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Second Grade · Level 12 of 15

Reading What's Actually Writtenনোটিশ পড়া

Read the real signs, notices and forms of Bangladesh — formal register, no new shapes.

New in this level

Nothing new to decode. What changes is the register: written Bangla prefers formal words (প্রবেশ over ঢোকা, মূল্য over দাম) and verbal nouns. This is the gap between speaking and reading, and it's the last one.

Script

  • no new shapes

Grammar

  • formal written register
  • verbal nouns (প্রবেশ, নির্গমন)
  • passive constructions
  • নিষেধ prohibitions

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নিষেধ is the sign-language for 'don't'.

Its cousins on every terminal board: আগমন (arrivals) and বহির্গমন (departures).

অনুগ্রহ করে is the written form of দয়া করে.

The board behind the counter. Read it before you ask.

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Museums and parks. The foreigner rate is often listed separately.

Take it seriously near ports and cantonments.

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Stencilled over the reserved seats on every bus. নারী is newspaper register; the stencil says মহিলা.