Request / Command / Prohibition
What do we want the other person to do?
অর্থ
A speech act that asks, tells, invites, warns, orders, suggests, or forbids someone to do something.
কীভাবে চিনবেন
Ask whether the speaker is trying to make the listener act or stop acting.
উদাহরণ
please|don't|let's|could you|must not
please sit down|don't touch it|could you help
Please close the window.
Visual guide
Speaker wants listener action
SPEAKER ──asks/tells──> YOU
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do it / stop it
Please close the window.
Same intention, different shapes: Command: Close the window. Request: Please close... Question: Could you help? Invitation: Let's go. Prohibition: Don't touch it.
ভাষাভিত্তিক ভিউ
আপনার মাতৃভাষায়
Commands and requests vary strongly by verb form and politeness level.
দয়া করে বসুন।
Please sit.
আপনি যে ভাষা শিখছেন, সেই ভাষায়
English requests and commands use imperatives, modals, please, question forms, and intonation to manage directness.
Please close the window.
please close = request/command
Learners may sound too direct or use overly literal command forms.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.