Re: [Goanet] How are you?

[Thomas Coutinho]

I am referring to Romel de Melo's request for Konkani translation of ' Hello 
' . I remember we used to say ' Hey ' or ' ei ' pronounced like in English ' 
Hay '.  Tone would change depending on the circumstance and situation.

The ' Hello ' became very popular after the telephones came into the village 
house holds.

Another thing I remember being Saxtikar is that we use and still 
predominantly like  to say in conversation eg. ' Xit bit kelem go ' or 
'Harem Barem Bazlam kitem aiz ( dry fish)'  or ' Nustia ..bustia guetlem 
tuvem ' very commonly added ' B ' as prefix to the actual word. More 
examples...dore bore fodtolom, tokli bokli fodtolom, rozar bozar kelem.....

Thomas Coutinho