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Line-by-Line Translation (āĻĒাāĻ ā§° āĻ āύুāĻŦাāĻĻ)
What is etiquette? Why is it so important?
āĻļিāώ্āĻাāĻাā§° āĻি? āĻ āĻāĻŽাāύ āĻুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻিāϝ়?
In simple words, etiquette is good behaviour which makes a human being different from animals.
āϏāĻšāĻ āĻāĻĨাāϤ, āĻļিāώ্āĻাāĻাā§° āĻšৈāĻে āĻাāϞ āĻāĻā§°āĻŖ āϝিāϝ়ে āĻāĻāύ āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻ āĻāύ্āϤুā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻĒৃāĻĨāĻ āĻā§°ে।
Etiquette or appropriate behaviour is really important because human being is a social animal.
āĻļিāώ্āĻাāĻাā§° āĻŦা āĻāĻĒāϝুāĻ্āϤ āĻāĻā§°āĻŖ āϏঁāĻাāĻৈāϝ়ে āĻুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻাā§°āĻŖ āĻŽাāύুāĻš āĻšৈāĻে āĻāĻ āϏাāĻŽাāĻিāĻ āĻĒ্ā§°াāĻŖী।
A man has good etiquette if he behaves in a socially responsible way.
āĻāĻāύ āĻŽাāύুāĻšā§° āĻাāϞ āĻļিāώ্āĻাāĻাā§° āĻĨাāĻে āϝāĻĻিāĻšে āϤেāĻঁ āϏাāĻŽাāĻিāĻāĻাāĻŦে āĻĻাāϝ়āĻŦāĻĻ্āϧāĻাā§ąে āĻāĻā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°ে।
The idea of etiquette finds its origins among the nobles in early modern France.
āĻļিāώ্āĻাāĻাā§°ā§° āϧাā§°āĻŖাāĻোā§° āĻā§āĻĒāϤ্āϤি āĻāϧুāύিāĻ āĻĢ্ā§°াāύ্āϏ⧰ āĻāĻĻিāĻাāĻā§° āϏāĻŽ্āĻ্ā§°াāύ্āϤ āϞোāĻāϏāĻāϞ⧰ āĻŽাāĻāϤ āĻĒোā§ąা āϝাāϝ়।
In fact, the word etiquette itself is derived from the French word for ticket or label, which means these rules were printed and used as labels for good manners.
āĻĒ্ā§°āĻৃāϤāϤে, āĻļিāώ্āĻাāĻাā§° āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻো āĻĢā§°াāĻী āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ 'āĻিāĻāĻ' āĻŦা 'āϞেāĻŦেāϞ'ā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻāĻšিāĻে, āϝাā§° āĻ ā§°্āĻĨ āĻš'āϞ āĻāĻ āύিāϝ়āĻŽāĻŦোā§° āĻāĻĒা āĻā§°া āĻšৈāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻাāϞ āĻāĻā§°āĻŖā§° āϞেāĻŦেāϞ āĻšিāĻাāĻĒে āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻā§°া āĻšৈāĻিāϞ।
One of the most notable contributions to the literature of etiquette is Emily Post's book Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics and at Home published in 1922.
āĻļিāώ্āĻাāĻাā§°ā§° āϏাāĻšিāϤ্āϝāϞৈ āĻ āύ্āϝāϤāĻŽ āĻāϞ্āϞেāĻāϝোāĻ্āϝ āĻ ā§ąāĻĻাāύ āĻšৈāĻে ⧧⧝⧍⧍ āĻāύāϤ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻাāĻļিāϤ āĻāĻŽিāϞি āĻĒোāώ্āĻā§° āĻ্ā§°āύ্āĻĨ 'Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics and at Home'।
Through this book, she achieved fame as the pioneer of modern etiquette.
āĻāĻ āĻ্ā§°āύ্āĻĨāĻāύ⧰ āĻā§°িāϝ়āϤে āϤেāĻঁ āĻāϧুāύিāĻ āĻļিāώ্āĻাāĻাā§°ā§° āĻĒāĻĨāĻĒ্ā§°āĻĻā§°্āĻļāĻ āĻšিāĻাāĻĒে āĻ্āϝাāϤি āĻ ā§°্āĻāύ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ।
Etiquette is important as it enables a person to earn respect and appreciation in society.
