Holidays
Pack your bags. Learn the Gujarati words for holidays, travel and the places you go, each with its script, a transliteration to help you say it, and the English meaning.
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Holidays 🏖️
Holidays are one of the topics you will be asked to talk and write about: **where you go, how you get there, and what you do**. Every word below is shown three ways: the **Gujarati script**, a **transliteration** in brackets to help you say it, and the **English** meaning.
Key words (1) 🗂️
Start with four holiday words:
Match each word to its meaning
- રજા (raja)
- પ્રવાસ (pravas)
- દરિયાકિનારો (dariyakinaro)
- વિમાન (viman)
- holiday
- travel, a trip
- the seaside
- aeroplane
What does it mean?
What does the Gujarati word વિમાન (viman) mean?
- aeroplane
- the seaside
- holiday
- travel, a trip
Key words (2) 🚆
Now four more words you need for a holiday:
Match each word to its meaning
- રેલગાડી (relgadi)
- ઉનાળો (unalo)
- તસવીર (tasvir)
- સામાન (saman)
- train
- summer
- photo
- luggage
Getting there
Select the TWO Gujarati words that are ways of travelling.
- વિમાન (viman)
- રેલગાડી (relgadi)
- સામાન (saman)
- તસવીર (tasvir)
Choose the Gujarati word
In Gujarati, the word for 'holiday' is _____, and the word for 'the seaside' is _____.
When holidays happen 💡
The long school **રજા (raja)** falls in the **ઉનાળો (unalo)**, the summer, which is when many families take a પ્રવાસ (pravas), a trip. Families also travel to be together for festivals such as **દિવાળી (Diwali)**, so holidays and celebrations often go hand in hand.
Which word do you need?
Your family is going to spend the summer holiday by the sea. Which word names the PLACE you are going to?
- દરિયાકિનારો (dariyakinaro)
- ઉનાળો (unalo)
- રજા (raja)
- પ્રવાસ (pravas)
Places and transport 🏔️
Holiday words fall into two groups. Sorting them this way makes them easier to recall, and adds one more place: **પર્વત (parvat)**, a mountain.
Planning a holiday 🧭
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One more
The Gujarati word for 'summer' is _____, the word for 'photo' is _____, and the word for 'a mountain' is _____.
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