Complete Bengali - Chapter 5

Question 1

Word list from chapter 4 of the Complete Bengali book by William Radice

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Answer 1

Letters in this chapter

Nasalized vowels:
ওঁ = õ
এঁ = ē

Consonant:
ছ = ch

Question 2

him, her
(here)

Answer 2

এঁকে
/ē̃ke/

Question 3

him, her
(there)

Answer 3

ওঁকে
(oke)

Question 4

they (polite, here)

Answer 4

এঁরা
(ēra)

Question 5

their (polite, here)

Answer 5

এঁদের
/ēder/

Question 6

his, her
(p, h)

Answer 6

এঁরা
/ēr/

Question 7

they
(p, t)

Answer 7

ওঁরা
/õra/

Question 8

their
(p, t)

Answer 8

ওঁদের
/õder/

(The nasal pronunciation of ওঁ makes it polite.)

Question 9

his, her
(polite, there)

Answer 9

ওঁর
/õr/

Question 10

boy

Answer 10

ছেলে
/chele/

Question 11

picture

Answer 11

ছবি
/chobi/

Question 12

six

Answer 12

ছয়
/choy/

Question 13

knife

Answer 13

ছুরি
/churi/

Question 14

I am (present)

Answer 14

আমি আছি
/ami achi/

Question 15

we were (present)

Answer 15

আমরা ছিলাম
/amra chilam/

Question 16

He/she was not (present).

Answer 16

সে ছিলোনা
/she chilōna/

Question 17

we had eaten

Answer 17

আমরা খেয়েছিলাম
/amra kheyechilam/

Question 18

he/she is coming

Answer 18

সে আসছে
/she asche/

Question 19

I sat / I was sitting.

Answer 19

আমি বসেছিলাম
/ami boshechilam/

Question 20

I am doing

Answer 20

আমি করছি
/Ami korchi/

Question 21

I have put (it) there.
/ I have left (it) there.

Answer 21

ওখানে রেখেছি
/okhane rekhechi/

(There I-have-put-it)

Question 22

Give him more fish.

Answer 22

এঁকে আরও মাছ দাও।
/eke arō mach daō/

(Him more fish give)

Question 23

Come and sit near her.

Answer 23

এঁর কাছে এসে বস।
/ēr kache eshe bosho/

(Her near come sit)

Question 24

Why are you (familiar) making noise?

Answer 24

গলমাল করছো কেন?
/golmal korchō keno/

(Noise you-do why)

Question 25

Shall (I) tell this person or that person?

Answer 25

এঁকে বলব না ওঁকে বলব
/ēke bolbo na õke bolbo/

(Him/her (here) I-will-tell or him/her (there) I-will-tell.)

Question 26

He/she (polite, there) is very angry.

Answer 26

উনি খুবই রাগ করছেন।
/uni khubi rag korchen/

(He very anger does)

Question 27

He (polite, there) was very sick

Answer 27

ওঁর খুব অসুখ করেছিলো
/õr khub oshukh korechilō/

(His very sick had-done.)

Question 28

Mother is just (now) coming.

Answer 28

মা এখনি আসছেন
/ma ekhoni ashchen/

(Mother just-now comes.)

Question 29

Put the bed in the sun!

Answer 29

বিছানা রোদে দাও
/bichana rōde daō/

(Bed in-the-sun put.)

Question 30

Tell him (familiar) that we are here.

Answer 30

ওঁকে বলো আমরা এসেছি।
/õke bolō amra eshechi/

(Him tell we we-have-come)

Question 31

They (polite, here) don’t eat fish (or) meat at all.

Answer 31

এঁরা মাছ মাংস কিছুই খানা
/ēra mach mangsho kichui khan’na/

(They fish, meat nothing eat-not)