Inner Sentence / Embedded Thought
Which thought is placed inside another?
משמעות
A clause or proposition used inside another sentence as an object, reason, description, condition, or reported thought.
איך לזהות
Find the smaller sentence that is packaged inside the larger one.
דוגמאות
that|who|which|to|because
I know that|the man who|the idea to leave
I know that you are busy.
Visual guide
LARGER MESSAGE
I know [that you are busy].
[INNER THOUGHT]
Bracketed thought = clause
inside another sentence.
Same inner thought, different packaging: that + clause: I know [that...] relative: man [who...] to-form: idea [to leave] reason: [because...]
תצוגת שפה
בשפה שלך
Embedded clauses use أن/أنّ, relative pronouns, verbal nouns and agreement-sensitive structures.
أعرفُ الرجلَ الذي جاء.
I know the man who came.
בשפת הלמידה
Embedded clauses use যে, nominalized forms, participles and relative-correlative structures.
আমি জানি যে সে আসবে।
I know that he/she will come.
Learners may struggle with যে clauses and Bengali relative-correlative order.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.