-এ
See also: -এই
AssameseEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
ConjunctionEdit
-এ • (-e)
SuffixEdit
-এ • (-e)
- The marker of the ergative case with transitive verbs.
- locative suffix for some words
Usage notesEdit
For personal pronouns without suffixes, the ergative marking is not used.
- For example,
- Here যাওঁ (zaü̃, “go (1st person)”) is intransitive and খাওঁ (khaü̃, “eat (1st person)”) is transitive, but the subject মই (moi, “I”) doesn't get the ergative marking.
- Here তহঁতে (tohõte, “you (plural, ergative)”) gets the ergative marking because it has the plural suffix -হঁত (-hõt). Other plural suffixes used in personal pronouns are: -লোক (-lük), -সকল (-xokol) etc and the non-plural honorific suffix -খেত (-khet) (used in তেখেত (tekhet), এখেত (ekhet)) also gets the marking.