এটা / দুটা / তিনিটা

Counting Things with -টা

Level 1Sounds Like ēṭā / duṭā / tiniṭā

Number plus -টা counts things: টেবুলত চাৰিটা গিলাচ আছে “there are four glasses on the table”.

How It Works

-টা is a classifier, a small word that goes with a number. Assamese usually uses one when it counts things. Words for time and money usually take none, as in দুই বছৰ “two years” and দহ টকা “ten rupees”.

NumberWith -টা
1এটা
2দুটা
3তিনিটা
4চাৰিটা
5পাঁচটা

The bare numbers এক, দুই and তিনি are used in other ways, as in এক কাপ চাহ “one cup of tea”.

The form এটা, with এ- “one”, also means “a” or “an”. এটা মেকুৰী is “a cat” as well as “one cat”.

People are counted with -জন, and women and girls with -জনী. A flat thing such as a book takes -খন: এখন কিতাপ.

Examples (4)

  1. মোৰ এটা মেকুৰী আছে।

    I have a cat.

    এটা means “one” or “a” and stands before মেকুৰী.

  2. আমাৰ ঘৰত দুটা কোঠা আছে।

    We have two rooms in our house.

    দুটা counts the rooms.

  3. মোৰ তিনিটা কুকুৰ আছে।

    I have three dogs.

    তিনিটা counts the dogs.

  4. টেবুলত চাৰিটা গিলাচ আছে।

    There are four glasses on the table.

    চাৰিটা is “four” with -টা.

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এটা / দুটা / তিনিটাLevel 1Counting Things with -টা

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এটা is a number with the counting word -টা, so learners need the numbers first.

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