কাটা (shantar kata). Which activity is on offer?
Write about your free time
In English, write about the films, food and sport you enjoy, and say how the Bengali words for them are built. This is written in English and is not auto-marked.
- Name a kind of film you enjoy and its Bengali word
- Explain how Bengali often ends a film type with chhobi or kahini
- Name one food and one sport, with their Bengali words
- Write one full Bengali sentence about what you love, using ভালবাসি