দয়া করে আসুন
doya kore ashun
The English phrase "please come" is expressed in Bengali as দয়া করে আসুন (doya kore ashun).
This phrase is used as a polite request for someone to move toward the speaker or to enter a place.
Which one should you use?
While দয়া করে আসুন is the polite version, you can use দয়া করে এসো when speaking to close friends or younger people. Additionally, the informal phrase এসো না can be used to invite someone more casually, loosely translating to "come, won't you?"
Is there a formal and an informal way to say it?
দয়া করে আসুন is a polite and respectful way to invite someone. In contrast, দয়া করে এসো is the informal version used with close friends or younger people.
How does it change in a sentence?
The verb form আসুন (ashun) is the honorific/polite imperative form of the verb "to come".
How do you pronounce it?
doya kore ashun
Did you know?
- The word দয়া (doya) in the phrase literally means 'mercy' or 'compassion' in Sanskrit, making the phrase 'please come' sound more like a plea for someone's kindness.
- While দয়া করে (doya kore) is grammatically correct for 'please', using it too frequently in casual conversation can actually make you sound overly dramatic or even slightly insincere.
- Depending on the social hierarchy, there is an even higher level of respect than আসুন called the 'sadhu' or highly formal style, which is used in very traditional settings or classical literature.
Examples in context
- দয়া করে আসুন।doya kore ashun.Please come.
Example conversation
Ishani welcomes Sourav to her office.
- সৌরভ Souravনমস্কার, আমি সৌরভ।Nomoshkar, ami Sourav.Hello, I am Sourav.
- ইশানি Ishaniনমস্কার সৌরভ, দয়া করে আসুন।Nomoshkar Sourav, doya kore ashun.Hello Sourav, please come in.
- সৌরভ Souravধন্যবাদ ইশানি।Dhonnobad Ishani.Thank you, Ishani.
- ইশানি Ishaniএখানে বসুন।Ekhane boshun.Please sit here.
Sources
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries দয়া, CC BY-SA 4.0.
