এজন / দুজন

Counting People with -জন

Level 1Sounds Like ējana / dujana

Number plus -জন counts people: সি এজন ল’ৰা “he is a boy”.

How It Works

-জন is the classifier for people. It goes with a number, and the person word follows.

এজন also works like “a” or “an” before a person: মই এজন শিক্ষক “I am a teacher”.

Use -জন for a man or when the sex of the person does not matter. For a woman or a girl, use -জনী, which is the next row.

Bigger numbers follow the same plan: চাৰিজন “four people”, পাঁচজন “five people”.

সি এজন ল’ৰা।
He is a boy.
এজন stands before ল’ৰা and counts one person.
মই এজন শিক্ষক।
I am a teacher.
এজন works like “a” in an English sentence.
তেওঁ এজন ভাল মানুহ।
He is a good person.
The describing word ভাল comes between এজন and মানুহ.
ঘৰত দুজন মানুহ আছে।
There are two people in the house.
দুজন counts the people.

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এজন / দুজনLevel 1Counting People with -জন

এজন is a number with the counting word -জন for a person, so learners need the numbers first.

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