In Bengali, the oblique case is denoted for pronouns and animate nouns by the suffix -ke (-কে). Both indirect and direct objects are marked with the same suffix. Inanimate nouns are not inflected in the oblique case.
| শিক্ষক | ছাত্র-কে | শিখান। | শিক্ষক | ছাত্র-কে | বই | পড়ান। | |
| shikkhok | chhatro-ke | shikhan. | shikkhok | chhatro-ke | boi | pôŗan. | |
| teacher | student-OBL | learn.CAUS.3SG.FORM | teacher | student-OBL | book | read.CAUS.3SG.FORM | |
| "The teacher teaches the student." | "The teacher reads the book to the student." | ||||||
Although chhatro is a direct object in the first sentence and an indirect object in the second sentence, in both cases it is inflected the same way. The direct object in the second sentence, boi, is inanimate and therefore not marked.
In Bengali, the oblique case is denoted for pronouns and animate nouns by the suffix -ke (-কে). Both indirect and direct objects are marked with the same suffix. Inanimate nouns are not inflected in the oblique case.
| শিক্ষক | ছাত্র-কে | শিখান। | শিক্ষক | ছাত্র-কে | বই | পড়ান। | |
| shikkhok | chhatro-ke | shikhan. | shikkhok | chhatro-ke | boi | pôŗan. | |
| teacher | student-OBL | learn.CAUS.3SG.FORM | teacher | student-OBL | book | read.CAUS.3SG.FORM | |
| "The teacher teaches the student." | "The teacher reads the book to the student." | ||||||
Although chhatro is a direct object in the first sentence and an indirect object in the second sentence, in both cases it is inflected the same way. The direct object in the second sentence, boi, is inanimate and therefore not marked.