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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
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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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