আছিল / নাছিল
Was and Was Not
আমি তেতিয়া ডেকা আছিলোঁ “we were young then”, and আকাশত ডাৱৰ নাছিল “there was no cloud in the sky”.
How It Works
আছিল is built from আছে, so it can say where someone was, what someone was like, or what there was.
| Person | Was | Was not |
|---|---|---|
| মই, আমি | আছিলোঁ | নাছিলোঁ |
| তুমি | আছিলা | নাছিলা |
| সি, তাই, তেওঁ | আছিল | নাছিল |
| আপুনি | আছিলে | নাছিলে |
With আপুনি you will mostly see আছিলে. The form আছিল is heard too. The negative of “is” is নহয়, and the negative of “is there” is নাই. In the past, নাছিল covers both: তেতিয়া মোৰ লগত টকা নাছিল “I had no money with me then”. A question adds নেকি: তুমি দুপৰীয়া অফিচত আছিলা নেকি? “were you at the office at noon?”.
Examples (5)
- আমি তেতিয়া ডেকা আছিলোঁ।
We were young then.
আছিলোঁ goes with আমি.
- তুমি ক’ত আছিলা?
Where were you?
আছিলা goes with তুমি.
- আকাশত ডাৱৰ নাছিল।
There was not a cloud in the sky.
নাছিল says that something was not there.
- ৰূপজ্যোতি মোৰ পিছফালেই আছিল।
Rupjyoti was right behind me.
আছিল goes with a name.
- আপুনি দুপৰীয়া অফিচত আছিলে নেকি?
Were you at the office at noon?
With আপুনি, the ending is -ে.
Common Mistakes
Using the তুমি ending with আপুনি.
আপুনি শুই আছিলা নেকি?আপুনি শুই আছিলে নেকি?আছিলা is for তুমি. With আপুনি the ending is -ে.
How It Connects
Learn This First
আছিল is the past of আছ, so learners need the present forms of আছ first.
Related Patterns
- আছে for There Is and HavingThere Is and Having
আছে says “there is”, and আছিল says “there was”.
Level 1 - নাইThere Is Not
নাই says “there is not” now, and নাছিল says it about the past.
Level 1 - কৰি আছিলোঁ / কৰি আছিলা / কৰি আছিলActions in Progress in the Past
আছিল also helps to say what was going on.
Level 3 - কৰা নাছিলোঁHad Not Done
নাছিলোঁ also helps to say what had not been done.
Level 3
Learn Next
Patterns that build on this one.
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