The default greeting in Bangladesh, ahead of কেমন আছেন. Reply: ওয়ালাইকুম আসসালাম. নমস্কার is the Hindu equivalent.
Pre-Reader · Level 2 of 15
This, That, and Meএটা কী
Name a thing in front of you and ask what it is.
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The i-kars (ি ী) and u-kars (ু ূ). Watch ি carefully — it is written BEFORE the consonant but read AFTER it. Sight word: আচ্ছা.
Script
- ি ী
- ু ূ
- independent ই ঈ এ
Grammar
- এটা / ওটা pointing words
- আমি / আপনি pronouns
- two-word noun phrases
Learn these as shapes
আচ্ছা achchha — OK / alright. You will be able to sound it out at level 5.
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How you address a stranger: ভাই to a man, আপা to a woman, মামা to a rickshaw or CNG driver. Start every request with one.
In Bangladesh it is পানি, not জল.
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Point at it. Works on food, objects, anything.
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Use আপনি with adults you don't know. Never তুই.
একটু softens almost any request.
The default order. Say রঙ চা if you want it black.
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For a specific item you're holding. কত টাকা? is the general one.
Also means 'I see' and 'fine, go on'.