বুলি
Saying and Thinking: বুলি
দেউতাই না বুলি ক’লে “my father said no”, and মই সঁচা বুলি ভাবিছিলোঁ “I thought it was true”.
How It Works
The words come first and the verb comes last. This is the reverse of English, where “said” comes first.
| Words | বুলি | Verb |
|---|---|---|
| না | বুলি | ক’লে |
| সঁচা | বুলি | ভাবিছিলোঁ |
| মোক পাগল | বুলি | ভাবে |
The part before বুলি keeps the tense it had when it was said or thought. In তেওঁ মোক ভাল পায় বুলি ক’লে the quoted part is the present “he likes me”, and only the last verb, ক’লে, is past.
The words before বুলি can be one word (না “no”, সঁচা “true”) or a whole sentence. The row on যে shows the other order, with the words after যে.
Examples (4)
- দেউতাই না বুলি ক’লে।
My father said no.
না is the words and ক’লে is the verb.
- মই সঁচা বুলি ভাবিছিলোঁ।
I thought it was true.
বুলি stands after সঁচা.
- ৰূপজ্যোতিয়ে মোক পাগল বুলি ভাবে।
Rupjyoti thinks I am crazy.
বুলি links the words to ভাবে.
- ভাস্কৰে কাইলৈ আহিব বুলি ক’লে আৰু মই পৰহিলৈ আহিম বুলি ক’লোঁ।
Bhaskar said he would come tomorrow, and I said I would come the day after.
The words before বুলি can be a whole sentence.
How It Connects
Learn This First
বুলি follows what someone said, so learners need কওঁ and যে first.
Related Patterns
- কৰিছিলোঁ / কৰিছিলা / কৰিছিলPast Perfect Endings
ভাবিছিলোঁ in the second example uses the -িছিলোঁ ending.
Level 3 - ভাল পাওঁ / ভাল পায়Liking Something
The explanation above uses ভাল পায় in তেওঁ মোক ভাল পায় বুলি ক’লে.
Level 2 - তাক / তাইক / তেওঁকHim, Her and Them as the Receiver
The pronoun মোক in the third example takes -ক.
Level 2 - গ’ল / হ’ল / আহিলThird-Person Past: -ল and -লে
ক’লে in the examples is a third-person past with -লে, as that row explains.
Level 3
Learn Next
Patterns that build on this one.
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