এই / সেই
This and That Before a Noun
এই is “this” and সেই is “that”: এই আমটো মিঠা “this mango is sweet”.
How It Works
এই and সেই never change. They do not show gender or number.
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| এই | this | এই আমটো মিঠা। |
| সেই | that | সেই ঘৰখন ডাঙৰ। |
The noun is usually definite, so you will often see the ending after it: এই কিতাপখন “this book”, সেই মানুহজন “that man”. A noun with no ending is fine too, as in এই কিতাপ “this book”.
With a person, the noun usually takes -জন or -জনী: এই মানুহজন “this man” and সেই ছোৱালীজনী “that girl”.
Another word, সৌ, points at something far away. It comes at Level 3.
To say “this one” or “that one” without a noun, join the classifier to the word: এইটো, সেইটো, এইজন, এইখন.
Examples (4)
- এই আমটো মিঠা।
This mango is sweet.
এই stands before আমটো.
- সেই ঘৰখন ডাঙৰ।
That house is big.
সেই points at a house farther away.
- এই মানুহজন ভাল।
This man is good.
এই goes with মানুহজন “the man”.
- সেই ৰুমটো ডাঙৰ নহয়।
That room is not big.
The negative copula নহয় ends the sentence.
How It Connects
Learn This First
এই “this” and সেই “that” stand before the noun that does or receives the action, so learners need the word order first.
Related Patterns
- এইটো / সেইটোThis One and That One
এইটো and সেইটো work without a noun.
Level 1 - এইজন / সেইজনThis Person and That Person
এইজন and সেইজন stand for a person.
Level 1 - এইখন / সেইখনThis Flat Thing and That One
এইখন and সেইখন stand for a flat thing.
Level 1 - সৌThat One Over There: সৌ
সৌ points at something far away.
Level 3 - ইয়াত / তাতHere and There
ইয়াত and তাত give “here” and “there”.
Level 1
Learn Next
Patterns that build on this one.
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