10. Separable Verbs

The two-piece verbs that can have an object can be separable or inseparable.

The separable verbs can have the preposition before or after the object --

How do officers keep the morale of their soldiers up?

How do officers keep up the morale of their soldiers?

অফিসাররা কীভাবে তাদের সৈন্যদের মনোবল বজায় রাখেন ?

Keep this side of the box up.

Keep up this side of the box.

বাক্সের এই দিকটি উপরে রাখুন।


If the object is a pronoun, the preposition must go after it. --

They keep it up.

তারা এটা বজায় রাখে।


In the inseparable verbs the preposition is stuck to the verb --

He looks after his mother.

সে তার মায়ের দেখাশোনা করে।

He looks after her.

সে তার দেখাশোনা করে।

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