Lesson: 7 (i)

 A Baker from Goa

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1. What are the elders in Goa nostalgic about?

(āĻ—োā§ąাā§° āĻŦ⧟োāϜ্āϝāώ্āĻ āϏāĻ•āϞে āĻ•ি āĻ•āĻĨা āĻ­াāĻŦি āύāώ্āϟ্ā§°াāϞāϜিāĻ• āĻšৈ āĻĒā§°িāĻ›ে?)

Ans: In Goa, the elders are become nostalgic by re calling their good old Portuguese days and their love of bread and loaves. Thus the writer says that though the eaters of loaves have left but the makers still exist.

āĻ—োā§ąাāϤ āĻŦ⧟োāϜ্āϝāώ্āĻ āϏāĻ•āϞে āύিāϜ⧰ āĻĒূā§°āĻŖি āĻĒāϤুāĻ—ীāϜ āĻĻিāύāĻŦোā§°ā§° āϞāĻ—āϤে āĻŦ্ā§°েāĻĄā§° āϏৈāϤে āϜāĻĄ়িāϤ  āϏ্āĻŽৃāϤিāĻŦোā§° ā§°োāĻŽāύ্āĻĨāĻŖ āϕ⧰ি āύāώ্āϟাāϞāϜিāĻ• āĻšৈ āĻĒā§°িāĻ›িāϞ।āϏে⧟েāĻšে, āϞিāĻ–āĻ•ে āĻ•ৈāĻ›ে āϝāĻĻিāĻ“ āĻŦ্ā§°েāĻĄ āĻŦāύোā§ąা āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻŦোā§°ā§° āχāϤিāĻŽāϧ্āϝে āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝু āĻšৈāĻ›ে āĻ•িāύ্āϤ্āϤ āĻŦ্ā§°েāĻĄ āĻ–াāχ āĻ­াāϞāĻĒোā§ąা āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻŦোā§° āĻŦā§°্āϤāĻŽাāύেāĻ“ āφāĻ›ে।


2. Is bread-making still popular in Goa? How do you Know?

āĻŦ্ā§°েāĻĄ āĻŦāύোā§ąা āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ•্ā§°ি⧟াāϟো āĻ—োā§ąাāϤ āϜāύāĻĒ্ā§°ি⧟ āĻšā§Ÿāύে? āϤুāĻŽি āĻ•েāύেāĻ•ৈ āϜাāύিāϞা

Answer: Bread is an essential. Part of Portuguese food culture in every occassion Portuguese people have bread in their menu at first. The age old  furnaces,  mixers, moulders and the  brade  bakers are still exist there.  

  āĻŦ্ā§°েāĻĄ āĻšৈāĻ›ে āĻĒāϤুā§°্āĻ—ীāϜ āĻ–াāĻĻ্āϝ āϏংāϏ্āĻ•ৃāϤিā§° āĻ…āύ্āϝāϤāĻŽ āĻ–াāĻĻ্āϝ।āĻĒ্ā§°āϤ্āϝেāĻ• āĻ…āύুāώ্āϟাāύāϤে āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āϘ⧰ āĻŽাāύুāĻšā§° āĻ–াāĻĻ্āϝ āϤাāϞিāĻ•াāϤ āĻŦ্ā§°েāĻĄ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āϏ্āĻĨাāύāϤে āĻĨাāĻ•ে।āĻĒুā§°āĻŖি āĻŦ্ā§°েāĻĄ āĻŦāύোā§ąা āϜুāχāĻļাāϞ āĻŦ্ā§°েāĻĄ āĻŦāύোā§ąা āĻŽিāĻļ্ā§°āĻŖ āϤāĻĨা āĻŦিāĻ­িāύ্āύ āĻŦ্ā§°েāĻĄ āĻŦāύোā§ąা āϏাāĻŽāĻ—্ā§°ীā§° āϞāĻ—āϤে āĻŦ্ā§°েāĻĄ āĻŦāύোā§ąা āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻŦোā§° āĻŦā§°্āϤāĻŽাāύেāĻ“ āϜী⧟াāχ āφāĻ›ে।


3. What is the baker called?

āĻŦেāĻ•াā§° āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨাā§Ž āĻŦ্ā§°েāĻĄ āĻŦāύোā§ąা āĻŽাāύুāĻšāϏāĻ•āϞāĻ• āĻ•ি āĻ•ā§Ÿ?

