Learn Nepali Language: November 2015

Verb bases (infinitive form) & Verb Conjugation
Janu - To go	Bolnu - To speak
Aunu - To come	Roknu - To stop
Basnu - To sit	Hidnu - To walk
Khannu - To eat	Khelnu - To play
Rakhnu - To put	Sutnu - To sleep
Garnu - To do	Hernu - To see
Dinu - To give	Pewnu - To drink
Linu - To take	Oothnu - rise/wake up
Kinnu - To buy
*Note: the order of sentences is reversed in Nepali. The conjugated verb is always last.*
To politely ask someone to do something, add a ‘s’ to the verb base.	Ex. Aunus / Basnus / Khannus - Please come / Please eat
Add ‘na’ at the beginning to make it negative	Ex. Chinni narakhnus -Please don’t put sugar in (ex. the tea)
For first person action, drop the ‘u’ and add ‘choo’ and add ma ( I ) at the beginning	Ex. Ma janchoo/ aunchoo/ baschoo -I am going / coming / sitting. It can also be understood for future action. I will go / come / sit.
For respectful past tense but not first person (I) just add bhaiyo to the verb base	Ex. aunu bhaiyo / khannu bhaiyo -came / ate
For informal way of asking someone if they want to do something, drop ‘u’ and add ‘e’	ex. momo khanne? / Thamel jane? -Want to eat momos? / Want to go to Thamel?
Informal way of asking someone to join you in doing something, drop ‘nu’ and add ‘am’	Ex. Jaam / Basaam / Khaam -Let’s go / let’s sit / let’s eat
To combine two verbs, drop ‘u’ & add ‘a’ to first, and drop ‘u’ & add ‘chu to second.	Ex. Ma auna sakchu - I can come

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