sentence (বাক্য)

A sentence is a word or group of words that must express a complete idea or sense or meaning and that may consist of a subject and a verb.

Also, it may have an object or a compliment and the words must be ordered properly.

যে শব্দ বা শব্দ সমষ্টি দ্বারা সম্পূর্ণ অর্থ প্রকাশ পায় এবং যা সাধারণত কর্তা এবং ক্রিয়া দ্বারা গঠিত তাকে sentence বা  বাক্য বলা হয় ।

Example:
- We practice English every day. (Here we is subject, practice is a verb, English is an object and every day is an adverb)

Basically, there are two parts of a sentence: (একটি Sentence এ মূলত দুটি অংশ থাকে)

• Subject and
• Predicate

Subject: A subject of a sentence is a person or thing about which something is said or written.

Predicate: And the Predicate that says what the Subject does.

যে ব্যক্তি বা বস্তু সম্পর্কে কোনকিছু বলা বা লিখা হয় তাকে Subject বা কর্তা বলে ।

যা subject বা কর্তা সম্পর্কে বলে বা করে বা লিখে তাকে Predicate বলা হয় ।

In the above example ‘We’ is subject and ‘practice English everyday’ is Predicate. A sentence usually starts with a subject and then predicate comes.

N. B.: In some case like order, advice or request subject is not mentioned. It is user stood.
Example:
- (You) Keep quite.
- (You) Take care of your health.
- (I) Thank you.
And sometimes the sentence starts with the predicate and then subject comes.
Example:
- Long live Bangladesh
- Down went the Titanic.

Kinds of Sentence:
A sentence can be classified into five categories according to the meaning or functions.
They are:-

1. Assertive Sentence
2. Interrogative Sentence
3. Imperative Sentence
4. Optative Sentence
5. Exclamatory Sentence