Answer: The baker Called pader in Goa.

āĻŦ্ā§°েāĻĄ āĻŦāύোā§ąা āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻŦোā§°āĻ• āĻ—োā§ąাāϤ āĻĒেāĻĻাā§° āĻŦুāϞি āĻ•ā§Ÿ।


4.When would the baker come everyday? Why did the children run to meet him?

āĻĒ্ā§°āϤ্āϝেāĻ• āĻĻিāύাāχ āĻŦ্ā§°েāĻĄ āĻŦāύোā§ąা āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻŦোā§° āĻ•োāύ āϏāĻŽā§ŸāϤ āφāĻšে? āĻļিāĻļুāĻŦোā§°ে āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•āĻ• āϞāĻ— āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ•ি⧟ āĻĻোā§°ি āϝা⧟?

Answer: Every day the baker would come twice a day once early in the morning and secondly when he returned after selling his stuff.

  The children would run to meet him because they used to get the bread bangles from the baker.

 āĻĒ্ā§°āϤ্āϝেāĻ• āĻĻিāύাāχ āĻŦ্ā§°েāĻĄ āĻŦিāĻ•্ā§°ী āϕ⧰া āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻŦোā§° āĻĒুā§ąা āĻŦāϜাā§°āϞৈ ⧟োā§ąাā§° āϏāĻŽā§ŸāϤ āφ⧰ু āĻ—āϧূāϞি āύিāϜ⧰ āĻŦāϏ্āϤ্āϤāĻŦোā§° āĻŦিāĻ•্ā§°ী āϕ⧰ি āωāĻ­āϤি āϝোā§ąাā§° āϏāĻŽā§ŸāϤ āĻŽাāύুāĻšā§° āϘ⧰āϞৈ āφāĻšিāĻ›িāϞ।

  āϏ⧰ু āϞ’ā§°া āĻ›োā§ąাāϞীāĻŦোā§°ে āĻŦ্ā§°েāĻĄ āĻŦিāĻ•্ā§°ী āϕ⧰া āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻŦোā§°āĻ• āϞāĻ— āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻĻৌā§°ি āĻ—ৈāĻ›িāϞ āĻ•ি⧟āύো āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•ে āϏিāĻšঁāϤāĻ• āĻŦ্ā§°েāĻĄā§° āĻ•াāώ⧰ āĻ…ংāĻļāĻŦোā§° āĻ–াāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ—ৈāĻ›িāϞ।


5. Match the following. What is a must

1. as marriage gifts?

āĻŦি⧟াā§° āωāĻĒāĻšাā§°

Cakes and bolinhas

āĻ•েāĻ• āφ⧰ু āĻŦāϞিāύāĻšাāĻ›

2. for a party or a feast?

āĻ­োāϜāĻŽেāϞ āĻŦা āφāύ্āĻĻোā§ŽāĻ¸ā§ą

Sweet bread called bol

āĻŦāϞ āύাāĻŽā§° āĻŽিāĻ া āĻŦ্ā§°েāĻĄ

3. for a daughter’s engagement?

āϜী⧟েāϕ⧰ āφāĻ™ুāĻ ি āĻĒিāύ্āϧোā§ąা āĻ…āύুāώ্āĻ াāύāϤ

bread

āĻŦ্ā§°েāĻĄ

4. for Christmas?

āĻ–্ā§°ীāώ্āϟāĻŽাāĻ›

Sandwiches

āϚেāύ্āĻĻā§ąিāĻ›েāĻ›

Answer:

1. as marriage gifts?

