মনে পড়া

Bengali

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈmone ˈpɔɽa]

Verb

মনে পড়া • (mône pôṛa)

to remember, to recall
মেয়েটাকে দেখলেই মনে পড়বে।
meẏeṭake dekhlei mône pôṛbe.
You’ll remember as soon as you see the girl.
আমার মনে পড়ছে না।
amar mône pôṛche na.
I can’t remember.

Usage notes

Though usually translated as “to remember”, its use is much more limited than the English verb, denoting a passive kind of remembering. It can be helpful to think of মনে পড়া (mône pôṛa) as meaning “to fall into mind”:

গানটা শুনলেই মনে পড়বে।
ganṭa śunlei mône pôṛbe.
You’ll remember when you hear the song.
(literally, “The song—as soon as [you] hear it—[this] will fall into [your] mind.”)
আমার বাড়ি ফিরে সব মনে পড়ল।
amar baṛi phire śôb mône pôṛlô.
I remembered everything after returning home.
(literally, “[Upon] my having returned home, everything fell into mind.”)
যখনই গাছপালা দেখি আমার মায়ের কথা মনে পড়ে।
jôkhôni gach dekhi amar maẏer kôtha mône pôṛe.
Whenever I see trees, I think of Mom.
(literally, “Whenever I see trees, for me, Mother’s thoughts fall into mind.”)

This verb is used exclusively in the third person, and all other conjugated forms in the following section are purely theoretical and never actually used.

Conjugation

impersonal forms of মনে পড়া

verbal noun	মনে পড়া (mone pôra)
infinitive	মনে পড়তে (mone porte)
progressive participle	মনে পড়তে-পড়তে (mone porte-porte)
conditional participle	মনে পড়লে (mone porle)
perfect participle	মনে পড়ে (mone pore)
habitual participle	মনে পড়ে-পড়ে (mone pore-pore)

conjugation of মনে পড়া