My Native Land
āĻŽোā§° āĻāύ্āĻŽāĻূāĻŽি
āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ ā§° āĻ
ā§°্āĻĨ āĻŽোā§° āϏ্āĻĨাāύীāϝ় āĻূāĻŽি
1. Read the poem and answer the following question:
( āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻো āĻĒāĻĸ়া āĻā§°ু āϤāϞ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিā§া )
(a) What does the old man ask the poet?
( āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧ āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻāύে āĻāĻŦিāĻ āĻি āϏুāϧিāĻিāϞ? )
Ans:- The old man ask the poet what his land is like.
( āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧ āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻāύে āĻāĻŦিāĻ āϤেāĻঁā§°ে āĻ াāĻāĻĄোāĻā§° āĻেāύেāĻুā§ąা āϏুāϧিāĻিāϞ )
(b) Why does the old man ask the question to the poet?
( āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧ āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻāύে āĻিā§ āĻāĻŦিāĻ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύ āϏুāϧিāĻিāϞ? )
Ans:- The old man asks the question to the poet because he is blind.
( āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧ āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻāύ āĻ
āύ্āϧ āĻাā§°āĻŖে āĻāĻŦিā§ে āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύ āϏুāϧিāĻিāϞ। )
(c) How does the past address the old man? what does that form of address mean?
( āĻāĻŦিā§ে āĻŦুāĻĸ়া āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻāύāĻ āĻি āĻŦুāϞি āϏāĻŽ্āĻŦোāϧāύ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ? āĻāĻ āϏāĻŽ্āĻŦāύ্āϧāĻো āĻি āĻŦুāϞি āĻāύা āϝাā§? )
Ans:- The poet address the old man as kaka. It means grandfather.
(āĻāĻŦিāϝ়ে āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧāĻāύāĻ āĻāĻা āĻŦুāϞি āϏāĻŽ্āĻŦোāϧāύ āĻā§°ে। āĻāϝ়াā§° āĻ
ā§°্āĻĨ āĻšৈāĻে āĻāĻাāĻĻেāĻāϤা।)
(d) Why does the poet ask the old man to breathe deep?
( āĻāĻŦিā§ে āĻŦুāĻĸ়াāĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻāύāĻ āĻিā§ āĻāĻļাāĻš āϞ'āĻŦāϞৈ āĻৈāĻিāϞ? )
Ans:- The poet asks the old man to breathe deep to feel the environment because he is blind.
( āĻāĻŦিā§ে āĻŦুāĻĸ়াāĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻāύāĻ āĻāĻļাāĻšā§° āĻā§°িā§āϤে āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻৌāĻĒাāĻļāĻিāύিāĻ āĻ
āύুāĻāĻŦ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻৈāĻিāϞ āĻিā§āύো āϤেāĻঁ āĻ
āύ্āϧ āĻāĻিāϞ। )
(e) With what does the poet compare the cool breeze on the old man's face?
( āĻāĻŦিā§ে āĻŦুāĻĸ়াāĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻāύ⧰ āĻৌāĻĒাāĻļে āĻŦāϞি āĻĨāĻা āĻļীāϤāϞ āĻŦāϤাāĻšāĻাāĻāĻ āĻিāĻšā§° āϞāĻāϤ āϤুāϞāύা āĻā§°িāĻে? )
Ans:- The poet compares the cool breeze on the old man's face with the peaceful breath of his land.
( āĻāĻŦিā§ে āĻŦুāĻĸ়া āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻāύ⧰ āĻৌāĻĒাāĻļে āĻŦāϞি āĻĨāĻা āĻļীāϤāϞ āĻŦāϤাāĻšāĻাāĻāĻ āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻŽাāĻিā§° āĻļাāύ্āϤিāĻŽā§ āĻĒā§°িā§ąেāĻļā§° āϞāĻāϤ āϤুāϞāύা āĻā§°িāĻে। )
(f) With what does the poet compare the contended gurgling of the little baby?
( āĻāĻŦিā§ে āϏ⧰ু āϞ'ā§°াā§° āĻāϞāĻāϞāύিāĻ āĻিāĻšā§° āϞāĻāϤ āϤুāϞāύা āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ? )
Ans:- The poet compares the contended gurgling of the little baby with the sail of his land.