āĻŦি⧟াā§° āωāĻĒāĻšাā§°

Sweet bread called bol

āĻŦāϞ āύাāĻŽā§° āĻŽিāĻ া āĻŦ্ā§°েāĻĄ

2. for a party or feast

āĻ­োāϜāĻŽেāϞ āĻ…āĻĨāĻŦা āφāύ্āĻĻোā§ŽāĻ¸ā§ą

Bread

āĻŦ্ā§°েāĻĄ

3. for a daughter’s engagement

āϜী⧟েāϕ⧰ āφāĻ™ুāĻ ি āĻĒিāύ্āϧোā§ąা

Sandwiches

āϚেāύ্āĻĻā§ąিāĻ›েāĻ›

4. for Christmas

āĻ–্ā§°ীāώ্āϟāĻŽাāĻ›

Cakes and bolinhas

āĻ•েāĻ• āφ⧰ু āĻŦāϞিāύāĻšাāĻ›


5. What did the bakers wear: (i) in the Portuguese days? (ii) When the author was young?

āĻŦেāĻ•াā§° āĻŦোā§°ে āĻ•ি āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻĒোāĻ›াāĻ• āĻĒিāύ্āϧিāĻ›িāϞঃ (i) āĻĒāϤুā§°্āĻ—ীāϜ āĻĻিāύāĻŦোā§°āϤ (ii) āϝেāϤি⧟া āϞিāĻ–āĻ• āϏ⧰ু āφāĻ›িāϞ?

Ans:(i) In the Portuguese days, the baker wear a peculiar dress called kabai.

(ii) When the author was young the baker used to wear a shirt and trousers which were shorter than full length ones and longer than half pants.

(i) āĻĒুā§°āĻŖি āĻĒāϤুā§°্āĻ—ীāϜ āĻĻিāύ⧰ āĻŦেāĻ•াā§°āĻŦোā§°ে āĻ•াāĻŦাāχ āύাāĻŽā§° āĻŦিāĻļেāώ āϏাāϜāĻĒাā§° āĻĒā§°িāϧাāύ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞে।

(ii) āϞিāĻ–āĻ• āϏ⧰ু āĻĨাāĻ•োāϤে āĻŦেāϕ⧰াāĻŦোā§°ে āĻ›াā§°্āϟ āφ⧰ু āĻĒেāύ্āϟ āĻĒিāύ্āϧিāĻ›িāϞ āϝিāĻŦোā§° āϞং āĻĒেāύ্āϟāϤāĻ•ৈ āĻ›ুāϟী āφ⧰ু āĻšাāĻĢ্ āĻĒেāύ্āϟāϤāĻ•ৈ āĻĻীāϘāϞ āφāĻ›িāϞ।


6. Who invites the comment- “he is dressed like a pader”? Why?

āĻ•ি āĻ•āĻĨাāϤ ‘āϏি āĻĒেāĻĄাā§°ā§° āĻĻā§°ে āϏাāϜ āĻĒā§°িāϧাāύ āϕ⧰িāĻ›ে’ āĻŦুāϞি āĻ•োā§ąা āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ? āĻ•ি⧟?

Answer- Any one who wears a pant which reaches just below the knees invites  this comment: Because the bakers are called Pader who dressed like that.

āϝি āĻŽাāύুāĻšে āφঁāĻ ুāϞৈāĻ•ে āĻĒā§°া āĻšাāĻĢ āĻĒেāύ্āϟ āĻĒিāύ্āϧিāĻ›িāϞ āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•āĻ•ে āĻĒেāĻĻাā§° āĻŦুāϞি āĻ•োā§ąা āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ।āĻ•ি⧟āύো āĻŦেāĻ•াā§°āĻŦিāϞাāĻ•āĻ• āĻĒেāĻĻাā§° āĻŦুāϞি āĻ•োā§ąা āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ āϝি⧟ে āϤেāύে āĻ•াāĻĒোā§° āĻĒā§°িāϧাāύ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ।

    

7. Where were the monthly accounts of the baker recorded?

āĻŦেāĻ•াā§°āĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻŽাāĻšিāϞী āĻĒāχāϚাā§° āĻšিāϚাāĻĒ āĻ•’āϤ ā§°āĻ–া āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ?

