Verb bases
(infinitive form) & Verb Conjugation
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Janu - To go
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Bolnu - To speak
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Aunu - To come
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Roknu - To stop
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Basnu - To sit
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Hidnu - To walk
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Khannu - To eat
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Khelnu - To play
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Rakhnu - To put
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Sutnu - To sleep
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Garnu - To do
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Hernu - To see
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Dinu - To give
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Pewnu - To drink
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Linu - To take
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Oothnu - rise/wake up
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Kinnu - To buy
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Note: the order of sentences is
reversed in Nepali. The conjugated verb is always last.
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To politely ask someone to do
something, add a ‘s’ to the verb base.
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Ex. Aunus / Basnus / Khannus -
Please come / Please eat
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Add ‘na’
at the beginning to make it negative
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Ex. Chinni narakhnus -Please don’t put sugar in (ex. the tea)
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For first
person action, drop the ‘u’ and add ‘choo’ and add ma ( I ) at the beginning
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Ex. Ma janchoo/ aunchoo/ baschoo -I am going / coming / sitting. It can
also be understood for future action. I will go / come / sit.
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For
respectful past tense but not first person (I) just add bhaiyo to the verb
base
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Ex. aunu
bhaiyo / khannu bhaiyo -came /
ate
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For informal way of asking someone
if they want to do something, drop ‘u’ and add ‘e’
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ex. momo khanne? / Thamel jane? -Want to eat momos? / Want to go to
Thamel?
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Informal
way of asking someone to join you in doing something, drop ‘nu’ and add ‘am’
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Ex. Jaam /
Basaam / Khaam -Let’s go / let’s sit
/ let’s eat
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To combine
two verbs, drop ‘u’ & add ‘a’ to first, and drop ‘u’ & add ‘chu to
second.
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Ex. Ma
auna sakchu - I can come
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Nepali verbs and sentences
Nepali - Expression of Time, Asking Time
Expressions of Time
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Aaja / Today
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Hijo / Yesterday
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Bholi / Tomorrow
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Ghanta / Hour
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Din / Day
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Haptaa / Week
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Mahina / Month
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Barsa / Year
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Bihaana / Morning
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Diunso / Afternoon
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Beluka / Evening
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Raatri / Night
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Asking Time :
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Subha raatri
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Good night
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Kati bhajyo?
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What time is it?
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Ek bhajyo
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One o' clock
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