এডাল / দুডাল

Counting Long Things with -ডাল

Level 2Sounds Like ēḍāla / duḍāla

-ডাল counts long, thin things: ৰফিকুলে এডাল টাই পিন্ধিব “Rafiqul will wear a tie”.

How It Works

Counting words in Assamese depend on the shape of the thing.

ThingExample
tieএডাল টাই “a tie”
treeএডাল পুৰণি গছ “an old tree”
snakeসেইডাল সাপ “that snake”
penদুডাল কলম “two pens”

In সেইডাল এডাল পুৰণি গছ “that is an old tree”, the first word is সেই “that” with -ডাল and the second is “one” with -ডাল.

A short, round or flat thing takes another counting word, such as -টা or -খন. Avoid -ডাল for people, since it can sound rude.

Trees can also be counted with -জোপা, as in এজোপা গছ “a tree”.

Examples (4)

  1. ৰফিকুলে এডাল টাই পিন্ধিব।

    Rafiqul will wear a tie.

    এডাল goes with a tie.

  2. সেইডাল এডাল পুৰণি গছ।

    That is an old tree.

    Both সেইডাল and এডাল use -ডাল.

  3. সেইডাল কেনেধৰণৰ সাপ?

    What kind of snake is that?

    -ডাল points to the long snake.

  4. মোৰ দুডাল কলম আছে।

    I have two pens.

    দু- gives দুডাল.

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এডাল / দুডালLevel 2Counting Long Things with -ডাল

Learn This First

-ডাল is another counting word added to a number, so learners need এটা first.