কাৰ

Whose

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কাৰ means “whose”: এইটো কাৰ ফোন? “whose phone is this?”.

How It Works

কাৰ asks who owns something. It works like মোৰ “my” or তাইৰ “her”, but the owner is not known.

WhereExample
before the nounএইটো কাৰ ফোন? “Whose phone is this?”
at the endএই কেমেৰাটো কাৰ? “Whose camera is this?”
after a pointing word and a nounসেইখন কিতাপ কাৰ? “Whose book is that?”

To answer, use the owner with -ৰ, as in ৰিনাৰ ফোন “Rina’s phone”, or use মোৰ “mine”.

কাৰ asks about the owner and কি asks about the thing itself. So এইটো কি? means “what is this?” and এইটো কাৰ? means “whose is this?”.

Examples (4)

  1. এইটো কাৰ ফোন?

    Whose phone is this?

    কাৰ stands before the noun ফোন.

  2. এই কেমেৰাটো কাৰ?

    Whose camera is this?

    The camera is already named, so কাৰ ends the question.

  3. সেইখন কিতাপ কাৰ?

    Whose book is that?

    সেইখন points at the book, and কাৰ ends the question.

  4. সেই ঘৰখন কাৰ?

    Whose house is that?

    কাৰ ends a short question about a house.

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কাৰLevel 1Whose

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কাৰ “whose” asks about the owner that -ৰ shows, so learners need -ৰ first.

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