Assamese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit কাৰণ (kāraṇa).

Noun

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কাৰণ (karon) (classifier -টো)

  1. reason
    সকলো আপোনাৰ কাৰণে হৈছেxokolü apünar karone hoise.Everything happened because of you.
  2. cause
    ইয়াত বিশ্বাস কৰাৰ কোনো কাৰণ নাইiat bissax korar künü karon nai.There is no reason to believe this.

Declension

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Declension of কাৰণ
nominative কাৰণ / কাৰণে
karon / karone
genitive কাৰণৰ
karonor
nominative কাৰণ / কাৰণে
karon / karone
accusative কাৰণ / কাৰণক
karon / karonok
dative কাৰণলৈ
karonoloi
terminative কাৰণলৈকে
karonoloike
instrumental কাৰণে / কাৰণেৰে
karone / karonere
genitive কাৰণৰ
karonor
locative কাৰণত
karonot
Notes
Noun: Assamese nouns are indefinite. They can be both singular and plural depending on the context. They are made definite by using classifiers and plural suffixes which also make them either singular and plural.
Plural: The general plural suffixes are: -বোৰ (-bür) and -বিলাক (-bilak) (less common). Others which have specific functions include -সমূহ (-xomuh), -সকল (-xokol), -হঁত (-hõt) etc.
Nominative: The -এ (-e) suffix is used when the noun works as an agent and the verb is transitive.
Accusative: -অক (-ok) is used for animate sense and for emphasis. No case marking otherwise.
Dative 1: For direct objects -অক (-ok) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi).
Dative 2: In some dialects -অক (-ok) or -অত (-ot) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi).
Terminative: Vaguely -অলৈ (-oloi) can mark this case too.
Instrumental 1: -এ (-e) is unemphatic and -এৰে (-ere) is emphatic and more common.
Instrumental 2: Alternatively -এদি (-edi) is used instead of the default -এৰে (-ere) in Standard Assamese.
Locative: The locative suffix is -এ (-e) in repetition of the word, with adverbs and days of the week.
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