Ans- Monthly accounts of the baker were recorded on some wall in the house with a pencil.

āĻŦেāϕ⧰াāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻŽাāĻšিāϞী āĻĒāχāϚাā§° āĻšিāϚাāĻĒ āϘ⧰⧰ āĻĻেā§ąাāϞāϤ āϞিāĻ–ি ā§°āĻ–া āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ।


8. What does a ‘jackfruit-like appearance’ mean?

‘āĻ•ঁāĻ াāϞ⧰ āĻĻā§°ে āĻĻেāĻĨাāϤ āϞাāĻ—ে’ āĻ‡ā§Ÿাā§° āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨ āĻ•ি?

Ans- A ‘jackfruit-like appearance’ means having a plump physique.

āĻ•āĻ াāϞ⧰ āĻĻā§°ে āĻĻেāĻ–াāϤ āĻŽাāύে āĻŽেāĻĻāĻŦāĻšুāϞ āĻļā§°ীā§°ā§° āĻ…āϧিāĻ•াā§°ী āĻŦুāϜাāχ।


9. Which of these statements are correct?

āϤāϞ⧰ āĻ•োāύāĻŦোā§° āϤāĻĨ্āϝ āĻļুāĻĻ্āϧ

1. The pader was an important person in the village in old times.

āĻĒুā§°āĻŖি āĻĻিāύāϤ āĻĒেāĻĻাā§°āϏāĻ•āϞ āĻ—াঁā§ąā§° āĻ…āύ্āϝāϤāĻŽ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤি āφāĻ›িāϞ।

Ans- Correct(āĻļুāĻĻ্āĻĻ)


2. Paders still exist in Goan villages.

āĻĒেāĻĻাā§°āĻŦিāϞাāĻ• āĻ—োā§ąাā§° āĻ—াāĻ“ঁāĻŦিāϞাāĻ•āϤ āĻŦā§°্āϤāĻŽাāύেāĻ“ āφāĻ›ে।

Ans- Correct (āĻļুāĻĻ্āϧ)


3.The paders went away with the Portuguese.

āĻĒেāĻĻাā§°āĻŦোā§° āĻĒāϤুā§°্āĻ—ীāϜāϏāĻ•āϞ⧰ āϞāĻ—āϤ āĻ—ুāϚি āĻ—ৈāĻ›িāϞ।

Ans- Incorrect(āĻ…āĻļুāĻĻ্āϧ) 


4.The paders continue to wear a single - piece long frock.

āĻĒেāĻĻাā§°āĻŦোā§°ে āϏāĻ•āϞো āϏāĻŽā§ŸāϤে āĻĻীāϘāϞ āĻĢ্ā§°āĻ• āĻĒিāύ্āϧি āĻĨাāĻ•ে।

Ans- Incorrect (āĻ…āĻļুāĻĻ্āϧ)


5. Bread and cakes were an integral part of Goan life in the old days.

āĻŦ্ā§°েāĻĄ āφ⧰ু āĻ•েāĻ• āĻĒুā§°āĻŖি āĻĻিāύ⧰ে āĻĒā§°া āĻ—োā§ąাā§° āĻĒā§°ি⧟াāϞ āĻŦিāϞাāϕ⧰ āĻ…āĻ­িāύ্āύ āĻ–াāĻĻ্āϝ।

Ans- Correct (āĻļুāĻĻ্āϧ) 


