কয়টা

What does কয়টা mean?

কয়টা (koyta) is a Bangla pronoun that means how many, what time in English.

This versatile pronoun and question word means both 'what time' when asking about the clock and 'how many' when counting discrete items. In colloquial Bangladeshi life, কয়টা বাজে? (koyta baje?) is the standard and polite question used to ask the current time. A common learner error is using it for non-countable amounts, where কত (koto) should be used instead.

How do you say “how many” in Bangla?

Say কয়টা, pronounced koyta. Press play to hear a native Bangladeshi voice say it.

Pronunciation tips

• It has a retroflex sound (capital T or D in the precise spelling): curl your tongue tip back to the roof of your mouth.

These sounds have no exact English match. Practise them letter by letter in the Bengali alphabet guide.