( āĻāĻŦিā§ে āϏ⧰ু āĻেঁāĻুā§ąাāĻিā§° āĻāϞāĻāϞāύিāĻ āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻŽাāϤৃāĻূāĻŽিā§° āϏাā§°ুā§ąা āĻŽাāĻিā§° āϞāĻāϤ āϤুāϞāύা āĻā§°িāĻে। )
(g) What does the chorus of the cuckoo and the Sparrow do?
( āĻুāϞি āĻā§°āĻিā§°িāĻা āĻāĻĻি āĻā§°াāĻā§° āϏāĻŽāĻŦেāϤ āϏāĻ্āĻীāϤে āĻি āĻā§°ে? )
Ans:- The chorus of the cuckoo and the Sparrow shapes the native land.
( āĻুāϞি āĻā§°āĻিā§°িāĻা āĻāĻĻি āĻā§°াāĻā§° āϏāĻŽāĻŦেāϤ āϏāĻ্āĻীāϤে āĻāĻŽাā§° āĻ াāĻāĻĄোāĻā§°ā§° āĻৌāĻĒাāĻļে āĻāĻĸ় āĻĻিā§ে। )
(h) What are the things that create the soul of the poets beloved country?
( āĻোāύāĻŦোā§° āĻŦāϏ্āϤুā§ąে āĻāĻŦিā§° āĻŽā§°āĻŽā§° āĻĻেāĻļāĻāύāĻ āĻāϤ্āĻŽা āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĻাāύ āĻā§°ে? )
Ans:- The distant roll of the bihu dhol, the pepa and gogona and the heaty aroma of the pitha and laroo, the chant of the evening prayer in the namghar, masjid, church are the things that create the soul of the poet's beloved country.
( āĻĸোāϞ āĻĒেāĻĒা āĻāĻāύাā§° āĻুāĻŽāĻুāĻŽāύি āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ, āϞাā§°ু āĻĒিāĻ াā§° āϏুāĻāύ্āϧি āϤāĻĨা āύাāĻŽāĻā§°, āĻŽāĻāĻিāĻĻ, āĻীā§°্āĻা āĻāĻĻিā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻাঁāĻšি āĻ
āĻšা āĻĒ্ā§°াā§°্āĻĨāύা āϤāĻĨা āĻāĻāύ⧰ āϧ্āĻŦāύিā§ে āĻāĻŽাā§° āĻŽাāϤৃāĻূāĻŽিāĻ āĻāϤ্āĻŽা āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĻাāύ āĻā§°াā§° āϞāĻāϤে āĻā§াāĻ āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻā§°ি āϤোāϞে। )
2. A brief summary of each of the stanzas of the poem has been given below. Match the stanzas with the given summaries. Mention the stanza number alongside the correct summary.
( āϤāϞāϤ āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻিā§° āϏ্āĻ¤ā§ąāĻ āĻ
āύুāϝাā§ী āĻŽূāϞāĻাā§ą āĻĻিā§া āĻšৈāĻে। āĻāĻিā§া āĻŽূāϞāĻাā§ą āĻ
āύুāϝাā§ী āϏ্āĻ¤ā§ąāĻāĻো āĻিāύাāĻ্āϤ āĻā§°া। )
a. My native land makes me feel as safe and secure as a baby carried on a mothers back.
( āĻŽোā§° āĻ াāĻāĻāύে āĻŽাā§° āĻোāϞাā§° āĻĻā§°ে āύিā§°াāĻĒāϤ্āϤা āĻĻিā§ে। )
Ans:- Stanza 4. ( āϏ্āĻ¤ā§ąāĻ ā§Ē )
b. The spirit of my native land can be understood in terms of its unity in diversity. Like different family member, who have similarities and differences.
( āĻŽোā§° āĻ াāĻāĻিāύিā§° āϤাā§āĻĒā§°্āϝ্āϝ āĻā§াā§° āĻāĻāϤা āĻā§°ু āĻŦিāĻিāϤ্ā§°āϤাā§° āĻĒā§°াāĻ āĻĒাāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ি, āĻ িāĻ āĻāĻা āĻĒā§°িā§াāϞ⧰ āĻŦেāϞেāĻ āĻŦেāϞেāĻ āϏāĻĻāϏ্āϝ⧰ āĻŽাāĻāϤ āĻĨāĻা āĻāĻāϤাā§° āĻĻā§°েāĻ āĻ । )
Ans:- Stanza 6 (āϏ্āĻ¤ā§ąāĻ ā§Ŧ )
c. The lonely blind old man in the street asked me to describe our native land.
