Compliments

1. আপোনাৰ অসমীয়া বৰ ভাল

   Aponar oxomiya bor bhal

   Your Assamese is very good

   Usage

   Encourages a local speaker, or a foreigner who has learned the language

   Grammar Note

   অসমীয়া means both the language and an Assamese person, so আপোনাৰ অসমীয়া is 'your Assamese'. ভাল can end the sentence as the predicate

2. আপুনি বৰ ধুনীয়া

   Apuni bor dhuniya

   You are very beautiful

   Usage

   A plain compliment on someone's looks

   Grammar Note

   ধুনীয়া means pretty or beautiful. No linking verb is needed; it follows the subject directly

3. আপুনি বৰ ভাল ৰান্ধে

   Apuni bor bhal randhe

   You cook very well

   Usage

   A compliment after being served a meal

   Grammar Note

   ৰান্ধে is the polite third-person present of ৰন্ধা 'cook', matching আপুনি. ভাল ৰান্ধে means 'cooks well'

4. আপুনি বৰ ভদ্ৰ

   Apuni bor bhodro

   You are very polite

   Usage

   A compliment, with thanks, after being treated courteously

   Grammar Note

   ভদ্ৰ means well-mannered or decorous, a respectful word for praising character

5. আপোনাৰ ৰাজ্যখন বৰ ধুনীয়া

   Aponar rajyokhon bor dhuniya

   Your state is very beautiful

   Usage

   Praises the scenery of Assam to a local

   Grammar Note

   ৰাজ্য means state or kingdom. The ending খন makes it definite and is used for broad, flat things such as regions

6. আপুনি বৰ পৰিশ্ৰমী

   Apuni bor porixromi

   You are very hardworking

   Usage

   Shows respect to someone who works hard

   Grammar Note

   পৰিশ্ৰমী is পৰিশ্ৰম 'effort' with the person ending ী, meaning a hardworking person

7. আপোনাৰ কাপোৰ বৰ ধুনীয়া

   Aponar kapor bor dhuniya

   Your clothes are very beautiful

   Usage

   Praises traditional dress or what someone is wearing that day

   Grammar Note

   কাপোৰ is cloth or clothing and needs no plural to mean clothes. আপোনাৰ is the respectful 'your'

8. তুমি বৰ চতুৰ

   Tumi bor sotur

   You are very smart

   Usage

   A casual compliment on a friend's or younger person's cleverness

   Grammar Note

   তুমি is the familiar 'you'. চতুৰ means clever or astute; the same spelling also means 'four'

9. আপোনাৰ আতিথ্য অতুলনীয়

   Aponar atithyo otuloniy

   Your hospitality is incomparable

   Usage

   A word of thanks after being invited home or hosted

   Grammar Note

   আতিথ্য and অতুলনীয় are literary, formal words suited to a ceremonious thank-you. In daily talk বৰ ভাল লাগিল also works

10. তুমি বৰ মৰমলগা মানুহ

    Tumi bor moromologa manuh

    You are a very sweet person

    Usage

    Praises the character of someone you have grown close to

    Grammar Note

    মৰমলগা means lovable or endearing. The adjective comes before the noun মানুহ 'person'

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