Feeling Hungry

Level 3Sounds Like bhōka lāgē

To say “I am hungry”, Assamese says মোৰ ভোক লাগিছে. The person is মোৰ, the feeling is ভোক, and লাগিছে is the verb.

How It Works

The pattern is: person + -ৰ, then the feeling, then লাগে or লাগিছে. The person does not become the subject. Say মোৰ ভোক লাগিছে, never মই ভোক লাগিছে.

FeelingExample
ভোক hungerমা, মোৰ ভোক লাগিছে। “Mom, I am hungry.”
ভাগৰ tirednessভাস্কৰৰ ভাগৰ লাগিছে। “Bhaskar is tired.”
লাজ shameমোৰ এতিয়াও লাজ লাগে। “I am still embarrassed.”
ভয় fearমোৰ আন্ধাৰত ভয় লাগে। “I am afraid in the dark.”

To ask, put the person with -ৰ in front and end with a question mark: তোমাৰ ভোক লাগিছে? “Are you hungry?”.

Examples (5)

  1. তোমাৰ ভোক লাগিছে?

    Are you hungry?

    তোমাৰ names the person, and লাগিছে asks about the feeling right now.

  2. মা, মোৰ ভোক লাগিছে।

    Mom, I am hungry.

    মোৰ names the person who feels hungry.

  3. তাৰ সদায় টোপনি লাগি থাকে।

    He is always sleepy.

    তাৰ is the person, and লাগি থাকে means it keeps happening.

  4. মোৰ এতিয়াও লাজ লাগে।

    I am still embarrassed.

    The same pattern works for লাজ “shame”.

  5. ভাস্কৰৰ ভাগৰ লাগিছে।

    Bhaskar is tired.

    A name takes -ৰ in the same way as মোৰ: ভাস্কৰৰ.

Common Mistakes

  • Making the person the subject.

    মই ভোক লাগিছে।
    মোৰ ভোক লাগিছে।

    The person takes -ৰ, so “I am hungry” is মোৰ ভোক লাগিছে.

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Feeling HungryLevel 3

Learn This First

A feeling such as hunger is said like ভাল লাগে with the person first, so learners need ভাল লাগে first.