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Other | | English term or phrase: to ask | | how to say "to ask" - prosno kora or jiggesh kora and what's the difference? |
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| | Bengali translation:jiggesh kora | Explanation:
In general,
jiggesh kora means to ask
prosno kora means to ask a question
prosno means question. What we ask? We always ask questions, right? But in Bengali whether we use jiggesh kora, prosno kora or prosno jiggesh kora all depends on the context.
For example, She amar nam jiggesh korechilo - She asked my name. In this case we can't tell that, she amar nam shomporke prosno jiggasha korechilo.
Another example: Teacher ekta prosno korechilen could be also told as Teacher ekta prosno jiggesh korechilen. But we can't tell that Teacher ekta jiggesh korechilen.
Actually we have to either mention the "Question itself" ("name" in the above example) or simply the word question (prosno) as a general term but not both of them together.
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Note added at 4 hrs (2008-08-04 12:15:46 GMT)
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jiggesh is more colloquial and jiggasha is more formal. Both have the same meaning - to ask. |
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