প্ৰথম / দ্বিতীয় / তৃতীয়
First, Second and Third
তৃতীয় ঘৰ means “the third home”, and দ্বিতীয় সুযোগ means “a second chance”.
How It Works
These words come from Sanskrit and are common in newspapers and school books.
| Number | Ordinal | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | প্ৰথম “first” | প্ৰথম সন্তান “first child” |
| 2 | দ্বিতীয় “second” | দ্বিতীয় সুযোগ “second chance” |
| 3 | তৃতীয় “third” | তৃতীয় ঘৰ “third home” |
| 4 | চতুৰ্থ “fourth” | চতুৰ্থ পৰীক্ষা “fourth test” |
| 5 | পঞ্চম “fifth” | পঞ্চম বছৰ “fifth year” |
The ordinal comes first, and the noun keeps its plain shape. Add -টো or -জন at the end when you mean one particular thing or person: চতুৰ্থ পৰীক্ষাটো “the fourth test”. An ordinal can also stand alone with that ending: প্ৰথমটো “the first one”, তৃতীয়জন “the third person”. The plain numbers count with a counting word instead: এটা ঘৰ “one house”.
Dates and historical names use these words too, as in দ্বিতীয় বিশ্বযুদ্ধ “the Second World War”.
Examples (5)
- এইখন মোৰ তৃতীয় ঘৰ।
This is my third home.
তৃতীয় stands before ঘৰ “home”.
- মই প্ৰথম সন্তান।
I am the first-born.
প্ৰথম says which child, and the sentence has no verb.
- শিক্ষকে মোক দ্বিতীয় সুযোগ দিলে।
The teacher gave me a second chance.
দ্বিতীয় stands before সুযোগ “chance”.
- বিকাশ যোৰহাটৰ এখন কলেজৰ দ্বিতীয় বৰ্ষৰ ছাত্ৰ।
Bikash is a second-year student at a college in Jorhat.
দ্বিতীয় বৰ্ষ is “second year”, and -ৰ joins it to ছাত্ৰ.
- জোনালীয়ে চতুৰ্থ পৰীক্ষাটো পাছ কৰিছে।
Jonali has passed the fourth test.
চতুৰ্থ “fourth” works like the first three.
How It Connects
Learn This First
প্ৰথম and তৃতীয় tell the place in a line, so learners need the numbers first.
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