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big – small   »  
বড় – ছোট

68 [sixty-eight]

big – small

big – small

৬৮ [আটষট্টি]

68 [Āṭaṣaṭṭi]

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বড় – ছোট

[baṛa – chōṭa]

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big and small বড- এ-- ছ-ট বড় এবং ছোট 0
ba-- ē--- c---a baṛa ēbaṁ chōṭa
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The elephant is big. হা-- ব-- ৷ হাতি বড় ৷ 0
hā-- b--a hāti baṛa
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The mouse is small. ইঁ--- ছ-- ৷ ইঁদুর ছোট ৷ 0
im----- c---a im̐dura chōṭa
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dark and bright অন----- এ-- উ---ল অন্ধকার এবং উজ্বল 0
an------- ē--- u----a andhakāra ēbaṁ ujbala
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The night is dark. রা- অ------ হ- ৷ রাত অন্ধকার হয় ৷ 0
rā-- a-------- h--a rāta andhakāra haẏa
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The day is bright. দি- উ---- হ- ৷ দিন উজ্বল হয় ৷ 0
di-- u----- h--a dina ujbala haẏa
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old and young বৃ--- / ব----- এ-- য--- / য---ী বৃদ্ধ / বৃদ্ধা এবং যুবক / যুবতী 0
br------ / b------- ē--- y----- / y----ī br̥d'dha / br̥d'dhā ēbaṁ yubaka / yubatī
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Our grandfather is very old. আম---- ঠ------ / দ--- খ--- ব---- ৷ আমাদের ঠাকুরদা / দাদু খুবই বৃদ্ধ ৷ 0
ām----- ṭ-------- / d--- k------ b------a āmādēra ṭhākuradā / dādu khuba'i br̥d'dha
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70 years ago he was still young. ৭০ ব-- আ-- স- য--- ছ-- ৷ ৭০ বছর আগে সে যুবক ছিল ৷ 0
70 b------ ā-- s- y----- c---a 70 bachara āgē sē yubaka chila
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beautiful and ugly সু---- এ-- ক----ত সুন্দর এবং কুৎসিত 0
su----- ē--- k-----a sundara ēbaṁ kuṯsita
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The butterfly is beautiful. প্------ স----- হ- ৷ প্রজাপতি সুন্দর হয় ৷ 0
pr------- s------ h--a prajāpati sundara haẏa
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The spider is ugly. মা----- ক----- হ- ৷ মাকড়সা কুৎসিত হয় ৷ 0
mā------ k------ h--a mākaṛasā kuṯsita haẏa
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fat and thin মো-- এ-- র--া মোটা এবং রোগা 0
mō-- ē--- r--ā mōṭā ēbaṁ rōgā
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A woman who weighs a hundred kilos is fat. যে ম----- ও-- ১-- ক--- ত--- ম--- ৷ যে মহিলার ওজন ১০০ কেজি তিনি মোটা ৷ 0
yē m------- ō---- 100 k--- t--- m--ā yē mahilāra ōjana 100 kēji tini mōṭā
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A man who weighs fifty kilos is thin. যে প------ ও-- ৫- ক--- ত--- র--- ৷ যে পুরুষের ওজন ৫০ কেজি তিনি রোগা ৷ 0
yē p------- ō---- 50 k--- t--- r--ā yē puruṣēra ōjana 50 kēji tini rōgā
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expensive and cheap দা-- এ-- স---া দামী এবং সস্তা 0
dā-- ē--- s---ā dāmī ēbaṁ sastā
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The car is expensive. গা----- দ--- ৷ গাড়ীটা দামী ৷ 0
gā---- d--ī gāṛīṭā dāmī
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The newspaper is cheap. খব--- ক----- স---- ৷ খবরের কাগজটি সস্তা ৷ 0
kh------- k------- s---ā khabarēra kāgajaṭi sastā
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Code-switching

More and more people are growing up bilingual. They can speak more than one language. Many of these people often switch languages. They decide which language to use depending on the situation. For example, they speak a different language at work than at home. By doing so, they adapt themselves to their environment. But there is also the possibility of switching languages spontaneously. This phenomenon is called code-switching . In code-switching, the language gets switched in the middle of speaking. There could be many reasons why speakers switch languages. Often, they don't find the appropriate word in one language. They can express themselves better in the other language. It can also be that the speaker feels more confident in one of the languages. They use this language for private or personal things. Sometimes a certain word doesn't exist in a language. In this case the speaker must switch languages. Or they switch languages so that they aren't understood. In that case code-switching works like a secret language. Earlier, mixing languages was criticized. It was thought that the speaker couldn't speak either language correctly. Today it is viewed differently. Code-switching is recognized as a special linguistic competence. It can be interesting to observe speakers using code-switching. Often, they don't just switch the language they're speaking. Other communicative elements change as well. Many speak faster, louder or more accentuated in the other language. Or they suddenly use more gestures and facial expressions. In this way, code-switching is always a little bit of culture-switching too…