Common Adjectives in Marathi Transliteration: A Practical Starter Guide
For a quick Marathi transliteration starter, learn the standalone adjective entries for big, small, good, bad, and new. Keep the small sentence separate: it is a complete thought, not just a vocabulary item. This distinction helps you choose what to memorise when describing something at home or in conversation.
Start with these expressions
| English | Transliteration | Native script |
|---|---|---|
| Big | motha | मोठा |
| Small | lahaan | लहान |
| Good | chaangla | चांगला |
| Bad | vaeet | वाईट |
| New | navin | नवीन |
| This is small. | he lahaan aahe | हे लहान आहे |
Separate a describing word from a complete thought
Use the standalone adjective entries when you are building a basic vocabulary bank: each one gives you a single describing word with its English meaning and Roman-letter form. The set covers size, quality, and age-related description through big, small, good, bad, and new.
The practical distinction is this: an adjective names a quality, while a complete sentence says something about an object or situation. The standalone small entry is therefore useful as a vocabulary item; the separate row meaning “This is small” is useful as a sentence pattern. Do not treat the latter as another spelling of the adjective.
The supporting dictionary excerpts record small as “little or small” [1], good in its broad English sense [2], and bad as “bad” [3]. Those passages support the core meanings, but they do not establish every sentence pattern or claim how frequently each form is used today. For this lesson, use the transliteration rows for recognition and keep the complete sentence for practising a whole utterance.
[1] Source: dsal.uchicago.edu.
[2] Source: dsal.uchicago.edu.
[3] Source: dsal.uchicago.edu.
Try it
You want to tell a family member, “This is small.” Which item should you choose rather than an isolated adjective entry?
Choose your answer before reading on.
Check your answer:
Use expression 6 in the table above.
Choose this item because the task asks for a complete statement about something, not the single describing word by itself. It matches the intended meaning and gives you a whole utterance to rehearse.
Review the five standalone adjective rows first, then practise the complete small sentence as one unit. Afterwards, try identifying whether a new Marathi item is a word-level description or a full statement before memorising it.
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