Subject and Predicate - āĻāĻĻā§āĻĻā§āĻļā§āϝ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāϧā§ā§
In a sentence, the subject and the predicate are two essential parts. āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ⧠‘Subject’ āĻāĻŦāĻ ‘Predicate’ āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϰā§āϝ āĻ āĻāĻļāĨ¤
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āĻāĻĻā§āĻĻā§āĻļā§āϝ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāϧā§ā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻāϞāĻžāϝāĻŧ Subject āĻāĻŦāĻ Predicate āĻāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĨ¤
Subject - āĻāĻĻā§āĻĻā§āĻļā§āϝ āĻŦāĻž āĻāϰā§āϤāĻž
The subject is the part of a sentence that tells us who or what the sentence is about. It typically includes a noun or pronoun, and it indicates the doer of the action or the one being described.
Subject āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻĻā§āĻĻā§āĻļā§āϝ āĻšāϞ⧠āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝā§āϰ āϏā§āĻ āĻ āĻāĻļ, āϝāĻž āĻŦāϞ⧠āĻā§ āĻŦāĻž āĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻā§ āĻŦāĻž āϝāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻŋ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝā§āϰ āĻāϰā§āϤāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώā§āϝ (noun) āĻŦāĻž āϏāϰā§āĻŦāύāĻžāĻŽ (pronoun) āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Example (āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ):
- The bird is flying.
Here, “The bird” is the subject, as it tells us who is performing the action.
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- āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻā§āĨ¤
āĻāĻāĻžāύā§, “āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋ” āĻšāϞ⧠āĻāĻĻā§āĻĻā§āĻļā§āϝ (subject), āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻā§ (āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻā§)āĨ¤
Predicate - āĻŦāĻŋāϧā§ā§
The predicate is the part of the sentence that tells us what the subject is doing or what is happening to the subject. It typically includes the verb and gives information about the subject.
Predicate āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāϧā§ā§ āĻšāϞ⧠āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝā§āϰ āϏā§āĻ āĻ āĻāĻļ, āϝāĻž āĻāĻĻā§āĻĻā§āĻļā§āϝ āĻŦāĻž subject āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻŦāϞā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāϞ⧠subject āĻā§ āĻāϰāĻā§ āĻŦāĻž subject-āĻāϰ āĻ āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻž āĻā§āĨ¤ Predicate āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž (verb) āĻāĻŦāĻ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝā§āϰ āĻ āύā§āϝāĻžāύā§āϝ āĻ āĻāĻļ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
Example (āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ):
- The bird is flying.
In this case, “is flying” is the predicate, as it tells us what the bird is doing.
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- āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻā§āĨ¤
āĻāĻāĻžāύā§, “āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻā§” āĻšāϞ⧠āĻŦāĻŋāϧā§ā§ (predicate), āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāϞ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻā§ āĻāϰāĻā§āĨ¤
Subject vs Predicate
Difference between Subject and Predicate:
- Subject: Who or what the sentence is about.
- āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻāĻŋ ‘āĻā§ āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻŋ’ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§āĨ¤
- Predicate: What the subject is doing or what is being said about the subject.
- ‘Subject’ āĻāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻā§ āĻŦāĻž ‘Subject’ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻŋ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšāĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
They combine to form a complete sentence, where the subject performs the action or is described, and the predicate provides the action or description.
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Subject āĻāĻŦāĻ Predicate āĻāĻāϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻŽāĻŋāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖāĻžāĻā§āĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ āĻāĻ āύ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻžāύā§, subject āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāϰ⧠āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāϰā§āĻŖāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āĻāĻŦāĻ predicate āϏā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāϰā§āĻŖāύāĻžāĻāĻŋ āϏāϰāĻŦāϰāĻžāĻš āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ ā§§: The boy is running.
Subject (āĻāĻĻā§āĻĻā§āĻļā§āϝ): The boy
- āĻāĻāĻžāύā§, The boy āĻšāϞ⧠subject, āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻāĻŋ “āĻā§āϞā§āĻāĻŋ” āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤ āĻ āϰā§āĻĨāĻžā§, āĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻā§, āϏā§āĻāĻž subject āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻā§āĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
- āĻŦāĻžāĻāϞāĻžāϝāĻŧ: āĻā§āϞā§āĻāĻŋ (āĻāĻĻā§āĻĻā§āĻļā§āϝ āĻŦāĻž āĻāϰā§āϤāĻž)
Predicate (āĻŦāĻŋāϧā§āϝāĻŧ): is running
- āĻāĻāĻžāύā§, is running āĻšāϞ⧠predicate, āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāϞāĻā§ āϝ⧠subject (āĻā§āϞā§āĻāĻŋ) āĻā§ āĻāϰāĻā§āĨ¤ Predicate āĻ verb “is” āĻāĻŦāĻ “running” āĻāĻā§, āϝāĻž āĻā§āϞā§āĻāĻŋāϰ āĻāĻžāĻ (āĻĻā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύā§) āĻŦāϰā§āĻŖāύāĻž āĻāϰāĻā§āĨ¤
- āĻŦāĻžāĻāϞāĻžāϝāĻŧ: āĻĻā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻā§āĻā§ (āĻŦāĻŋāϧā§āϝāĻŧ)
āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖāĻžāĻā§āĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž:
- āĻāĻāĻžāύā§, āĻā§āϞā§āĻāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤ Subject (āĻā§āϞā§āĻāĻŋ) āĻāĻŦāĻ Predicate (āĻĻā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻā§āĻā§) āĻŽāĻŋāϞ⧠āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖāĻžāĻā§āĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ āĻāĻ āύ āĻāϰāĻā§, āϝāĻž subject āĻāϰ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻŦāϰā§āĻŖāύāĻž āĻāϰāĻā§āĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ ⧍: The boy has been killed.
