সৌ

That One Over There: সৌ

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সৌ তাত means “over there”, as in কিতাপখন সৌ তাত আছে “the book is over there”.

How It Works

Assamese has three steps of distance.

WordDistanceExample
ইয়াতhere, near youইয়াত আন কোনো নাই। “There is nobody else here.”
তাতthereতাত কিবা আছে। “There is something there.”
সৌ তাতover there, far and in sightকিতাপখন সৌ তাত আছে। “The book is over there.”

The word stands before the place word. A description can follow: সৌ তাত থকা ল’ৰাটো “the boy over there”.

After সৌ তাত the sentence goes on as usual, with the verb of being (আছে) or a verb such as বহি আছে “is sitting” or থিয় হৈ আছে “is standing”.

Examples (4)

  1. কিতাপখন সৌ তাত আছে।

    The book is over there.

    সৌ তাত points to a place far away.

  2. মোৰ ভনীয়েক সৌ তাত বহি আছে।

    My younger sister is sitting over there.

    সৌ তাত tells where she is sitting.

  3. সৌ তাত থকা ছোৱালীজনী মোৰ বান্ধৱী।

    The girl over there is my friend.

    থকা “being” turns সৌ তাত into a description of the girl.

  4. বাছখন এতিয়াও সৌ তাত ৰৈ আছে।

    The bus is still standing over there.

    সৌ তাত stands before the rest of the verb phrase.

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সৌLevel 3That One Over There: সৌ

Learn This First

সৌ points farther away than তাত, so learners need ইয়াত and তাত first.