Flirting

1. আপুনি দেখিবলৈ বৰ ধুনীয়া

   Apuni dekhiboloi bor dhuniya

   You are very beautiful

   Usage

   A respectful compliment on someone's looks, best used once there is some rapport

   Grammar Note

   দেখিবলৈ literally 'to look at', here 'in appearance'. ধুনীয়া means pretty or beautiful for people and things alike. আপুনি keeps it polite

2. তোমাৰ হাঁহিটো বৰ মৰমলগা

   Tomar hãhito bor moromologa

   Your smile is very sweet

   Usage

   A casual compliment on a friend's smile; তোমাৰ is the familiar 'your'

   Grammar Note

   হাঁহি is a smile or laugh and টো makes it definite. মৰমলগা is for people or things one feels fond of. Use তোমাৰ with friends and আপোনাৰ with strangers

3. মই আপোনাৰ লগত অলপ সময় কটাব বিচাৰোঁ

   Moi aponar logot olop xomoy kotab bisarõ

   I want to spend some time with you

   Usage

   A gentle invitation to someone you like; accept a refusal at once

   Grammar Note

   আপোনাৰ লগত is 'together with you'. সময় কটোৱা means to pass time, and কটাব বিচাৰোঁ makes it 'I want to spend'

4. আপুনি মোৰ লগত চাহ খাবলৈ যাবনে?

   Apuni mor logot sah khaboloi jabone?

   Would you like to go for tea with me?

   Usage

   An invitation to tea; a light way to ask someone out

   Grammar Note

   Assamese uses খোৱা 'eat' for drinking tea too. খাবলৈ is the 'in order to' form and with যাবনে it means 'will you go to drink'

5. আপোনাক মোৰ ভাল লাগে

   Aponak mor bhal lage

   I like you

   Usage

   Tells someone you like them; much lighter than 'I love you'

   Grammar Note

   মোৰ ভাল লাগে is the 'it feels good to me' pattern for liking; the liked person comes first as আপোনাক. It works for things and people

6. আপোনাৰ বিয়া হৈছেনে?

   Aponar biya hoisene?

   Are you married?

   Usage

   A somewhat personal question about marital status; ask only after some rapport

   Grammar Note

   আপোনাৰ বিয়া হৈছে is 'your marriage has happened'. হৈছে is the perfect of হোৱা 'become, happen' and নে turns it into a question

7. আমি বন্ধু হ'ব পাৰোঁনে?

   Ami bondhu hob parõne?

   Can we be friends?

   Usage

   A safe way to offer friendship to someone you have just met

   Grammar Note

   In Assamese আমি means 'we', and 'I' is মই, which differs from the neighbouring language. হ'ব পাৰোঁনে means 'can we become'

8. আপোনাৰ চকু দুটা বৰ ধুনীয়া

   Aponar soku duta bor dhuniya

   Your eyes are very beautiful

   Usage

   A classic compliment on someone's eyes

   Grammar Note

   দুটা is 'two' with a classifier and refers to both eyes. চকু is eye. The adjective ধুনীয়া stands at the end as the predicate

9. মোৰ আপোনাৰ কথা মনত পৰি আছে

   Mor aponar kotha monot pori ase

   I keep thinking of you

   Usage

   Tells someone far away that they are on your mind; for use inside a relationship

   Grammar Note

   মনত পৰা is the idiom 'to come to mind, to remember'. Adding পৰি আছে makes it continuous, 'it keeps coming to mind'

10. মই তোমাক ভাল পাওঁ

    Moi tomak bhal paõ

    I love you

    Usage

    A declaration between people who are close; not for casual use

    Grammar Note

    ভাল পোৱা means to like or love. তোমাক is the familiar 'you' as object and পাওঁ the first-person form. It is stronger than ভাল লাগে

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