Inner Sentence / Embedded Thought
Which thought is placed inside another?
ความหมาย
A clause or proposition used inside another sentence as an object, reason, description, condition, or reported thought.
วิธีสังเกต
Find the smaller sentence that is packaged inside the larger one.
ตัวอย่าง
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...]
มุมมองภาษา
ในภาษาของคุณ
Embedded clauses use أن/أنّ, relative pronouns, verbal nouns and agreement-sensitive structures.
أعرفُ الرجلَ الذي جاء.
I know the man who came.
ในภาษาที่กำลังเรียน
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.