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Emerging Reader · Level 4 of 15

Numbers and Moneyটাকা পয়সা

Read a price tag in Bangla numerals and push back on it.

New in this level

The Bangla numerals ০–৯, which look nothing like the Western ones and are on every price board. Plus ং (onushshor), the 'ng' that ends বাংলা.

Script

  • numerals ০–৯
  • independent উ ঊ ও

Grammar

  • negation with না after the verb
  • বেশি / কম comparatives
  • counting

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Written ১, ২, ৩.

Read the numerals, not the words, on price boards.

The না goes after the verb, not before.

Two words, and it does the whole job.

The idiomatic haggling move — কম রাখেন, not কম করেন.

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How a rickshaw fare actually gets settled.

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Nobody ever has change. You will hear ভাংতি নাই several times a day.

Now you can read the country's own name.