• Complete sentence: Unless you apply now, you will miss the deadline.
- Bangla meaning: তুমি যদি এখন আবেদন না করো, তাহলে সময়সীমা মিস করবে।
• Unless (conjunction):
- যদি না; (except if) অর্থে এটি শর্ত বোঝাতে ব্যবহৃত হয়।
- এটি negative অর্থ প্রদান করে।
- The sentence expresses a condition that must be met to avoid the negative result.
• Structure: Unless + Subject + V₁, Subject + will + V₁.
অন্যদিকে,
ক) Provided/ provided that/ providing that.... (যদি)
- "Provided that" means "on the condition that" or "only if".
- শর্ত থাকে যে; এই শর্তে (যদি) অর্থে conjunction হিসেবে providing that ব্যবহৃত হয়।
গ) Though (যদিও): in spite of the fact that: while → Used to show contrasts between clauses.
- যেমন: I could not sleep though I was very tired.
ঘ) As if (যেন): as it would be if: that → Used to describe something unreal.
- যেমন: He acted as if he knew everything.
Source:
1. Accessible Dictionary by Bangla Academy.
2. Cambridge Dictionary.