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Here are some common objects found in the Bedroom. Door, light bulbs, windows and curtains are found virtually in every room, but I’m including them in the Bedroom: Bed = खाट (khat) Chair = कुर्सी (kursi); मेच (mech) Table = टेबुल (tebul) Cupboard = दराज (daraj) Blanket = सिरक (sirak) Pillow = सिरानी (sirani) Mattress … Read more
INTRODUCTION I met John yesterday. John was very tired because John had just come from a long marathon. John and I only spoke for a little moment because John had to go meet up with John’s friends. The above paragraph is how a language without pronouns would look like. Each repetition of ‘John’ is redundant because you know what the speaker is talking about. Instead … Read more
Another way to learn a language is through the literature the Language possesses. Here is a Grade 1 poem ‘Ghampani’ (घामपानी) which means Sun and Rain. Original: घामपानी घामपानी इन्द्रेनीको झिलिमिली आऊ साथी खेल खेलौँ सबै मिलिजुली। एकातिर पानी पर्यो अर्कोतिर घाम सबैलाई माया गर भन्नु हुन्छ आमा। इन्द्रेनी मिलेका छन् हेर सातै रङ पढौँ लेखौँ खेल खेलौँ मिलौँ … Read more
INTRODUCTION The verb is how we describe and define things, events or occurrences. These events or actions may have occurred or will occur at a certain point in time. After all, time is limited and we like to describe events as they should occur. These actions should convey whether it is still going on, over, … Read more
INTRODUCTION Adjectives are words which qualify a noun or a noun phrase to give it more depth, characteristic or information. For example, the adjective is in bold in the sentence below: Adjectives are called विशेषण (viśeṣaṇ) in Nepali. Use of adjectives is described in Sentence Structure. Note | Some translations are approximate as its use depends on the context. … Read more
INTRODUCTION There is an urban legend that goes something like this: Reasercehrs at Cabmrdige Uniervisty haev disocvreed that yuor mnid can raed this… a bored person, probably It’s an approach that claims the human brain can make out words (and thus the sentence) solely from the position of the initial and final letters, and the … Read more
MAMMALS Animal जनावर (janāwar) Bear भालु (bhālu) Buffalo भैँसी (bhai~sī) Camel उँट (u~ṭ) Cat बिरालो (birālo) Cow गाई (gāī) Deer मृग (mṛga) Dog कुकुर (kukur) Donkey गधा (gadhā) Elephant हात्ती (hāttī) Fauna पशुपक्षी (paśupakṣī) Fox फ्याउरो (phyāuro) Giraffe जिराफ (jirāph) Goat बाख्रा (bākhrā) Hippopotamus पानीगैँडा (pānīgai~ḍā) Horse घोडा (ghoḍā) Jackal स्याल (syāl) Leopard चितुवा (cituwā) Lion … Read more
Black कालो (kālo) ██████ Blue निलो (nilo) ██████ Brown खैरो (khairo) ██████ Color रङ (raṅ) ██████ Crimson सिम्रिक (simrik) ██████ Green हरियो (hariyo) ██████ Gray खरानी (kharānī) ██████ Orange सुन्तले (suntale) ██████ Pink गुलाबी (gulābī) ██████ Purple प्याजी (pyājī) ██████ Red रातो (rāto) ██████ White सेतो (seto) ██████ Yellow पहेँलो (pahe~lo) ██████ Note | खैरो … Read more
INTRODUCTION Imagine if you had no words to describe how you did something. You caught a big fish? Well, too bad you can’t tell what happened because you lack the word to describe the action. Fortunately, we do have verbs, allowing us to describe what exactly we did to others. Verbs are very important because … Read more
Fruits फलफूल (phalphul) Grapes अंगुर (angur) Watermelon खर्बुजा (kharbuja) Apple स्याउ (shyau) Orange सुन्तला (suntala) Banana केरा (kera) Coconut नरिवल (nariwal) Pear नास्पाती (naspaati) Mango आँप (aap) Pomegranate अनार (aanar) Strawberry स्ट्रबेरी (straberi) Mulberry किम्बु (kimbu) Guava अम्बा (ambaa) Peach आरू (aaru) Plum आलुबखडा (aalubakhada) Pineapple भुइँ कटहर (bhui katahar) Jackfruit रूख कटहर (rukh katahar) … Read more