Subject (āĻāĻĻā§āĻĻā§āĻļā§āϝ): The boy
- āĻāĻāĻžāύā§, The boy āĻšāϞ⧠subject, āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻāĻŋ “āĻā§āϞā§āĻāĻŋ” āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤ āϤāĻŦā§, āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ⧠āĻā§āϞā§āĻāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻā§ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāĻā§ āύāĻž, āĻŦāϰāĻ āϏ⧠āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāύāĻžāϰ āĻļāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰāĨ¤
- āĻŦāĻžāĻāϞāĻžāϝāĻŧ: āĻā§āϞā§āĻāĻŋ (āĻāĻĻā§āĻĻā§āĻļā§āϝ āĻŦāĻž āĻāϰā§āϤāĻž)
Predicate (āĻŦāĻŋāϧā§āϝāĻŧ): has been killed
- āĻāĻāĻžāύā§, has been killed āĻšāϞ⧠predicate, āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāϞāĻā§ subject (āĻā§āϞā§āĻāĻŋ) āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻā§ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋ (āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž) āĻ āύā§āϝ āĻā§āĻ āĻā§āϞā§āĻāĻŋāϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ āĻāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤ Predicate āĻ verb phrase “has been killed” āĻāĻā§, āϝāĻž subject-āĻāϰ āĻ āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāϰ (āĻŽā§āϤā§āϝā§) āĻŦāϰā§āĻŖāύāĻž āĻāϰāĻā§āĨ¤
- āĻŦāĻžāĻāϞāĻžāϝāĻŧ: āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž āĻā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻž āĻšāϤā§āϝāĻž āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§ (āĻŦāĻŋāϧā§āϝāĻŧ) (āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻā§ āĻšā§ā§āĻā§)
āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖāĻžāĻā§āĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž:
- āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ⧠āĻā§āϞā§āĻāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻā§ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāĻā§ āύāĻž, āĻŦāϰāĻ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋ (āĻšāϤā§āϝāĻž) āϏāĻāĻāĻāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤ āĻ āϰā§āĻĨāĻžā§, āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ⧠subject (āĻā§āϞā§āĻāĻŋ) āĻā§ passive āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§, āϝā§āĻāĻžāύ⧠āϏ⧠āĻāĻžāĻā§āϰ āĻļāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰāĨ¤ Predicate āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠subject āĻāϰ āϏāĻā§āĻā§ āĻāĻāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻāύāĻž (āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž) āĻŦāϰā§āĻŖāύāĻž āĻāϰāĻā§āĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ ā§§ vs āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ ⧍:
- The boy is running: āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻā§āϞā§āĻāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ (āĻĻā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύā§) āĻāϰāĻā§, āϤāĻžāĻ āĻāĻāĻž active āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĨ¤
- The boy has been killed: āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻā§āϞā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāύāĻžāϰ āĻļāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§ (āĻšāϤā§āϝāĻž), āϏ⧠āύāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻā§ āύāĻž, āϤāĻžāĻ āĻāĻāĻž passive āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĨ¤
So, subject āĻŦāϞ⧠āĻĻā§ā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝā§āϰ āĻŽā§āϞ āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāϏā§āϤ⧠āĻā§ āĻŦāĻž āĻā§,
āĻāϰ predicate āĻŦāϞ⧠āĻĻā§ā§ āϏā§āĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāϏā§āϤā§āĻāĻŋ āĻā§ āĻāϰāĻā§, āĻŦāĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻž āĻā§, āĻŦāĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻā§ āĻšāĻā§āĻā§, āĻŦāĻž āϤāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻĻā§āĻĻā§āĻļā§āĻ¯Â āĻāϰ⧠āĻā§āύ⧠āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāĻā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŋāύāĻžāĨ¤
More Examples of Subject and Predicate:
Subject | Predicate |
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The dog | is barking. |
Rana | works hard. |
This website | is awesome. |
She | has gone mad. |
Pahela Baishakh | is celebrated every year. |
Check Your Understanding: Subject and Predicate
Identify the subject:
The bird is flying.
Identify the predicate:
The boy has been killed.
Which sentence has an active subject?
Which of the following is the correct subject-predicate pair?
What is the predicate in the following sentence?
Rana works hard.