11/20/2015 Small Group

The road was repaired

Road-ta tikh    kora hoeche

Road-THE okay do has.been

rasta=road

The road was repaired by the workers

Labor road-ta-ke tikh kolro/koredilo

“The laborers fixed the road” active

rasta-ta labor tikh koredilo/korlo

True passive

They are repairing the road

Labor rasta-ta tik korce

They will repair the road

Labor rasta-ta tik korbe

Mosquito- moʃa

I was bit by the mosquito

ama-ke moʃa-ta kamralo

Kamrano

The mosquito bit me

moʃa-ta ama-ke kamralo

moʃa-ta amai kamralo

I was bit by the mosquito

O amai present/gift dilo

Ami tomai blah dilam

I gave you something (active)

Mombati-candle

Rani blew out the candle

rani mombati-ta ni(m)biedilo

ne(m)bano-“put out” not blow out

newa- to take

in bengali texting, they use v’s for b’s, can be confused

The candle was blown out

mombati-ta nembano holo

The candle went out by itself

mombati-ta nimbe galo

The candle was blown out by rani

Mombati-ta rani-r-tara nebano holo

Weird though

tara-through

ʃe or tara kacta korlo

She did the work through him

ʃe or tara tar bhonduke jiniʃta patalo

This person through that person sent this person’s friend something

lukono-hide

Rani was hidden (by somebody)

rani-ke lukono holo

Rani was hidden by briSti

rani-ke briʃti lukolo

Sounds odd, you can’t really hide someone

Better with an inanimate object

Rani hid briʃti

Rani briʃti-ke lukolo

Weird, again

kuaʃa, fog, is not a sentence on its own

It’s raining

briʃti porche

rain falling

it’s cloudy

ontokar, there’s a lot of darknesss

bhaire ontokar

it’s sunny

(aj) kub ghorum

cloud is mek

mekla, cloud

akaʃ kub mekla

the sky is cloud

it’s windy

kub howa colce

it’s sunny

aje ʃurje tap onek

the waves of the sun are many(?)

it’s snowing

borov porche

ice is falling

Do you eat cake

ʈhumi ki cake kao

ʈhumi cake kao ki

ʈhumi cake kao with a question tone

Writing, usually use the ki

Did you buy the book

ʈhumi ki boi-ta kinle

ʈhumi boi-ta kinle ki

Did YOU buy the book

ʈHUMI boi-ta kinle ki

Could also have ki more forward, but that’s less basic

Did you BUY the book

ʈhumi koi-ta KINLE ki

Will you come back tomorrow

ʈhumi ki kalke pirbe

ʈhumi kalke pirbe ki

Pirbe, from pera-to return

Kalke-tomorrow

Pirejawa, you return back to your home, which is not here

Pirbe could mean either way

Jawa-go

PireaSbe, opposite

aʃbe, aʃa-come

aʃa-can also be hope

Do you think she is ready

Tomar ki mone hocche or ready

Can’t move the ki

Do you think is the question, can’t be so far removed from the question

What do you think she said

tomar ki mone hocche o ki bolo

o ki bolo, what did she say

o bolo ki “did she say”

mon-e hocche

mon-mind hocche-happen

Do you know if he is smart

ʈhumi ki jano o smart ki na

O smart na ʈhumi ki jano

With ki’s

With yes or no, position makes no difference maybe –P

I wonder if he’s smart

O smart ki-na ami janina

Or the flip with ami jani na first

“I don’t know if he’s smart”

Ami pabi o smart ki na

“I think if he’s smart”

ki kinle, you bought the what

kinle ki what did you buy/ did you buy?

You saw what

Ki dekle

Dekle ki is the question, did you see? Weird to say because of context