Describing a Noun With a Verb
মই গুৱাহাটীত কিনা টুপীটো বৰ ভাল পাওঁ “I like the hat I bought in Guwahati very much”.
How It Works
English puts the describing clause after the noun: “the man who came”. Assamese puts it before: কালি অহা মানুহজন. The noun is last and often carries the classifier.
| Verb | -া form | With a noun |
|---|---|---|
| আহ- | অহা | অহা বছৰ next year |
| যা- | যোৱা | যোৱা সপ্তাহ last week |
| কিন- | কিনা | কিনা টুপী the bought hat |
| কৰ- | কৰা | কৰা কাম work that was done |
Note the vowel changes in the -া form of some verbs: আহ becomes অহা, and যা becomes যোৱা. The form does not show the person or the tense by itself. The sentence around it does.
Examples (4)
- মই গুৱাহাটীত কিনা টুপীটো বৰ ভাল পাওঁ।
I like the hat I bought in Guwahati very much.
কিনা describes টুপীটো.
- কালি অহা মানুহজনে মোক চিঠি এখন দিলে।
The man who came yesterday gave me a letter.
কালি অহা stands before মানুহজন.
- অহা বছৰ মই গুৱাহাটীলৈ যাম।
I will go to Guwahati next year.
অহা means “coming” or “next”.
- যোৱা সপ্তাহত আমি গুৱাহাটীলৈ গ’লোঁ।
We went to Guwahati last week.
যোৱা means “last”.
How It Connects
Learn This First
A verb in -া can stand before a noun that ends in -জন, so learners need the -া form of কৰা নাই and -জন first.
Related Patterns
- কৰি / খাই / গৈLinked Actions: The -ি Form
The -ি form links actions, while this -া form describes a noun.
Level 3 - এইজন / সেইজনThis Person and That Person
These words take the noun's classifier like মানুহজন does.
Level 1 - কালিYesterday and Tomorrow
কালি is the time word in কালি অহা মানুহজন “the man who came yesterday”.
Level 3
Learn Next
Patterns that build on this one.
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