( ā§°াāϏ্āϤাāϤ āĻĨিā§ āĻšৈ āĻĨāĻা āĻ
āĻāϞāĻļā§°ীā§া āĻ
āύ্āϧ āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧāĻāύে āĻŽোāĻ āĻ াāĻāĻĄোāĻā§°ā§° āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āĻĻিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻৈāĻিāϞ। )
Ans:- Stanza 1 ( āϏ্āĻ¤ā§ąāĻ ā§§ )
d. Our native land is rich in its gift of nature and is brought to life by the birds and animals that playfully room its rich green forests.
( āĻāĻŽাā§° āύিāĻā§° āĻ াāĻāĻāύ āĻĒ্ā§°াāĻৃāϤিāĻāĻাā§ąে āĻ
āϤি āĻāĻšāĻী āĻā§°ু āĻā§াā§° āĻā§°াāĻ āĻিā§°িāĻāϤি āĻীā§ą āĻāύ্āϤুāϏāĻāϞোā§ąে āĻ
ā§°āĻŖ্āϝ⧰ āĻাā§°িāĻāĻĢাāϞে āĻŦিāĻā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°ি āĻā§াāĻ āĻীā§ąāύ্āϤ āĻā§°ি āϤোāϞে। )
Ans:- Stanza 5 (āϏ্āĻ¤ā§ąāĻ ā§Ģ )
e. The touch of our native land is as peaceful as the coal. fresh blowing after a night of thunder and rain.
( āĻāĻŽাā§° āĻ াāĻāĻĄোāĻā§°ā§° āĻļাāύ্āϤিāĻŽā§ āĻļীāϤāϞ āĻŦāϤাāĻšāĻাāĻ āĻ িāĻ āϧুāĻŽুāĻšাā§° āĻĒাāĻāϤ āĻ
āĻšা āĻŦāϤাāĻšāĻাāĻā§° āĻĻā§°েāĻ āύিā§°্āĻŽāϞ। )
Ans:- Stanza 3 ( āϏ্āĻ¤ā§ąāĻ ā§Š )
3. Note that the poem is a series of information to a blind man on what his land is like. The girl provides the information by making use of the senses that are very strong in blind persons. These senses are:
( āĻŽāύ āĻā§°িāĻŦা āϝে āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻোāϤ āĻāĻāύ āĻ
āύ্āϧ āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻ āϤেঁāĻā§° āĻ াāĻāĻāύ⧰ āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āĻĻিā§া āĻšৈāĻে। āĻোā§ąাāϞীāĻāύীā§ে āϤāĻĨ্āϝāϏāĻŽূāĻš āĻ
āύ্āϧ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤিāĻāύে āύিāĻā§° āĻāύ্āĻĻিā§ā§° āĻā§°িā§āϤে āĻ
āύুāĻā§ą āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻĒā§°াāĻৈ āĻĻিāĻে। āϏেāĻ āĻāύ্āĻĻ্ā§°িā§āϏāĻŽূāĻš āĻš'āϞঃ )
Ans:- a. Touch ( āϏ্āĻĒā§°্āĻļ ) b. hearing ( āĻļুāύা ) c. smell ( āĻোāύ্āϧ )
4. Here are some words from the poem. Match the words in column A with their meaning in column B.
( āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻোā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āϞোā§ąা āĻšৈāĻে āĻāϤিā§া "āĻ" āĻ
ংāĻļā§° āϞāĻāϤ "āĻ" āĻ
ংāĻļ āĻŽিāϞোā§ąা।
Ans:-
A. 1. Thunder ( āĻŦিāĻুāϞী ) - B. the loud explosive sound that follows lightning in the cloud.
( āĻŽেāĻā§° āĻŽাāĻāϤ āĻāĻāϞি āĻāĻ া āĻিāĻāĻŽিāĻāύিā§° āĻĒাāĻāϤ āĻšোā§ąা āĻāĻ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻāĻŖ্āĻĄ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ, āϧুāĻŽুāĻšা-āĻাāĻāύি, āĻĸেā§°েāĻāύি । )
