Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Nepali verbs and sentences



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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