কওঁ / কোৱা / কয়

Say: কওঁ, কোৱা, কয়

Level 2Sounds Like ka'ōm̐ / kōraā / kaẏa

ক “say” gives মই কওঁ, তুমি কোৱা and সি কয়; the negative is নকয়.

How It Works

The verb ক is used to say things, to tell things and to speak a language.

Person	Form	Example
মই	কওঁ	মই কওঁ “I say”
তুমি	কোৱা	তুমি কি কোৱা? “what do you say?”
সি, আপুনি	কয়	আপুনি কি কয়? “what do you say?”

The negative is মই জাপানী নকওঁ “I do not speak Japanese”, মই ৰাতিপুৱা বেছি কথা নকওঁ “I do not talk much in the morning” and সি ইংৰাজী নকয় “he does not speak English”.

The friendly command is কোৱাঁ, with a nasal mark, as in কথা কোৱাঁ! “speak!”.

The same stem appears in the future, as in ক’ব “will say”.

Examples (5)

মই জাপানী নকওঁ।
I do not speak Japanese.
The negative is ন + কওঁ.
সি ইংৰাজী নকয়।
He does not speak English.
The negative is ন + কয়.
তুমি কি কোৱা?
What do you say?
তুমি goes with কোৱা.
আপুনি কি কয়?
What do you say?
আপুনি goes with কয়.
মই ৰাতিপুৱা বেছি কথা নকওঁ।
I do not talk much in the morning.
The negative is ন + কওঁ.

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কওঁ / কোৱা / কয়Level 2Say: কওঁ, কোৱা, কয়

Learn This First

ক “say” changes its stem the way খা does, so learners need খাওঁ first.

খাওঁ / খোৱা / খায়Eat: খাওঁ, খোৱা, খায়
Know খাওঁ, because ক “say” changes its stem the same way: মই কওঁ, তুমি কোৱা.
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