Letters and mail have become obsolete in today's world of internet and text messages.
However, I do remember a time when we were in Delhi and my grandmother was in Madras (now Chennai) and my mom used to ask me to write letters to her in marathi. I used the Devanagari script and the letter used to read as follows....
आजी ला शुब्हा कर्याचा अनेक नमस्कार ।
तुम्ही कसा आहेंथ ? इथे आम्ही बर आहें ।
लेन्क्र अस्गे बर आहेत । तुम्चा आंग अथ कसा आहें ?
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नमस्कार
तुम्चा
शुब्हा
English Version:
aaji la shubha karyacha anek namaskar ।
tumhi kasa aahenth ? ithe amhi bara aahen ।
lenkra asge bar aaheth । tumcha aang atha kasa aahen ?
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namaskar
tumcha
shubha
As can be seen, the letter used to begin with a namaskar and end with a namaskar and signed off as 'yours'. Interesting, especially since the format was derived from the letter my grandmother used to write to my mother!
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shri.rajmanyaa rajashri,xyz,yanchya charanni,balke xyz cha sashtaang namaskaar,vinanti vishesh vidnyaapanaa, muddaam patraas kaarann ki,ikdeel sarva mannddalee sukhrup aahet.sarvaanchi prakrutee bari aahe.paus paannee uchit zaale aahe.yandaa pike uttam aahet.gudastaa pike buddaalee hoti.avkaallee paus zaalaa hotaa.chaloo saali santosh janak paristithi aahe.paahoo ishwaraachyaa manaat kay aahe te.sarvaas namaskaar kallvaavaa.thoraas sashtaang namaskaar dandavat,tar lahaanaas aashervaad.baaki vishesh naahee.baakee bhetit.aaplaa adnyaadhaarak,balkrushnna.
ReplyDeletei like the letter written by sri mangesh.i am highly impressed by the pure marathi,used in this letter.most of the words are pure sanskrit words.our marathi,today,has many sanskrit words,well preserved,so very easy,even for non-marathi readers to understand.thanks to you,dear pratibha and also the other letter writers and commenters,like sri mangesh for enhancing our knowledge about our own mother tongue.
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