কালি
Yesterday and Tomorrow
কালি ঠাণ্ডা দিছিল “it was cold yesterday”, and ৰুমটো কাইলৈ খালী হ’ব “the room will be free tomorrow”.
How It Works
Use আজি for today and কালি for the day before. For the day after, say কাইলৈ. The longer words যোৱাকালি “yesterday” and অহাকালি “tomorrow” are built from যোৱা “last” and অহা “coming”, and they cannot be mixed up.
| Word | Verb | Example |
|---|---|---|
| কালি | past | কালি ঠাণ্ডা দিছিল “it was cold yesterday” |
| কাইলৈ | future | কাইলৈ বৰফ পৰিব “it will snow tomorrow” |
Compare কালি গৈছিলোঁ “I went yesterday” and কাইলৈ যাম “I will go tomorrow”. Like any time word, যোৱাকালি can open a sentence: যোৱাকালি সন্ধিয়া বৰষুণ দিছিল “it rained yesterday evening”. Put কালি near the start too: কালি তেওঁ গুৱাহাটীলৈ গৈছিল “yesterday he went to Guwahati”.
Examples (4)
- কালি ঠাণ্ডা দিছিল।
It was cold yesterday.
কালি goes with the past verb দিছিল.
- তাই কালি সন্ধিয়া বন্ধুৰ ঘৰলৈ গৈছিল।
She went to a friend’s house yesterday evening.
কালি comes before the verb.
- ৰুমটো কাইলৈ খালী হ’ব।
The room will be free tomorrow.
কাইলৈ goes with the future verb হ’ব.
- কাইলৈ বৰফ পৰিব।
It will snow tomorrow.
কাইলৈ opens the sentence.
Related Patterns
- তেতিয়া / হঠাতেThen and Suddenly
Those are two more time words for the past.
Level 3 - আজি / এতিয়াToday and Now
আজি means “today”, between কালি and কাইলৈ.
Level 1 - গ’ল / হ’ল / আহিলThird-Person Past: -ল and -লে
Past verbs like গ’ল and আহিল go with কালি.
Level 3 - কৰিব পাৰোঁ / কৰিব নোৱাৰোঁCan and Cannot
Future-looking sentences with কাইলৈ often use this pattern.
Level 3 - সোমবাৰ / শুকুৰবাৰDays of the Week
The days of the week name days further away.
Level 2
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