Speaker A
What happens is that the French and Bengali being so very similar in many ways.
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Speaker A
They have a way of expressing which is very similar.
Speaker A
Not only the stock of words, the tone of the language, the way of speaking, the face expressions.
Speaker A
And of course, the musicality of the language, because if people think in the same way, and the French think in a very musical way, the Bengali think in a musical way too.
Speaker B
Bengali and French, Bangla and Le Français.
Speaker B
Do aise bhashaye jin ko apne apne regions mein the sweetest language ka darja hasil hua hai.
Speaker B
Aur do aisi bhashaye jin mein sounds merge hoti hain in very interesting ways, almost musical ways.
Speaker C
Quand il me prend dans ses bras, il me parle tout bas.
Speaker C
Je vois la vie en rose, il me dit des mots d'amour, des mots de tous les jours, et ça me fait quelque chose.
Speaker D
Priyo name daki.
Speaker D
Bolo kon priyo name daki.
Speaker D
Man bhangabo manini.
Speaker D
Darale duare mor.
Speaker B
Having said that, dono languages itne closely related nahi hai.
Speaker B
Bengali aur French ka origin kafi alag root se hua hai.
Speaker B
Dono bhashaye Indo-European language family ke members to hai, but inka evolution do alag branches se hua hai.
Speaker B
Jahan Bengali Sanskrit aur Magadhi Prakrit ke combination se bani hai.
Speaker B
Wahin French bani hai Latin aur Gallish ke combination se.
Speaker B
Linguistically door hone ke bawajood, dono sanskritiyon mein kuch common cultural parallels hain.
Speaker B
For example, dono cultures kafi creative cultures hain.
Speaker B
Dono ne apne apne tarike se cultural renaissance experience kiya.
Speaker B
And both these cultures have seen the highs and lows of power.
Speaker B
Toh, kya aisa ho sakta hai ki ye common texture is not the result of any linguistic parallels, but the cultural parallels.
Speaker B
By the way, jin ki awaaz aap shuruat mein sun rahe the, wo thi Neline Mondal.
Speaker B
Affectionately called as Neline Nadi.
Speaker B
I got to talk to her this November while I was in Chandannagar, a city that is 50 kilometers north of Kolkata.
Speaker B
It was once a French colony.
Speaker B
Since Neline ma'am is originally from Belgium and now has been living in Chandannagar since 1989, she is fluent in both French and Bengali.
Speaker B
And so I knew she would be the perfect person to talk to.
Speaker E
Ebang amader protipod theke bujhan.
Speaker E
Shostite kenoi.
Speaker E
What's protipod theke aati shondipat shob kichu hoy.
Speaker B
This year my good friend Pratyush, from whom I have been learning Bengali, ne mujhe Chandannagar ke unique Jagaddhatri Puja ko attend karne ke liye invite kiya tha.
Speaker B
I was obviously very excited because I have never experienced the Puja vibe before.
Speaker B
For three days I stayed at Pratyush's place in Chinsurah, enjoying auntie's delicious dishes.
Speaker B
And then hum evenings ko explore karne jaate the numerous Pandals of Maa Jagaddhatri.
Speaker B
I learned that geographically this part of Bengal along the bank of Ganga was once called the Mini Europe of India.
Speaker B
Because yahan multiple European powers ke multiple colonies coexist karte the side by side.
Speaker B
For example, the Portuguese colony of Bandel was next to the Dutch colony of Chinsurah, next to the French colony of Chandannagore, next to the Danish colony of Serampore.
Speaker B
All next to the capital of the British Empire, Calcutta.
Speaker B
Therefore, ye bolna exaggeration nahi hoga that Europe has had a big influence in Bengal.
Speaker B
Traveling along the bank of the beautiful Bengali French town of Chandannagar, I could notice the influence of French architecture, culture, language.
Speaker B
All of that on Bengal.
Speaker B
Isi overthinking ka natija hai ye video jismein main aur tum explore karne wale hain is Indo-French connection ko.
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