11Jul2008Classé dans : La vie en IndeAuteur : Djoh
Vous avez déjà dit I will revert to you the same ? What is your good name ? I’m out of station ? Vous avez dit Sexy ! quand Henri a marqué son but contre les pays bas ?
L’anglais à la sauce indienne, on l’appelle l’Hinglish, et ce n’est pas tout à fait le même anglais qu’ailleurs…
Vous allez vous rendre compte de toutes ces erreurs que vous avez appris là-bas !
Vous dites / mais vous devriez dire :
I am liking it very much. I am understanding it. She is knowing the answer. à I like it very much.
Let us discuss about this. à Let us discuss this.
They did it, no? / He is here, isn’t it? / She closed the door, did she? à They did it, didn’t they? / He is here, isn’t he? / She closed the door, didn’t she?
“A: You didn’t come on the bus? B: Yes, I didn’t.” à A: “You didn’t come on the bus? B: No, I didn’t.”
He does this always. à He always does this.
Where you are going? / Tell me where are you going. à Where are you going? / Tell me where you are going.
I only told her to do that. à I Ø told her to do that.
She had so much of work to do that… à She had so much Ø work to do that…
Let’s go out for some ice-cream-ice-cream. / She has curly-curly hair. / You will get used to the humidity slowly-slowly. / Don’t worry about small-small things.
Seriously / Actually etc., she is a good person. à Ø she is a good person.
What is your good name? à What is your Ø name?
Please do the needful. à Could you help me with this?
Where do you stay?à Where do you live?
I don’t take meat/milk. à I don’t eat meat / drink milk.
Tell me (used when answering the phone) à How can I help you?
Hotel à Restaurant
My head is paining. My head is hurting.
I also need a blanket. / He was late also. à I too need a blanket. / He was late as well.
Open / Close the air conditioner. à Turn on / Turn off the air conditioner.
Open your shirt. à Take off your shirt.
Current went and came. à The power went out and came back.
Brother / Sister à Male brother & first cousin / Female sister & first cousin
I had gone. à I went.
I have been working since four years. à I have been working for four years ou I have been working since four years ago.
Can you drop me? à Can you drop me off?
Throw it. à Throw it out.
Let’s go to city. à Let’s go to the city.
I met him five years back. à I met him five years ago.
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L’intégralité à télécharger en PDF : L’anglais des indiens (pdf)
VIA Indian Samourai
Sans oublier leur accent…
Salut,
Je suis désolé mais que qu’est ce que t’en sais sur l’anglais des indiens franchement. Prend pas des cas pour des généralités et surtout c’est pas du tout vrai ce que tu dis.
Et surtout, c’est après pas mal de temps passé en Inde que je dis ça, et surtout, bah c’est vrai ce que je dis.
I confirm, you have been working a very long time in india as a student, and your hinglish is almost perfect ;=)
@fred Merci !Je continue de le travailler, j’ai meme rajoute le marati a mon apprentissage 🙂