कनाडा बोलते: लेकिन आप Ottawan बात नहीं करते?
जà¥à¤¯à¤¾à¤¦à¤¾à¤¤à¤° अमेरिकियों, बà¥à¤°à¤¿à¤Ÿà¤¿à¤¶, आसà¥à¤Ÿà¥à¤°à¥‡à¤²à¤¿à¤¯à¤¾à¤ˆ, अनà¥à¤¯ या English-speakers who move to Canada assume that they’ll be able to understand Canadian English.
वासà¥à¤¤à¤µ में, इससे पहले कि हम अमेरिका से कनाडा के लिठजगह बदली, it didn’t occur to me that there would be as many differences between Canadian and American English as there are.
So I had to learn to take my grocery purchases to the till (the cash register), put on my runners (sneakers or tennis shoes) before going for a walk, और निशà¥à¤šà¤¿à¤¤ रूप से, in winter always wear a को छूने (pronounced “toook” — and it’s a ski hat)!
Perhaps that’s why I especially enjoyed reading a recent post from Let’s Go Ottawa: An Insider’s Guide to Ottawa and Canada’s Capital Region.
It’s called “कà¥à¤¯à¤¾ आप Ottawan बोलते?“
When Ottawans talk about “the Market” या “the Sens” या “the Chateau,” do you know what they mean?
I didn’t.
पढ़ना “कà¥à¤¯à¤¾ आप Ottawan बोलते?” and you’ll find out!
For more on “कनाडा बोलते,” check out my “सà¥à¤²à¥‡à¤œ बनाम. बेपहियों की गाड़ी” post or this article about अदà¥à¤µà¤¿à¤¤à¥€à¤¯ कनाडा शबà¥à¤¦à¥‹à¤‚ और वाकà¥à¤¯à¤¾à¤‚शों से Canada’s adventure couple.
(And if you want to know more about living in Ottawa, have a look at: ओटावा के लिठआगे बढ़ते? Relocation resources for Canada’s “cool capital.â€)
कà¥à¤¯à¤¾ आप के बारे में? Are there other Canadian words or phrases that have puzzled you? Leave a comment and let us know.
Byward बाजार फोटो @ कैरोलिन बी. हेलà¥à¤²à¤°
I work in BC at one of the mines and the miners (operators mostly)say you betcha after asking to do something or if you can do something.
My relative is working in Canada and she is telling me that she really can’t understand some of the Canadian language too. The sahring in this post actually got me pretty excited to learn their language. It may be hard the first time but once I get used to it, I know I’ll learn it someday.
I rarely say the till though… but yes, there are some British English expressions or words in Canadian English. इसके अलावा कà¥à¤› फà¥à¤°à¥‡à¤‚च!
I had to get used to Canadian/British spelling, à¤à¥€. I had expected some differences from American spelling — like colour, neighbour, सà¥à¤µà¤¾à¤¦, centre, theatre, kilometre — but there were many I had to learn. लाइसेंस (लाइसेंस नहीं), सेना में à¤à¤°à¥à¤¤à¥€ करना (नहीं à¤à¤°à¥à¤¤à¥€), traveller (not traveler), चेक (नहीं की जाà¤à¤š करें), jewellery (गहने नहीं)…
वैंकूवर में, there’s much less French than in Ottawa. Are there common French expressions you frequently hear?