এখন / দুখন

Counting Flat Things with -খন

Level 1Sounds Like ēkhana / dukhana

Number plus -খন counts flat things: এইখন এখন ফণি “this is a comb”.

How It Works

-খন is a classifier, a small word that goes with a number. It picks out flat or wide things, and a few others such as chairs and bicycles.

Number	With -খন	Example
1	এখন	এখন কিতাপ “a book”
2	দুখন	দুখন চকী “two chairs”
3	তিনিখন	তিনিখন চাইকেল “three bicycles”

A small thing such as a mango takes -টা: এটা আম. A flat or wide thing takes -খন. Learn each noun with its counting word.

The ending -খন can also join a noun to say “the”. That use is explained in the row for -খন.

এইখন এখন ফণি।
This is a comb.
এখন counts one flat thing, the comb.
আমাৰ এখন ডাঙৰ বাৰী আছে।
We have a big garden.
The describing word ডাঙৰ stands between এখন and the noun.
ইয়াত দুখন চকী আছে।
There are two chairs here.
দুখন counts the chairs.
আফ্ৰিকা এখন মহাদেশ।
Africa is a continent.
-খন also goes with a wide place such as a continent.

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এখন / দুখনLevel 1Counting Flat Things with -খন

এখন is a number with the counting word -খন for a flat thing, so learners need the numbers first.

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