লাহে-লাহে
Saying a Word Twice: Slowly and Often
লাহে-লাহে খাওক means “please eat slowly”.
How It Works
Doubling a word spreads its meaning over time, over places or over repeats.
| Doubled word | Means |
|---|---|
| লাহে-লাহে | slowly, gently |
| বাৰে বাৰে | again and again |
| ঘৰে ঘৰে | from house to house |
| দিনে দিনে | day by day |
| ধীৰে ধীৰে | slowly, gradually |
Put the doubled word before the verb, as in লাহে-লাহে কৰক. Adding -চোন to the verb makes a polite request: লাহে-লাহে কৰকচোন “slowly, please”.
বাৰে, ঘৰে and দিনে are বাৰ “time”, ঘৰ “house” and দিন “day”, each with -ে. লাহে alone means “gently”, as in আৰু লাহে! “more gently!”. Writers join the two parts with a hyphen or leave a space between them; the space is the more common spelling in print.
Examples (5)
- লাহে-লাহে কৰকচোন।
Slowly, please.
লাহে-লাহে with the polite request কৰক.
- লাহে লাহে খাওক।
Please eat slowly.
The same word with a space between the two parts.
- মই এই গীতটো বাৰে বাৰে শুনো।
I listen to this song again and again.
বাৰে বাৰে means “again and again”.
- ভাস্কৰে ঘৰে ঘৰে গৈ চিঠি বিলাইছিল।
Bhaskar went from house to house and handed out letters.
ঘৰে ঘৰে means “from house to house”.
- মোৰ গছজোপা দিনে দিনে ডাঙৰ হৈ আহিছে।
My plant is getting bigger day by day.
দিনে দিনে means “day by day”.
Related Patterns
- ভালকৈ / আগতীয়াকৈHow Something Is Done: -কৈ
It is another way to make a word that tells how an action is done.
Level 4 - চোনPlease: -চোন
-চোন is the ending in কৰকচোন.
Level 3 - কৰক / কৰাঁPolite Requests and Instructions
This is the polite request that goes with লাহে-লাহে.
Level 2 - সদায়Always
সদায় “always” and বাৰে বাৰে both say how often.
Level 3
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