6. Traditional bread - baking is still a very profitable business.

āĻĒā§°āĻŽ্āĻĒā§°াāĻ—āϤ āĻŦ্ā§°েāĻĄ āĻŦāύোā§ąাāϤো āĻŦā§°্āϤāĻŽাāύেāĻ“ āϞাāĻ­āϜāύāĻ• āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāϏা⧟।

Ans- Correct (āĻļুāĻĻ্āϧ)


7.  Paders and their families starve in the present times. 

āĻĒেāĻĻাā§° āφ⧰ু āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāϕ⧰ āĻĒā§°ি⧟াāϞ⧰ āĻ…āĻ­াā§ąāϤ āφ⧰ু āĻ…āύাāĻšাā§°ে āĻĨাāĻ•ে।

Ans- Incorrect (āĻ…āĻļুāĻĻ্āϧ)


10. Is bread an important part of Goan life? How do you know this?

āĻŦ্ā§°েāĻĄ āĻ—োā§ąাā§° āĻĒā§°ি⧟াāϞāĻŦিāϞাāϕ⧰ āĻ…āύ্āϝāϤāĻŽ āĻ–াāĻĻ্āϝ āĻšā§Ÿāύে? āϤুāĻŽি āĻ•েāύেāĻ•ৈ āϜাāύিāϞা?

Ans- Yes, bread is an important part of Goan life. In every occassion is an essential of food culture. In daughter’s wedding, mother need to prepare sandwiches as a custom. People uses to gift brade, cake, bolinhas as a token of love. Thus the age old furnaces are still exist in the villages.

āĻšā§Ÿ āĻŦ্ā§°েāĻĄ āĻ—োā§ąাā§° āϜীā§ąāύāϤ āĻ…āĻĒā§°িāĻšাā§°্āϝ্āϝ āĻ–াāĻĻ্āϝ।āĻĒ্ā§°āϤ্āϝেāĻ•āϘ⧰ āĻŽাāύুāĻšā§° āĻŦিāĻ­িāύ্āύ āĻ…āύুāώ্āĻ াāύāϤ āĻŦ্ā§°েāĻĄ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āϕ⧰া āĻšā§Ÿ āĻ…āύ্āϝāϤāĻŽ āĻ–াāĻĻ্āϝ āϏাāĻŽāĻ—্ā§°ী āĻšিāϚাāĻĒে।āύিāϜ āύিāϜ āĻ•āύ্āϝাā§° āφāĻ™ুāĻ ি āĻĒিāύ্āϧোā§ąাā§° āĻĒā§°্āĻŦāϤ āĻŽাāĻ•āĻŦোā§°ে āϚেāύ্āĻĻā§ąিāĻ› āĻŦāύোā§ąাāϟো āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāϕ⧰ āϏংāϏ্āĻ•ৃāϤিā§° āĻ…ংāĻ—।āĻŽā§°āĻŽ āϤāĻĨা āωāĻĒāĻšাā§°ā§° āϚিāύ āϏ্āĻŦā§°ূāĻĒে āĻŽাāύুāĻšে āĻŦ্ā§°েāĻĄ, āĻ•েāĻ•, āĻŦāϞিāύāĻšাāϚ āφāĻĻি āĻ­েāĻĻ āϕ⧰ে।āϝাā§° āĻĢāϞāϏ্āĻŦā§°ূāĻĒে āĻ…āϤীāϜ⧰ āĻŦ্ā§°েāĻĄ āĻŦāύোā§ąা āϜুāχāĻļাāϞāĻŦোā§° āĻŦā§°্āϤāĻŽাāύেāĻ“ āĻ—াā§ąঁāĻŦিāϞাāĻ•āϤ āφāĻ›ে।


11. Tick the right answer. What is the tone of the author when he says the following?

āĻļুāĻĻ্āϧ āωāϤ্āϤ⧰āϤ āĻĻি⧟া āϚিāύ āĻĻি⧟া।āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻি⧟া āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻ…āύ্āϤ⧰াāϞāϤ āϞিāĻ–āϕ⧰ āĻ•েāύে āĻŽāύোāĻ­াā§ą āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ•াāĻļ āĻĒাāχāĻ›ে āϞিāĻ–া।

