Virtual Bangladesh: Bengali Primer: Lesson 3

Bengali pronouns are relatively easy to learn but one must remember some key points:

There is no distinction of gender in Bengali pronouns.
Bengali pronouns distinguish between honorific/polite and familiar pronouns. Honorific or polite forms are marked by a [p] and familiar forms are marked by a [f] in the following tables. This is not only present in the second person as in French but also in the third person. There is yet a third form that is not recommended for use by a visitor to Bangladesh.
In the third person nearness distinguishes three different types of third person pronouns. As an example, for the familiar forms, e imlplies he/she over here, o implies he/she over there, and shay implies he/she elsewhere. These position dependent pronouns are marked by [h], [t], and [e] denoting the proximal relations here, there, and elsewhere respectively.

Person	English	Singular	Plural	English
First	I	Ami	AmrA	We
Second	You [p]	Apni	ApnArA	You
Second	You [f]	tumi	tomrA	You
Third [h]	He/She [p]	Ini	enArA	They
Third [h]	He/She [f]	e	erA	They
Third [t]	He/She [p]	uni	unArA	They
Third [t]	He/She [f]	o	orA	They
Third [e]	He/She [p]	tini	tenArA	They
Third [e]	He/She [f]	shay	tArA	They

Person	English	Singular	Plural	English
First	my	AmAr	AmAder	our
Second	Your [p]	ApnAr	ApnAder	Your
Second	Your [f]	tomAr	tomAder	Your
Third [h]	His/Hers [p]	enAr	enAder	Their
Third [h]	His/Hers [f]	er	eder	Their
Third [t]	His/Hers [p]	unAr	unArder	Their
Third [t]	His/Hers [f]	or	oder	Their
Third [e]	His/Hers [p]	tA(n)re	tA(n)der	Their
Third [e]	His/Hers [f]	tAr	tAder	Their

Person	English	Singular	Plural	English
First	me	AmAke	AmAderke	us
Second	You [p]	ApnAke	ApnAderke	You
Second	You [f]	tomAke	tomAderke	You
Third [h]	Him/Her [p]	InAke	enAderke	Them
Third [h]	Him/Her [f]	eke	ederke	Them
Third [t]	Him/Her [p]	unAke	unArderke	Them
Third [t]	Him/Her [f]	oke	oderke	Them
Third [e]	Him/Her [p]	tenAke	tenAderke	Them
Third [e]	Him/Her [f]	tAke	tAderke	Them