āĻļিāώ্āĻাāĻাā§° āĻুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻিāϝ়āύো āĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤিāĻ āϏāĻŽাāĻāϤ āϏāύ্āĻŽাāύ āĻā§°ু āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļংāϏা āĻ ā§°্āĻāύ āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āϏāĻ্āώāĻŽ āĻā§°ে।
It teaches one the way to talk, walk, and most importantly, behave in polite company.
āĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤিāĻ āĻāĻĨা āĻোā§ąাā§°, āĻোāĻ āĻāĻĸ়াā§° āĻā§°ু āĻāĻাāĻāϤāĻৈ āĻুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖāĻাā§ąে, āĻāĻĻ্ā§° āϏāĻŽাāĻāϤ āĻāĻā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°াā§° āĻāĻĒাāϝ় āĻļিāĻাāϝ়।
The way one interacts with one's superiors, subordinates, fellow workers, friends, teachers, and parents speaks a lot about one's personality and upbringing.
āĻāĻāύ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤিāϝ়ে āύিāĻā§° āĻā§°্āϧāϤāύ āĻŦিāώāϝ়া, āϤāϞāϤীāϝ়া āĻā§°্āĻŽāĻাā§°ী, āϏāĻšāĻā§°্āĻŽী, āĻŦāύ্āϧু-āĻŦাāύ্āĻ§ā§ąী, āĻļিāĻ্āώāĻ-āĻļিāĻ্āώāϝ়িāϤ্ā§°ী āĻā§°ু āĻĒিāϤৃ-āĻŽাāϤৃā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻā§°া āĻŽāϤ āĻŦিāύিāĻŽāϝ়ā§° āϧ⧰āĻŖে āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤিāϤ্āĻŦ āĻā§°ু āϞাāϞāύ-āĻĒাāϞāύ⧰ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻŦāĻšুāϤ āĻāĻĨা āĻāϝ়।
No one feels like talking to a person who doesn't know how to speak or behave in a society.
āϏāĻŽাāĻāϤ āĻেāύেāĻৈ āĻāĻĨা āĻ'āĻŦ āϞাāĻে āĻŦা āĻāĻā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āϞাāĻে āύāĻāύা āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤিā§° āϞāĻāϤ āĻোāύেāĻ āĻāĻĨা āĻĒাāϤিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻāĻ্āĻা āύāĻā§°ে।
Some basic rules of social etiquette have been followed for a very long time. These are considered essential even today.
āϏাāĻŽাāĻিāĻ āĻļিāώ্āĻাāĻাā§°ā§° āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύ āĻĒ্ā§°াāĻĨāĻŽিāĻ āύিāϝ়āĻŽ āĻŦāĻšু āĻĻিāύ āϧ⧰ি āĻĒাāϞāύ āĻā§°ি āĻ āĻšা āĻšৈāĻে। āĻāĻāĻŦোā§° āĻāĻিāĻ āĻ āĻĒā§°িāĻšাā§°্āϝ āĻŦুāϞি āĻāĻŖ্āϝ āĻā§°া āĻšāϝ়।
To say "thank you" costs you nothing. It is good manners to thank people who have come to your aid.
"āϧāύ্āϝāĻŦাāĻĻ" āĻ'āĻŦāϞৈ āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻāĻো āĻā§°āĻ āύāĻšāϝ়। āϝিāϏāĻāϞ āϞোāĻে āĻāĻĒোāύাāĻ āϏāĻšাāϝ় āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻāĻšে āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻāĻ āϧāύ্āϝāĻŦাāĻĻ āĻāύোā§ąাāĻো āĻাāϞ āĻāĻā§°āĻŖ।
Using words of appreciation and offering compliments and praise whenever required are also considered basic etiquette. However, one needs to be genuine in one's appreciation.
