নকৰাকৈ
Without Doing Something
দেৰি নকৰাকৈ আহক means “come without delay”.
How It Works
The ending -কৈ turns the negative -া form into a word for how the main action is done.
| Verb | -া form | Without doing |
|---|---|---|
| কৰ “do” | কৰা | নকৰাকৈ |
| লক্ষ্য কৰ “notice” | লক্ষ্য কৰা | লক্ষ্য নকৰাকৈ |
| ক “say” | কোৱা | নোকোৱাকৈ |
Put any object or time word before the verb: দেৰি নকৰাকৈ “without delay”, ভাত নোখোৱাকৈ “without eating rice”. The tense comes from the main verb. The phrase itself does not change for person: the doer can be মই, তুমি or তেওঁ.
A small -ই can follow to add stress, as in নোকোৱাকৈয়ে in the third example. The negative prefix is the same one that begins নকৰোঁ and নাখাওঁ.
Examples (4)
- দেৰি নকৰাকৈ আহক।
Come without delay.
নকৰাকৈ follows দেৰি “delay”, and আহক is the polite request.
- দীপংকৰে পঢ়া শেষ নকৰাকৈ টিভি চালে।
Dipankar watched TV without finishing his reading.
শেষ নকৰাকৈ follows পঢ়া “reading” and means “without finishing”.
- সি আহিল আৰু আনকি “গুডনাইট” নোকোৱাকৈয়ে গুচি গ’ল।
He came and left without even saying goodnight.
The prefix copies the vowel of কোৱা: নোকোৱাকৈ.
- জোনালীয়ে ভাত নোখোৱাকৈ স্কুললৈ গ’ল।
Jonali went to school without eating rice.
ভাত নোখোৱাকৈ tells what she did not do before going.
How It Connects
Learn This First
-কৈ goes after a negative verb in -া, so learners need ভালকৈ, ন- and the -া form first.
Related Patterns
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