কেনেকৈ / কেনে

How

Level 1Sounds Like kēnēkai / kēnē

কেনেকৈ asks “how” and কেনে asks “what like”: তুমি কেনে আছা? “how are you?”.

How It Works

English uses “how” for both. Assamese has two words.

Word	Asks	Example
কেনেকৈ	the way something is done	কেনেকৈ কৰোঁ? “How do I do that?”
কেনে	what something is like	বতৰ কেনে? “How is the weather?”

The verb in ইংৰাজীত সেইটো কেনেকৈ কয়? has the আপুনি ending. To a friend you say ইংৰাজীত সেইটো কেনেকৈ কোৱা? with the তুমি ending.

The greeting uses কেনে and the verb আছা or আছে, depending on who you talk to: তুমি কেনে আছা? to a friend and আপুনি কেনে আছে? to someone you respect.

The reply to কেনে আছা? is ভালে আছোঁ। “I am well.”

Examples (5)

কেনেকৈ কৰোঁ?
How do I do that?
কেনেকৈ stands before the verb কৰোঁ “do”.
ইংৰাজীত সেইটো কেনেকৈ কয়?
How do you say that in English?
কেনেকৈ asks the way of saying it.
তুমি কেনে আছা?
How are you?
কেনে asks what state you are in.
আপুনি কেনে আছে?
How are you?
The same greeting for someone you respect.
বতৰ কেনে?
How is the weather?
কেনে asks what the weather is like.

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কেনেকৈ / কেনেLevel 1How

Learn This First

কেনেকৈ “how” stands in the place of the answer like কি, so কি comes first.

কিWhat
Know কি, because it shows that a question word stands where the answer would stand, and কেনেকৈ does the same: কেনেকৈ কৰোঁ? “how do I do that?”.
Level 1

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