āĻĒ্ā§°āϝ়োāĻāύ āĻ āύুāϏ⧰ি āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļংāϏাāϏূāĻāĻ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻā§°া āĻā§°ু āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļংāϏা āĻā§°াāĻোāĻ āĻĒ্ā§°াāĻĨāĻŽিāĻ āĻļিāώ্āĻাāĻাā§° āĻšিāĻাāĻĒে āĻāĻŖ্āϝ āĻā§°া āĻšāϝ়। āĻ ā§ąāĻļ্āϝে, āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļংāϏা āĻā§°াā§° āĻ্āώেāϤ্ā§°āϤ āĻāĻāύ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤি āϏঁāĻা āĻš'āĻŦ āϞাāĻিāĻŦ।
Self-control is also one of the basic rules of etiquette. Self-control is the ability to regulate one's emotions, thoughts, and behaviour effectively in different situations.
āĻāϤ্āĻŽāύিāϝ়āύ্āϤ্ā§°āĻŖো āĻļিāώ্āĻাāĻাā§°ā§° āĻ āύ্āϝāϤāĻŽ āĻĒ্ā§°াāĻĨāĻŽিāĻ āύিāϝ়āĻŽ। āĻāϤ্āĻŽāύিāϝ়āύ্āϤ্ā§°āĻŖ āĻšৈāĻে āĻŦিāĻিāύ্āύ āĻĒā§°িāϏ্āĻĨিāϤিāϤ āύিāĻā§° āĻā§ąেāĻ, āĻিāύ্āϤা āĻā§°ু āĻāĻā§°āĻŖāĻ āĻĢāϞāĻĒ্ā§°āϏূāĻাā§ąে āύিāϝ়āύ্āϤ্ā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°াā§° āĻ্āώāĻŽāϤা।
Keep a check on your behaviour, voice, and emotions if you are in a society. Do not be too loud.
āϝāĻĻি āĻāĻĒুāύি āϏāĻŽাāĻāϤ āĻĨাāĻে āϤেāύ্āϤে āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻāĻā§°āĻŖ, āĻŽাāϤ āĻā§°ু āĻā§ąেāĻāĻ āύিāϝ়āύ্āϤ্ā§°āĻŖāϤ ā§°াāĻāĻ। āĻŦেāĻি āĻĄাāĻā§°āĻৈ āĻāĻĨা āύāĻ'āĻŦ।
Do not boast about the things you possess or you have accomplished.
āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻĨāĻা āĻŦāϏ্āϤুāĻŦোā§° āĻŦা āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻ ā§°্āĻāύ āĻā§°া āĻāĻĨাāĻŦোā§°āĻ āϞৈ āĻ āĻšংāĻাā§° āύāĻā§°িāĻŦ।
The art of genuine listening is a precious virtue. Active listening builds relationships, career, respect, and trust.
āĻĒ্ā§°āĻৃāϤāĻাā§ąে āĻļুāύাā§° āĻāϞাāĻো āĻāĻ āĻ āĻŽূāϞ্āϝ āϏāĻāĻুāĻŖ। āϏāĻ্ā§°িāϝ় āĻļ্ā§°ā§ąāĻŖে āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒā§°্āĻ, āĻেā§°িāϝ়াā§°, āϏāύ্āĻŽাāύ āĻā§°ু āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ āĻāĻĸ়ি āϤোāϞে।
The habit of being on time is one of the most desired traits in a human being. Arriving too early is not good etiquette, nor is arriving late. Good etiquette tells us to be punctual at any cost.
āϏāĻŽāϝ়āĻŽāϤে āĻāĻĒāϏ্āĻĨিāϤ āĻĨāĻাā§° āĻ āĻ্āϝাāϏāĻো āĻŽাāύুāĻšā§° āĻ āύ্āϝāϤāĻŽ āĻāĻাংāĻ্āώিāϤ āĻŦৈāĻļিāώ্āĻ্āϝ। āĻŦā§° āϏোāύāĻাāϞে āĻāĻĒāϏ্āĻĨিāϤ āĻšোā§ąাāĻো āĻাāϞ āĻļিāώ্āĻাāĻাā§° āύāĻšāϝ়, āĻĒāϞāĻŽāĻৈ āĻāĻĒāϏ্āĻĨিāϤ āĻšোā§ąাāĻোāĻ āύāĻšāϝ়। āĻাāϞ āĻļিāώ্āĻাāĻাā§°ে āĻāĻŽাāĻ āϝিāĻোāύো āĻŽূāϞ্āϝ āĻŦিāύিāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āϏāĻŽāϝ়াāύুā§ąā§°্āϤী āĻš'āĻŦāϞৈ āĻāϝ়।
It is absolutely important to maintain eye contact during a conversation. It establishes a level of trust and understanding.
