Greetings & Farewell
Greetings & Farewells (āĻļুāĻেāĻ্āĻা āĻ āĻŦিāĻĻাāϝ়):
How to greet and bids farewell (āĻিāĻাāĻŦে āĻļুāĻেāĻ্āĻা āĻŦিāύিāĻŽāϝ় āĻ āĻŦিāĻĻাāϝ় āĻাāύাāϤে āĻšāϝ়)
Good morning/afternoon/evening. āϏুāĻĒ্āϰāĻাāϤ/āϏুāĻĒ্āϰāĻাāϤ/āĻļুāĻ āϏāύ্āϧ্āϝা।
Hello, how are you? āĻš্āϝাāϞো, āĻāĻĒāύাāϰ āĻেāĻŽāύ āĻāĻেāύ?
I'm fine, thank you. āĻāĻŽি āĻাāϞো āĻāĻি, āϧāύ্āϝāĻŦাāĻĻ।
And you? āĻāϰ āĻāĻĒāύি?
Nice to meet you. āĻāĻĒāύাāĻে āĻĻেāĻে āĻুāĻļি āĻšāϞাāĻŽ।
Nice to meet you too. āĻāĻŽিāĻ āĻুāĻļি āĻšāϞাāĻŽ।
Bidding farewell (āĻŦিāĻĻাāϝ় āĻাāύাāύো):
See you later. āĻĒāϰে āĻĻেāĻা āĻšāĻŦে।
See you tomorrow. āĻাāϞ āĻĻেāĻা āĻšāĻŦে।
Goodbye/ bye. āĻŦিāĻĻাāϝ়।
Take care. āϏাāĻŦāϧাāύে āĻĨাāĻুāύ।
Expressing Gratitude: (āϧāύ্āϝāĻŦাāĻĻāĻ্āĻাāĻĒāύ/ āĻৃāϤāĻ্āĻāϤা āĻĒ্āϰāĻাāĻļ)
Thank you. āϧāύ্āϝāĻŦাāĻĻ।
Thank you very much. āĻ āύেāĻ āϧāύ্āϝāĻŦাāĻĻ।
Thanks a lot. āĻ āύেāĻ āϧāύ্āϝāĻŦাāĻĻ।
You're welcome. āĻāĻĒāύিāĻ।
No problem. āĻোāύো āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϝা āύেāĻ।
Making Requests: (āĻ āύুāϰোāϧ āĻāϰা)
Can you please...? āĻāĻĒāύি āĻি āĻĻāϝ়া āĻāϰে...? give me your pen
Could you please...? āĻāĻĒāύি āĻি āĻĻāϝ়া āĻāϰে...? sit aside
Would you mind...? āĻāĻĒāύি āĻি āĻŽāύে āĻāϰāĻŦেāύ āύা...? having a cup of tea
Excuse me, ...? āĻĻুঃāĻিāϤ, ...?
I'm sorry to bother you, but... āĻāĻĒāύাāĻে āĻŦিāϰāĻ্āϤ āĻāϰাāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āĻĻুঃāĻিāϤ, āĻিāύ্āϤু...
Giving Instructions (āύিāϰ্āĻĻেāĻļāύা)
Go straight ahead. āϏোāĻা āϝাāύ।
Turn left/right. āĻŦাāĻŽে/āĻĄাāύে āĻুāϰুāύ।
Take the first/second street on the left/right. āĻŦাāĻŽ/āĻĄাāύ āĻĻিāĻেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ/āĻĻ্āĻŦিāϤীāϝ় āϰাāϏ্āϤাāĻি āύিāύ।
It's on the corner of... āĻāĻি ... āĻāϰ āĻোāĻŖাāϝ়।
It's across from... āĻāĻি ... āĻāϰ āĻŦিāĻĒāϰীāϤে।
Asking for Information (āϤāĻĨ্āϝ āĻাāύāϤে āĻাāĻāϝ়া)
What time is it? āĻāĻāύ āĻāϤāĻা āĻŦাāĻে?
Where is the...? ... āĻোāĻĨাāϝ়?
How much does it cost? āĻāϰ āĻĻাāĻŽ āĻāϤ?
Do you have...? āĻāĻĒāύাāϰ āĻি āĻāĻে...?
Can I help you? āĻāĻŽি āĻি āĻāĻĒāύাāĻে āϏাāĻšাāϝ্āϝ āĻāϰāϤে āĻĒাāϰি?
Expressing Opinions: (āĻŽāϤাāĻŽāϤ āĻĒ্āϰāĻাāĻļ):
I think... āĻāĻŽাāϰ āĻŽāύে āĻšāϝ়...
I believe... āĻāĻŽি āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ āĻāϰি...
In my opinion... āĻāĻŽাāϰ āĻŽāϤে...
I agree. āĻāĻŽি āĻāĻāĻŽāϤ।
I disagree. āĻāĻŽি āĻāĻāĻŽāϤ āύāĻ।
Making Suggestions (āĻĒ্āϰāϏ্āϤাāĻŦ āĻŽূāϞāĻ)
Let's go... āĻāϞুāύ āϝাāĻ...
Why don't we...? āĻāĻŽāϰা āĻেāύ ... āύা āĻāϰি?
How about...? āĻিāĻাāĻŦে āĻšāĻŦে...?
I suggest... āĻāĻŽি āĻĒāϰাāĻŽāϰ্āĻļ āĻĻিāĻ্āĻি...
You should... āĻāĻĒāύাāϰ āĻāĻিāϤ...