A. 2. morn ( āĻĒুā§ąা ) - B. morning ( ā§°াāϤিāĻĒুā§ąা )
A. 3. Contented ( āĻাā§°োāĻŦাā§° āĻĒāĻ্āώāϤ āĻĨিā§ āĻĻিā§া ) - B. satisfied ( āϏāύ্āϤোāώ্āĻ )
A. 4. gurgling ( āĻāϞāĻāϞāύি ) - B. the happy sound made by babies.
( āϏ⧰ু āϞ'ā§°া āĻোā§ąাāϞীā§ে āĻā§°া āĻļুā§ąāϞা āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ )
A. 5. chorus ( āϏāĻŽāĻŦেāϤ āĻীāϤ ) - B. singing or speaking at the same time.
( āĻāĻে āϏāĻŽā§āϤে āĻāĻĨা āĻোā§ąা āĻā§°ু āĻাāύ āĻোā§ąা )
A. 6. aroma ( āϏুāĻāύ্āϧ ) - B. strong pleasant smell.
( ā§°ীāĻ্āώ্āύ āĻাāϞ āϞāĻা āĻোāύ্āϧ )
A. 7. sturdy (āĻĒ্ā§°āĻŦāϞ ) - B. strong and firm
( āϏুāϏ্āĻĨ āĻā§°ু āϏāĻŦāϞ )
Now make sentences of your own using the words.
( āĻāϤিā§া āĻāĻ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§° āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻā§°ি āϤুāĻŽি āύিāĻাāĻৈ āĻŦাāĻ্āϝ āϏাāĻা। )
Ans:
(i) thunder (āĻĨাāĻŖ্āĻĄাā§°) - It is thundering outside.
(āĻŦিāĻুāϞী) (āĻŦাāĻšিā§°āϤ āĻŦিāĻুāϞী āĻŽাā§°ি āĻāĻে।)
(ii) morn (āĻŽā§°্āĻŖ) - We should wake up early at the morn.
(āĻĒুā§ąা) (āĻāĻŽি ā§°াāϤিāĻĒূā§ąা āĻ
āϤি āϏোāύāĻাāϞে āĻāĻ িāĻŦ āϞাāĻে।)
(iii) contented ( āĻāύ্āĻেāύāĻেāĻĄ ) - I contended against falsehood.
( āĻাā§°োāĻŦাā§° āĻĒāĻ্āώāϤ āĻĨিā§ āĻĻিā§া ) (āĻŽāĻ āĻŽিāĻা āĻ
āĻĒāĻŦাāĻĻā§° āĻŦিāĻĒāĻ্āώে āϏāĻĻাā§ āĻĨিā§ āĻĻিāĻ।)
(iv) gurgling (āĻাā§°্āĻāϞিং) - She is playing with her mother by gurgling.
( āĻāϞāĻāϞāύি) (āϤাāĻ āĻŽাāĻā§° āϞāĻāϤ āĻāϞāĻāϞাāĻ āĻেāϞি āĻāĻে।)
(v) chorus (āĻোā§°াāĻ)-The last night chorus performance was so pleasent.
(āϏāĻŽāĻŦেāϤ āĻীāϤ) (āϝোā§ąা āύিāĻļা āĻোā§°াāĻā§° āĻ
āύুāώ্āĻ াāύāĻো āĻŦā§° āϏুāύ্āĻĻā§° āĻāĻিāϞ।)
6. Aroma ( āĻā§°'āĻŽা ) - A strong aroma come from our kitchen.
(āϏুāĻāύ্āϧ) (āĻĒাāĻāĻā§°ā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻŦā§° āϧুāύীā§া āϏুāĻāύ্āϧ āĻāĻšিāĻে।)
7. sturdy (āώ্āĻাāĻĄি) - She was a short, sturdy woman in her early sixties.
