এক কাপ / এগিলাচ / এক কেজি

Measure Words

Level 2Sounds Like ēka kāpa / ēgilāca / ēka kēji

A measure word sits between the number and the thing: এক কাপ চাহ “a cup of tea”.

How It Works

These words measure something you do not count one by one, such as tea or milk.

MeasureExample
কাপ cupএক কাপ চাহ “a cup of tea”
গিলাচ glassএগিলাচ পানী “a glass of water”
কেজি kiloএক কেজি আলু “a kilo of potatoes”
লিটাৰ litreএক লিটাৰ গাখীৰ “a litre of milk”

The whole phrase can be an answer to কিমান. It also works in a request: মোক এগিলাচ পানী দিয়ক “please give me a glass of water”.

The words কাপ, গিলাচ, কেজি and লিটাৰ come from English and are written with Assamese letters.

Examples (4)

  1. এক কাপ চাহ দিয়ক।

    One cup of tea, please.

    কাপ comes after এক and before চাহ.

  2. মোক এগিলাচ পানী দিয়ক।

    Please give me a glass of water.

    এগিলাচ is এ- and গিলাচ joined.

  3. মই এক কেজি আলু কিনিম।

    I will buy a kilo of potatoes.

    কেজি comes before আলু.

  4. মই এক লিটাৰ গাখীৰ কিনো।

    I buy a litre of milk.

    লিটাৰ works the same way.

How It Connects

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এক কাপ / এগিলাচ / এক কেজিLevel 2Measure Words

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A measure word comes after the number, so learners need the numbers first.