Time and days in Bengali
Now, later, tomorrow, what time it opens and one moment please. Play the ten Bengali words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 Bengali phrases in this lesson
- এখনe-KHON
- Now
- পরেPO-re
- Later
- আজAAJ
- Today
- আগামীকালaa-GA-mi-kal
- Tomorrow
- আজ রাতেAJ RA-te
- Tonight
- কখন?KO-khon
- When?
- কখন খোলে?KO-khon KHO-le
- What time does it open?
- একটু অপেক্ষা করুনEK-tu o-PEK-kha KO-run
- One moment, please
- মিনিটmi-NIT
- Minutes
- ঘণ্টাGHON-ta
- Hours
"এখনই যাই" (e-KHO-nei JA-i) means "let's go right now". Like everywhere, "now" can be elastic in practice.
Literally "after". "একটু পরে" (EK-tu PO-re, a little later) softens it. "শীঘ্র" (SHEEG-hro, soon/quickly) is useful when you need something in a hurry.
Also "কাল" (KAAL) in informal speech, which can also mean yesterday depending on context. "আগামীকাল" (tomorrow) and "গতকাল" (go-to-KAL, yesterday) are unambiguous.
Literally "wait a little". You will also hear এক মিনিট (EK mi-NIT), one minute.
পাঁচ মিনিট (PANCH mi-NIT), five minutes.
দুই ঘণ্টা (DUI GHON-ta), two hours.