Accessibility

1. ইয়ালৈ হুইলচেয়াৰেৰে যাব পাৰিবনে?

   Iyaloi huiloseyarere jab paribone?

   Can I get here by wheelchair?

   Usage

   Checks whether a building or site is reachable in a wheelchair

   Grammar Note

   The suffix ৰে marks the means, so হুইলচেয়াৰেৰে is 'by wheelchair'. যাব পাৰিবনে asks 'is it possible to go'

2. লিফ্ট আছেনে?

   Liphto asene?

   Is there a lift?

   Usage

   Asks whether a building has an elevator

   Grammar Note

   আছেনে is আছে 'there is' plus the question suffix নে. লিফ্ট is borrowed from English

3. মোক প্ৰতিবন্ধী ব্যক্তিৰ বাবে সুবিধা থকা এটা কোঠা লাগে

   Mok protibondhi byoktir babe xubidha thoka eta kotha lage

   I need a room with facilities for disabled people

   Usage

   Requests an accessible room when booking a hotel

   Grammar Note

   মোক ... লাগে is the 'I need' pattern. সুবিধা থকা 'having facilities' modifies কোঠা. এটা is 'one' with the classifier টা

4. চিৰি নোহোৱা প্ৰৱেশদ্বাৰ আছেনে?

   Siri nohowa prowexodwar asene?

   Is there an entrance without steps?

   Usage

   Asks for a step-free entrance. No reliable word for a ramp was found, so it is phrased as an entrance without stairs

   Grammar Note

   নোহোৱা 'that does not exist' is a negative modifier placed before the noun. প্ৰৱেশদ্বাৰ is written as one word

5. প্ৰতিবন্ধী ব্যক্তিৰ শৌচাগাৰ ক'ত আছে?

   Protibondhi byoktir xousagar kot ase?

   Where is the accessible toilet?

   Usage

   Asks where the wheelchair-accessible toilet is

   Grammar Note

   ক'ত 'where' stays in its normal place in the sentence. শৌচাগাৰ is the polite word for toilet

6. মই ভালকৈ দেখা নাপাওঁ। আপুনি মোক সহায় কৰিব পাৰিবনে?

   Moi bhalokoi dekha napaõ. apuni mok xohay korib paribone?

   I cannot see well. Can you help me?

   Usage

   Asks bystanders for help when your eyesight is poor

   Grammar Note

   দেখা পোৱা means 'to be able to see'; its negative is দেখা নাপাওঁ, with না before the verb. আপুনি is the polite 'you'

7. ডাঙৰ আখৰেৰে লিখা খাদ্য তালিকা আছেনে?

   Dangor akhorere likha khadyo talika asene?

   Do you have a menu in large print?

   Usage

   Asks a restaurant for a large-print menu

   Grammar Note

   খাদ্য তালিকা is the menu. আখৰেৰে লিখা means 'written in letters', with the means suffix ৰে

8. অডিঅ' গাইড আছেনে?

   Odio gaid asene?

   Is there an audio guide?

   Usage

   Asks whether a museum or site offers an audio guide

   Grammar Note

   Both অডিঅ' and গাইড are English loanwords. The apostrophe that marks the dropped vowel is the plain ASCII mark

9. মই শ্ৰৱণ যন্ত্ৰ ব্যৱহাৰ কৰোঁ। অনুগ্ৰহ কৰি স্পষ্টকৈ কথা কওক

   Moi xrowon jontro byowohar korõ. onugroh kori xpostokoi kotha kook

   I use a hearing aid. Please speak clearly

   Usage

   Asks the other person to speak clearly because you use a hearing aid

   Grammar Note

   শ্ৰৱণ যন্ত্ৰ is a two-word way to say hearing aid. অনুগ্ৰহ কৰি means 'please' and কওক is the polite imperative

10. মোৰ গাইড কুকুৰ লগত লৈ আহিব পাৰোঁনে?

    Mor gaid kukur logot loi ahib parõne?

    May I bring my guide dog with me?

    Usage

    Asks whether a guide or service dog may enter. গাইড কুকুৰ is simply guide plus dog

    Grammar Note

    লগত লৈ আহিব is 'bring along'. লৈ is the linking form of 'take'. পাৰোঁনে in the first person asks permission. This is a composed sentence: each word is verified and the grammar is regular, but the exact phrasing is not a fixed expression

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