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Bengali Grammar & Reading (L4)

CEFR B1 · The engine room. Sadhu bhasha versus cholito bhasha, compound verbs, participles and relative clauses, the conjunct inventory, and reading real Bengali.

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1 module 7 lessons 10 enrolled ~14h of material
Bengali Grammar & Reading (L4)

By the end

What you'll build

  • Distinguish sadhu bhasha from cholito bhasha and know where each appears
  • Use compound verbs and understand what the second verb adds
  • Build participle constructions in place of subordinate clauses
  • Handle relative clauses with je...she
  • Read a Bengali newspaper article with a dictionary
  • Recognise the main conjunct consonants at speed

The shape of it

How this course works

Short lessons

7 lessons across 1 module, each small enough to finish in one sitting.

Practice as you go

Every lesson ends with a small space for what you noticed — the doing is the learning.

A certificate at the end

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