āĻāĻĨা-āĻŦāϤ⧰াā§° āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āĻāĻুā§° āϏংāϝোāĻ ā§°āĻ্āώা āĻā§°াāĻো āĻ āϤিāĻļāϝ় āĻুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ। āĻ āĻāĻ āĻĒā§°্āϝাāϝ়ā§° āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ āĻā§°ু āĻŦুāĻাāĻŦুāĻি āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāώ্āĻ া āĻā§°ে।
When it comes to school etiquette, it plays a pivotal role in the character-building process of a young student. As a future adult and a responsible future citizen, a student must follow school etiquette.
āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝাāϞāϝ়ā§° āĻļিāώ্āĻাāĻাā§°ā§° āĻāĻĨা āĻāĻšে, āĻ āĻāĻāύ āϝুā§ą āĻাāϤ্ā§°ā§° āĻā§°িāϤ্ā§° āĻāĻ āύ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ্ā§°িāϝ়াāϤ āĻāĻ āĻ āϤি āĻুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻূāĻŽিāĻা āĻĒাāϞāύ āĻā§°ে। āĻā§ąিāώ্āϝāϤ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°াāĻĒ্āϤāĻŦāϝ়āϏ্āĻ āĻā§°ু āĻāĻāύ āĻĻাāϝ়িāϤ্āĻŦāĻļীāϞ āĻā§ąিāώ্āϝāϤ āύাāĻā§°িāĻ āĻšিāĻাāĻĒে, āĻāĻāύ āĻাāϤ্ā§°āĻ āĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝাāϞāϝ়ā§° āĻļিāώ্āĻাāĻাā§° āĻŽাāύি āĻāϞিāĻŦ āϞাāĻিāĻŦ।
These are some important rules of school and classroom etiquette - be punctual, obey the school rules, be respectful to the teachers and staff, pay attention while the teacher is talking, don't litter the classroom...
āĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝাāϞāϝ় āĻā§°ু āĻļ্ā§°েāĻŖীāĻোāĻ াā§° āĻļিāώ্āĻাāĻাā§°ā§° āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύ āĻুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āύিāϝ়āĻŽ āĻš'āϞ - āϏāĻŽāϝ়াāύুā§ąā§°্āϤী āĻšোā§ąা, āĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝাāϞāϝ়ā§° āύিāϝ়āĻŽ āĻŽাāύি āĻāϞা, āĻļিāĻ্āώāĻ āĻā§°ু āĻā§°্āĻŽāĻাā§°ীāϏāĻāϞāĻ āϏāύ্āĻŽাāύ āĻā§°া, āĻļিāĻ্āώāĻে āĻāĻĨা āĻĒাāϤি āĻĨāĻাā§° āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āĻŽāύোāϝোāĻ āĻĻিāϝ়া, āĻļ্ā§°েāĻŖীāĻোāĻ াāϤ āĻā§ąā§°্āĻāύা āύেāĻĒেāϞোā§ąা...
A kind, soft-spoken, well-mannered person is the jewel of a polite society who inspires joy and positivity wherever he goes.
