কেৱল … নহয় … ও
Not Only … but Also …
কেৱল … নহয় … ও means “not only … but also …”: তেওঁ কেৱল গুৱাহাটীতে নহয়, যোৰহাটতো সুপৰিচিত “she is well known not only in Guwahati but also in Jorhat”.
How It Works
The pair works like a frame. Everything in the first part is true, and the second part adds something more.
| First part | Second part |
|---|---|
| কেৱল গুৱাহাটীতে নহয় “not only in Guwahati” | যোৰহাটতো সুপৰিচিত “well known in Jorhat too” |
| কেৱল ধানৰ বাবেই নহয় “not only for rice” | শাক-পাচলিৰ বাবেও ব্যৱহাৰ কৰা হয় “it is used for vegetables too” |
| কেৱল অসমৰ পৰা নহয় “not only from Assam” | মহাৰাষ্ট্ৰ আৰু গুজৰাটৰ মানুহেও “people from Maharashtra and Gujarat too” |
The word কেৱল alone means “only”: মই কেৱল এটা কল খালোঁ “I ate only one banana”. With নহয় and -ও it becomes the frame above.
The ending -ও attaches to the second thing you name, at the end of its phrase, and it follows the other endings: গুজৰাটৰ মানুহেও has the doer ending -এ and then -ও.
Examples (4)
- তেওঁ কেৱল গুৱাহাটীতে নহয়, যোৰহাটতো সুপৰিচিত।
She is well known not only in Guwahati but also in Jorhat.
-তো on যোৰহাট adds the second place.
- কেৱল ল’ৰা-ছোৱালীয়েই নহয়, বুঢ়া-বুঢ়ীয়েও বিহুত নাচে।
Not only children but also old people dance at Bihu.
The second part ends with -ও on the doer, বুঢ়া-বুঢ়ীয়েও.
- এই পথাৰখন কেৱল ধানৰ বাবেই নহয়, শাক-পাচলিৰ বাবেও ব্যৱহাৰ কৰা হয়।
This field is used not only for rice but also for vegetables.
বাবেই stresses the first reason and বাবেও adds the second.
- কেৱল অসমৰ পৰা নহয়, মহাৰাষ্ট্ৰ আৰু গুজৰাটৰ মানুহেও কাজিৰঙা চাবলৈ আহে।
People from Maharashtra and Gujarat, and not only from Assam, come to see Kaziranga.
The frame can start the sentence.
How It Connects
Learn This First
The pattern ends in -ও and has নহয় in the middle, so learners need both first.
Related Patterns
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