Family and Friends - Describing Relationships
Talk about your family and friends in Bengali. Learn the words for family members and friendship, each shown in the Bengali script with its sound and meaning.
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Family and friends in Bengali 👪
To talk about the people in your life in Bengali, you first need the **vocabulary** for family and friends. Each word is written in the **Bengali script**, with its sound in brackets and its English meaning beside it, so you learn to read it and say it at the same time.
Words for the family 📖
Learn each family word in the Bengali script, with its sound and meaning:
Male or female? ⚖️
It helps to sort the family words into male and female:
Match the Bengali to the English 🔗
- বাবা (baba)
- মা (ma)
- ভাই (bhai)
- বোন (bon)
- father
- mother
- brother
- sister
Which word? 🎯
Which Bengali word means brother?
- ভাই (bhai)
- বোন (bon)
- বাবা (baba)
- ছেলে (chhele)
Friends and friendship 🤝
Beyond the family come your friends. A friend is **বন্ধু (bondhu)**, and friendship is **বন্ধুত্ব (bondhutto)**. You might describe a friend as **সুন্দর (sundor)**, which means beautiful or lovely. And the word for I, or me, is **আমি (ami)**.
Match the Bengali to the English 🔀
- ছেলে (chhele)
- মেয়ে (meye)
- বন্ধু (bondhu)
- বন্ধুত্ব (bondhutto)
- son
- daughter
- friend
- friendship
About friends? ✅
Select the TWO words that are about friends, not family.
- বন্ধু (bondhu)
- বন্ধুত্ব (bondhutto)
- বাবা (baba)
- বোন (bon)
Oldest to youngest 🪜
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Complete the family 🧩
In Bengali, family is _____. Father is _____ and mother is _____. Brother is _____ and sister is _____.
Spot the true statements 🖍️
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