-েৰে / -ৰে

By Means of: -েৰে

Level 3Sounds Like ̔ēraē / -raē

তাই বাছেৰে যায় “she goes by bus”.

How It Works

The ending answers “how?” or “with what?”. It is written as part of the word, with no space, and it never changes for the person or the number.

Word ends inEndingExample
a consonant-েৰেবাছেৰে by bus, হাতেৰে with the hand
a vowel-ৰেছুৰীৰে with a knife

With the word মাজ “middle”, the ending means “through”: কুঁৱলীৰ মাজেৰে “through the fog”. For a person you do something with, use -ৰ লগত “together with” instead. Compare বন্ধুৰ লগত যাওঁ “I go with a friend” and বাছেৰে যাওঁ “I go by bus”.

Examples (4)

  1. তাই বাছেৰে যায়।

    She goes by bus.

    বাছেৰে says how she goes.

  2. মই কলমেৰে চিঠি এখন লিখিলোঁ।

    I wrote a letter with a pen.

    কলমেৰে names the tool.

  3. মাই ছুৰীৰে চীজখিনি কাটিলে।

    Mother cut the cheese with a knife.

    ছুৰী ends in a vowel, so the ending is -ৰে.

  4. আমি পথাৰৰ মাজেৰে গ’লোঁ।

    We went through the field.

    মাজেৰে can mean “through”.

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-েৰে / -ৰেLevel 3By Means of: -েৰে

Learn This First

-েৰে goes on the tool or way before the verb, so learners need the word order first.