Actors usually come before the object and verb; subjects are often unmarked but verbs reflect person and respect level.

In basic English clauses, the actor is usually before the verb and can trigger subject-verb agreement.

Events are usually carried by a final verb; compound and light-verb patterns are very common.

English events are centered on verbs, often supported by auxiliaries for tense, aspect, voice, or questions.

Targets normally appear before the verb; animate or specific targets are often marked with -কে.

English usually identifies the affected target by position after the verb, with pronoun case still visible in forms like him and her.

Bengali participants are noun phrases or pronouns; case markers, classifiers and context often show their role.

English participants are usually expressed as noun phrases or pronouns, often with articles and number marking.

Present-tense property states often have zero copula, while existence/location uses আছে.

English usually requires the verb 'be' for states, locations, existence, and many descriptions.

Identity often uses a zero copula in the present; একজন can classify a person.

English identity and classification commonly use 'be', often with an article before singular count nouns.

Bengali often places the topic early; particles like তো can frame or contrast a topic.

English has topic-comment patterns, but ordinary subject-verb-object order is more common than strong topic marking.

Recipients are commonly marked with -কে or a pronoun form and appear before the verb.

English marks recipients with double-object order or with prepositions such as to and for.

Experiences often use possessive/dative-like patterns rather than an English-style actor subject.

English often puts the experiencer as the subject, but some patterns use objects or prepositional phrases.

Instruments are usually expressed with দিয়ে after the noun phrase.

English usually expresses instruments with prepositions, especially with.

Time can be shown by adverbs, case-marked nouns, or postpositions such as পরে and আগে.

English uses time adverbs and prepositions such as at, on, in, for, and since to locate events in time.

Tense and relative time are mainly shown by verb forms plus time words.

English finite verbs normally show present or past tense; future is usually expressed with auxiliaries or context.