Upper intermediate · b2
Speaking your mind
State an opinion, agree, and disagree without giving offence
1Say what you actually thinkFour opinion frames, from the soft amar mone hoy to the formal amar mote, so you can pitch a view at exactly the strength you mean.
2Agree, and disagree without a fightHow to sign on to someone's point, how to praise it emphatically, and the concede-then-pivot move that lets you push back without giving offence.
3Hedge like a native speakerFour ways to mark uncertainty: hoyto for a guess, mone hocche for present evidence, thik bolte parbo na for an honest blank, and jotodur jani to bound a correction.
Give advice, persuade, and set conditions
4Give advice that gets takenThe two core advice patterns, verbal noun plus uchit and the conditional -le bhalo hoy, plus the ami hole hypothetical and a reassurance that lifts pressure.
5Have to, need to, mustThe -te hobe obligation frame with and without a marked person, the difference between hobe and lagbe, and how to release someone from an obligation politely.
6Set conditions and termsThe jodi and tahole frame for open conditions, the -le participle as a compact if, the permission-asking conditional, and the counterfactual of regret.