যেন
As if and Seems: যেন
বৰষুণ দিব যেন লাগিছে means “it looks like rain”.
How It Works
The phrase has three parts: what seems true, যেন, and a form of লাগ.
| What seems true | Phrase |
|---|---|
| Bhaskar is clumsy | ভাস্কৰক জধলা যেন লাগে |
| It is interesting | মোৰ আমোদজনক যেন লাগিছে |
| Rain will come | বৰষুণ দিব যেন লাগিছে |
The tense shows in লাগ: লাগে for a general or present sense, লাগিছে for what you see now, লাগিছিল for the past: প্ৰিয়ংকাক বৰ ভাগৰুৱা যেন লাগিছিল “Priyanka seemed very tired”.
যেন can also mean “as if” in a clause: তালৈ উভতি গ’লে এনে লাগে যেন সময় ৰৈ আছে “going back there, it feels as if time has stopped”. Here এনে লাগে “it feels like this” comes first, and the যেন clause says what it feels like.
Examples (5)
- ভাস্কৰক জধলা যেন লাগে।
Bhaskar seems clumsy.
ভাস্কৰক takes -ক, and যেন লাগে says how he seems.
- মোৰ আমোদজনক যেন লাগিছে।
It seems interesting to me.
মোৰ “to me” names the person who has the feeling.
- বৰষুণ দিব যেন লাগিছে।
It looks like rain.
বৰষুণ দিব is what seems true, followed by যেন লাগিছে.
- প্ৰিয়ংকাক বৰ ভাগৰুৱা যেন লাগিছিল।
Priyanka looked very tired.
লাগিছিল puts the feeling in the past.
- ল’ৰালিতে যিখন সৰু চহৰত ডাঙৰ-দীঘল হৈছিলোঁ, তালৈ উভতি গ’লে এনে লাগে যেন সময় ৰৈ আছে।
When I go back to the small town where I grew up, it feels as if time has stopped.
এনে লাগে যেন introduces what it feels like.
How It Connects
Learn This First
যেন can mean “like” and goes with লাগে, so learners need লাগে and -ৰ দৰে first.
Related Patterns
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