Apologizing (āĻ্āώāĻŽা/ āĻĻুঃāĻāĻĒ্āϰāĻাāĻļ)
I'm sorry. āĻĻুঃāĻিāϤ।
I apologize. āĻāĻŽি āĻ্āώāĻŽা āĻাāĻ।
Excuse me. āĻĻুঃāĻিāϤ।
I didn't mean to... āĻāĻŽাāϰ āĻāĻĻ্āĻĻেāĻļ্āϝ āĻিāϞ āύা...
I hope you forgive me. āĻāĻļা āĻāϰি āĻāĻĒāύি āĻāĻŽাāĻে āĻ্āώāĻŽা āĻāϰāĻŦেāύ।
Making Introductions (āĻĒāϰিāĻāϝ়/ āϏূāĻāύা/ āĻূāĻŽিāĻা)
This is... āĻāĻ āĻšāϞো...
I'd like to introduce you to... āĻāĻŽি āĻāĻĒāύাāĻে āĻĒāϰিāĻāϝ় āĻāϰিāϝ়ে āĻĻিāϤে āĻাāĻ...
Pleased to meet you. āĻāĻĒāύাāĻে āĻĻেāĻে āĻুāĻļি āĻšāϞাāĻŽ।
It's a pleasure to meet you. āĻāĻĒāύাāĻে āĻĻেāĻে āĻুāĻļি āĻšāϞাāĻŽ।
I've heard so much about you. āĻāĻŽি āĻāĻĒāύাāϰ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāϰ্āĻে āĻ āύেāĻ āĻļুāύেāĻি।
Expressing Feelings (āĻ āύুāĻূāϤি āĻĒ্āϰāĻাāĻļ)
I'm happy. āĻāĻŽি āĻুāĻļি।
I'm sad. āĻāĻŽি āĻĻুঃāĻী।
I'm tired. āĻāĻŽি āĻ্āϞাāύ্āϤ।
I'm hungry. āĻāĻŽি āĻ্āώুāϧাāϰ্āϤ।
I'm thirsty. āĻāĻŽি āϤৃāώ্āĻŖাāϰ্āϤ।
Asking for Permission (āĻ āύুāĻŽāϤি āĻাāĻāϝ়া):
Can I...? āĻāĻŽি āĻি...?
May I...? āĻāĻŽি āĻি...?
Is it okay if I...? āĻāĻŽি āϝāĻĻি ... āĻāϰি āϤাāĻšāϞে āĻি āĻ িāĻ āĻāĻে?
Do you mind if I...? āĻāĻĒāύি āĻি āĻŽāύে āĻāϰāĻŦেāύ āύা āϝāĻĻি āĻāĻŽি ...?
Would it be alright if I...? āĻāĻŽি āϝāĻĻি ... āĻāϰি āϤাāĻšāϞে āĻি āĻ িāĻ āĻĨাāĻāĻŦে?
Making Comparisons: (āϤুāϞāύা āĻāϰা)
This is bigger/smaller than that. āĻāĻি āϏেāĻিāϰ āĻেāϝ়ে āĻŦāĻĄ়/āĻোāĻ।
This is more/less expensive than that. āĻāĻি āϏেāĻিāϰ āĻেāϝ়ে āĻŦেāĻļি/āĻāĻŽ āĻĻাāĻŽি।
This is better/worse than that. āĻāĻি āϏেāĻিāϰ āĻেāϝ়ে āĻাāϞো/āĻাāϰাāĻĒ।
This is the same as that. āĻāĻি āϏেāĻিāϰ
Expressing Uncertainty
I'm not sure. āĻāĻŽি āύিāĻļ্āĻিāϤ āύāĻ।
I don't know. āĻāĻŽি āĻাāύি āύা।
I'm not certain. āĻāĻŽি āύিāĻļ্āĻিāϤ āύāĻ।
I think so. āĻāĻŽাāϰ āĻŽāύে āĻšāϝ় āĻš্āϝাঁ।
I'm not sure about that. āĻāĻŽি āϏে āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āύিāĻļ্āĻিāϤ āύāĻ।
Giving Advice (āĻāĻĒāĻĻেāĻļ āĻĒ্āϰāĻĻাāύ):
You should... āĻāĻĒāύাāϰ āĻāĻিāϤ...
You ought to... āĻāĻĒāύাāϰ āĻāĻিāϤ...
I recommend... āĻāĻŽি āϏুāĻĒাāϰিāĻļ āĻāϰāĻি...
Why don't you...? āĻāĻĒāύি āĻেāύ ... āύা āĻāϰেāύ?
It's a good idea to... ... āĻāϰা āĻাāϞো āϧাāϰāĻŖা।
Expressing Agreement/
Disagreement: (āϏāĻŽ্āĻŽāϤি āĻ āĻ āϏāĻŽ্āĻŽāϤি āĻĒ্āϰāĻাāĻļ)
I agree. āĻāĻŽি āĻāĻāĻŽāϤ।
I disagree. āĻāĻŽি āĻāĻāĻŽāϤ āύāĻ।
I think so too. āĻāĻŽিāĻ āϤাāĻ āĻŽāύে āĻāϰি।
I don't think so. āĻāĻŽাāϰ āĻŽāύে āĻšāϝ় āύা।
That's right. āĻ িāĻ āĻāĻে।
Asking for Repetition
I beg your pardon? āĻি āĻŦāϞāϞেāύ?
Could you say that again, please? āĻāĻĒāύি āĻি āĻāĻŦাāϰ āĻŦāϞāĻŦেāύ ?
Mohammed Noor E Alam
noorbd@gmail.com
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