āĻāĻāύ āĻĻāϝ়াāϞু, āĻŽৃāĻĻুāĻাāώী, āϏু-āĻāĻā§°āĻŖāĻļীāϞ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤি āĻšৈāĻে āĻāĻ āĻāĻĻ্ā§° āϏāĻŽাāĻā§° ā§°āϤ্āύ āϝিāϝ়ে āϝ'āϞৈāĻে āϝাāϝ় āϤাāϞৈāĻে āĻāύāύ্āĻĻ āĻā§°ু āĻāϤিāĻŦাāĻāĻāϤা āĻāĻĸ়িāϝ়াāĻ āύিāϝ়ে।
Word Notes (āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻোāĻা)
subordinates = placed in a lower class, rank, or position (āϤāϞāϤীāϝ়া āĻŦা āύিāĻŽ্āύ āĻĒāĻĻāĻŦীāϤ āĻĨāĻা āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤি)
upbringing = early training; a particular way of bringing up a child (āϞাāϞāύ-āĻĒাāϞāύ āĻŦা āĻĄাāĻā§°-āĻĻীāĻāϞ āĻā§°াā§° āϧ⧰āĻŖ)
aid = to provide with what is useful in achieving an end (āϏāĻšাāϝ় āĻŦা āϏাāĻšাāϝ্āϝ)
genuine = sincere, honest (āĻĒ্ā§°āĻৃāϤ, āϏঁāĻা)
virtue = a particular moral excellence (āϏāĻāĻুāĻŖ āĻŦা āĻĒুāĻŖ্āϝ)
tool = a handheld device that aids in accomplishing a task (āϏঁāĻুāϞি)
shifty = given to deception (āĻĒ্ā§°āϤাā§°āĻŖাāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻŦা āĻāĻĒāĻীāϝ়া)
pivotal = vitally important (āĻ āϤি āĻুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ)
litter = to strew with scattered articles (āĻā§ąā§°্āĻāύা āĻĒেāϞোā§ąা āĻŦা āϞেāϤেā§°া āĻā§°া)
graffiti = to deface with unauthorized writing or drawing (āĻĻেā§ąাāϞāϤ āĻā§°া āĻ āύাāϧিāĻাā§° āϞিāĻāύী āĻŦা āĻ ংāĻāύ)
Textbook Questions & Answers
a) Etiquette is not very important. — False
b) To say 'thank you' costs you nothing. — True
c) Self-control is one of the basic rules of etiquette. — True
d) We should speak as loudly as possible. — False
e) People usually don't like a kind, soft spoken, well-mannered person. — False
Grammar and Usage: Determiners
a) He received much help from his teachers.
b) I can depend on the few friends I have.
c) My brother is studying in a European University.
d) He gave away the little money he had to the beggars.
e) Some of my friends helped me much in my distress.
f) My brother is an NCC cadet.
g) He does not trust the few friends he has.
h) A busy person has little time to waste.
i) He gave me a one rupee note.
j) Can you lend me a few books?
k) He will stay here for a while.
l) Each of the boys has done his work.
m) She has a lot of things to do.
n) I cannot give you any money.
o) This is not a usual happening.
p) That girl has many good qualities.
q) Can you help me with some money?
r) Did you buy any oranges today?
s) Our teacher gave us much useful advice.
t) Kalidasa is the Shakespeare of India.
Writing Activity: Application
The Headmaster / Principal
[School Name]
[School Address]
Date: [Current Date]
Subject: Application to provide better library facilities.
Respected Sir/Madam,
With due respect, I am writing on behalf of the students of Class VIII to bring to your kind attention the current state of our school library. While we deeply appreciate the resources currently available, we feel that the library is in need of some vital upgrades to help us with our studies.
We kindly request you to add more recent reference books, encyclopedias, and a wider variety of storybooks. Additionally, providing better seating arrangements and a quieter reading environment would greatly benefit all the students.
We sincerely hope you will consider our request and take the necessary steps to improve the library facilities at your earliest convenience.
Yours faithfully,
[Your Name]
Class: VIII
Roll No: [Your Roll No]
The Principal
[School Name]
[School Address]
Date: [Current Date]
Subject: Application for half-day leave to attend a puja.
Respected Sir/Madam,
Most respectfully, I beg to state that an important religious puja is being held at my home today, and my presence is required by my family for the rituals in the afternoon.
Therefore, I kindly request you to grant me a half-day leave of absence after the fourth period. I assure you that I will cover up the missed classwork as soon as possible.
I will be highly obliged for your kind consideration.
Yours faithfully,
[Your Name]
Class: VIII
Roll No: [Your Roll No]
FAQs on "Essence of Etiquette"
Q. Where does the word 'etiquette' come from?
Ans: The word 'etiquette' is derived from a French word meaning 'ticket' or 'label'. Historically in early modern France, rules of good manners were printed and used as labels.
Q. Why is active listening considered an important part of etiquette?
Ans: Active listening is a precious virtue because it helps in building strong relationships, career opportunities, mutual respect, and trust among people in society.
Q. What are some basic rules of school etiquette mentioned in the lesson?
Ans: Basic school etiquette includes being punctual, obeying school rules, respecting teachers, paying attention in class, not littering, and protecting school property from vandalism.
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