(āĻĒ্ā§°āĻŦāϞ)
10. Let's learn some grammar:
( āĻŦ্āϝাāĻā§°āĻŖ āĻļিāĻোঁ āĻāĻšা )
Rewrite the sentences below in indirect speech
(āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻিā§া āĻŦাāĻ্āϝāĻŦোā§° āĻĒুāύ⧰ āĻĒā§°োāĻ্āώāĻাā§ąāϤ āϞিāĻা)
a. The poet said to the old man, "Feel the cool breeze on your face." ( āĻāĻŦিā§ে āĻŦুāĻĸ়া āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻāύāĻ āĻৈāĻিāϞ, " āϤোāĻŽাā§° āĻৌāĻĒাāĻļে āĻŦāϞি āĻĨāĻা āĻļীāϤāϞ āĻŦāϤাāĻšāĻাāĻ āĻ
āύুāĻā§ą āĻā§°া )
Ans:- The poet told the old man to fell the cold breeze on his face. (āĻāĻŦিā§ে āĻŦুāĻĸ়া āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻāύāĻ āĻৈāĻিāϞ āϝে āϤোāĻŽাā§° āĻৌāĻĒাāĻļে āĻŦāϞি āĻĨāĻা āĻļীāϤāϞ āĻŦāϤাāĻšāĻাāĻ āϤুāĻŽি āĻ
āύুāĻā§ą āĻā§°া)
b. The man said to me, "Listen to the gurgling of that little baby. (āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻāύে āĻŽাāĻ āĻৈāĻিāϞ, "āĻļুāύাāĻোāύ āϏেāĻ āĻেঁāĻুā§ąাāĻোā§° āĻāϞāĻāϞāύি")
Ans:- The man requested me to listen to the gurgling of that little baby. ( āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻāύে āĻŽোāĻ āĻেঁāĻুā§ąাāĻোā§° āĻāϞāĻāϞāύি āĻļুāύিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻৈāĻিāϞ।)
c. The teacher said to us, "Enjoy your holidays." (āĻļিāĻ্āώāĻে āĻāĻŽাāĻ āĻৈāĻিāϞ, "āĻŦāύ্āϧāĻŦোā§° āϤোāĻŽাāϞোāĻ āĻāĻĒāĻোāĻ āĻā§°িāĻŦা,"
Ans:- The teacher advised us to enjoy our holidays. (āĻļিāĻ্āώāĻে āĻāĻŽাāĻ āĻāĻŽাā§° āĻŦāύ্āϧāĻŦোā§° āĻāĻĒāĻোāĻ āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻৈāĻিāϞ।)
d. She said him to come to their house the next day. (āϤাāĻ āϤাāĻ āĻৈāĻিāϞ, "āĻাāĻāϞৈ āĻāĻŽাā§° āĻā§°āϞৈ āĻāĻšিāĻŦা। ")
Ans:- She told him to come to their house the next day. ( āϤাāĻ āϤাāĻ āϏিāĻšঁāϤ⧰ āĻā§°āϞৈ āĻাāĻāϞৈ āϝাāĻŦ āĻৈāĻিāϞ। )
e. My mother tells me, " Always obey yours teacher, (āĻŽাā§ে āĻৈāĻিāϞ, "āϏāĻĻাā§ āĻļিāĻ্āώāĻāĻ āĻŽাāύি āĻāϞিāĻŦা,")
Ans:- My mother advises me to obey our teachers always. (āĻŽাā§ে āĻāĻĒāĻĻেāĻļ āĻĻিāĻিāϞ āϝে āϏāĻĻাā§ āĻļিāĻ্āώāĻāĻ āĻŽাāύি āĻāϞিāĻŦ āϞাāĻে।)
f. I said to him, " Come to our house tomorrow." (āĻŽাā§ে āϤাāĻ āĻৈāĻিāϞ, "āĻাāĻāϞৈ āĻāĻŽাā§° āĻā§°āϞৈ āĻāĻšিāĻŦা।)
Ans:- I told him to come to our house the next day. (āĻŽাā§ে āϤাāĻ āĻৈāĻিāϞ āϝে āĻāĻŽাā§° āĻā§°āϞৈ āĻাāĻāϞৈ āĻāĻšিāĻŦা।)
g. She said to me, "Get me a glass of water, please," (āϤাāĻ āĻŽোāĻ āĻৈāĻিāϞ, "āĻ
āύুāĻ্ā§°āĻš āĻā§°ি āĻāĻিāϞাāĻ āĻĒাāύী āĻĻিā§া।)
Ans:- She requested me to get her a glass of water. (āϤাāĻ āĻŽোāĻ āĻ
āύুāĻ্ā§°āĻš āĻā§°ি āĻāĻিāϞাāĻ āĻĒাāύী āĻŦিāĻাā§°িāĻিāϞ।)
h. The man said to me, "Please lose the gate." (āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻāύে āĻŽোāĻ āĻৈāĻিāϞ, "āĻ
āύুāĻ্ā§°āĻš āĻā§°ি āĻেāĻāĻāύ āĻŦāύ্āϧ āĻā§°ি āĻĻিā§া।")
Ans:- The man requested me to close the gate. ( āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻāύে āĻŽোāĻ āĻ
āύুāĻ্ā§°āĻš āĻā§°ি āĻেāĻāĻāύ āĻŦāύ্āϧ āĻā§°ি āĻĻিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻৈāĻিāϞ। ")
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