1. The thud and the jingle of the traditional baker’s sambo can still be heard in some places. (nostalgic, hopeful, sad) 

āĻĒā§°āĻŽ্āĻĒā§°াāĻ—āϤāĻ­াā§ąে āĻŦেāĻ•াā§°āϏāĻ•āϞে āĻ—াāύ āĻ—াāχ āĻŦ্ā§°েāĻĄ āĻŦিāĻ•্ā§°ী āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ…āĻšা āĻāϤি⧟াāĻ“ āĻ•িāĻ›ু āĻ াāχāϤ āĻļুāύা āĻĒাোā§ąা āϝা⧟।

Ans- Nostalgic(āύāώ্āϟাāϞāϜিāĻ•) 


2. Maybe the father is not alive but the son still carries on the family profession. (nostalgic, hopeful, sad)

 (āĻĻেāωāϤাāĻ• āĻĸুāĻ•াāϞ āϝāĻĻিāĻ“ āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāϕ⧰ āϏāύ্āϤাāύāĻŦোā§°ে āĻĒā§°āĻŽ্āĻĒā§°াāĻ—āϤ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāϏা⧟āϟো āϧ⧰ি ā§°াāĻ–িāĻ›ে।)

Ans- hopeful (āφāĻļাāĻŦাāĻĻী)


3. I Still recall the typical fragrance of those loaves. (nostalgic, hopeful, naughty)

 (āϞোāĻ­āϚāĻŦিāϞাāϕ⧰ āĻŦিāĻļেāώ āϞোāĻ­āύী⧟ āĻ—োāύ্āϧāϟো āĻŽোā§° āĻāϤি⧟াāĻ“ āĻŽāύāϤ āĻĒā§°ে)

Ans- Nostalgic āύāώ্āϟাāϞāϜিāĻ•


4. The tiger never brushed his teeth. Hot tea could wash and clean up everything so nicely, after all. (naughty, angry, funny)

 (āĻŦাāϘে āĻ•েāϤি⧟াāĻ“ āύিāϜে āĻĻাঁāϤ āϚাāĻĢা āύāϕ⧰ে। āĻ—ā§°āĻŽ āϚাāĻš āĻ–াāϞে āϏāĻ•āϞোāĻŦোā§° āύিāϜে āϚাāĻĢা āĻšৈ āĻĒā§°ে)

Ans- Funny (āĻ–ুāĻšুāϤী⧟া)


5. Cakes and bolinhas are a must for Christmas as well as other festivals. (sad, hopeful, matter-of-fact) 

(āĻ•েāĻ• āφ⧰ু āĻŦāϞিāύāĻšাāĻ› āĻ–্ā§°ীāώ্āϟāĻŽাāĻ› āϤāĻĨা āĻ…āύ্āϝাāύ্āϝ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻ¸ā§ąā§° āĻ…āĻ­িāύ্āύ āĻ…ংāĻ—)

Ans- matter-of-fact) (āĻŦাāϏ্āĻ¤ā§ąিāĻ•)


6. The baker and his family never starved. They always looked happy and prpsperous. (matter-of-fact, hopeful, sad)

 (āĻŦেāĻ•াā§° āφ⧰ু āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻĒā§°ি⧟াāϞ⧰ āϞোāĻ•āĻŦিāϞাāĻ• āĻ•েāϤি⧟াāĻ“ঁ āĻ…āύাāĻšাā§°ে āĻĨাāĻ•িāĻŦ āϞāĻ—া āĻšোā§ąা āύাāĻ›িāϞ। āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•ে āϏāĻĻা⧟ āϏুāĻ–āϤ āĻĻিāύ āĻ•āϟাāχāĻ›িāϞ।



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Ans- matter-of-fact) (āĻŦাāϏ্āĻ¤ā§ąিāĻ•)

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