Beside
Beside, শব্দটি একটি preposition.
Meaning as a preposition:
1. কাছে বা পাশে।
Near or next to or at the side of.
Examples:
- Riya was sitting beside me. (রিয়া আমার পাশে বসেছিলো।)
- The school was situated beside a river.
2. তুলনায়।
In comparison to.
Examples:
- This dress looks really awful beside this one. (এই পোশাকটিকে এইটির পাশে আসলেই খুব খারাপ লাগছে।)
- This handwriting is so illegible beside this one.
3. এছাড়াও বা এর সাথে।
Apart from or in addition to.
Examples:
- There were many of my friends beside me in the program. (আমি ছাড়াও অনুষ্ঠানটিতে আমার বন্ধুদের অনেকেই ছিলো।)
- I could not find anyone beside you who liked the movie.
Besides
Besides, শব্দটি preposition এবং adverb হিসেবেও ব্যবহৃত হতে পারে।
Meaning as a preposition/ adverb:
আরও বা এছাড়াও বা এর সাথে।
Also or apart from or in addition to.
Examples:
- Besides rose, I like many other flowers. (গোলাপ ছাড়াও আমি অন্য অনেক ফুল পছন্দ করি।)
- Do you have any other flavor besides this one?
- I also sing other songs besides Tagore’s.
- Besides this one, I have also read other books by Satyajit Ray.
- Bob has many other hobbies besides traveling.
- Besides me, many people were present at the meeting.