Nepali is an Indo-Aryan Language which belongs to the Indo-European family of languages. It is spoken by approximately 17 million people and is written using The Devanagari Script. It follows a Subject + Object + Verb pattern in sentences. That means, the verb comes at the end of the sentence. So, a sentence would look like ‘John apples ate’. (other languages that follow this pattern are: Japanese, Hindi etc.)
SENTENCE STRUCTURE
A sentence structure is a set of structural rules which govern the composition of various grammatical and lexical aspects of a language in a sentence.
- Sentence Structure
- Advanced Sentence Structure
- Question Structure
- Adjective Order
- Phrases and Clauses: Introduction
- Phrases (Grammatical Aspect)
- Clauses
VERBS
Words which describe an action, state, occurrence. An example: to eat
- Vocabulary: Verbs (I)
- Vocabulary: Verbs (II)
- Vocabulary: Verbs (III)
- Verb Conjugation: Introduction
- Verb Conjugation: Hunu
- Verb Conjugation: Past Tense
- Verb Conjugation: Present Tense
- Verb Conjugation: Future Tense
- Verb Conjugation: Irrealis Mood
- Negative Verb Conjugation: Introduction
- Negative Verb Conjugation: Past Tense
- Negative Verb Conjugation: Present Tense
- Negative Verb Conjugation: Future Tense
- Applying Conjugated Verbs in Sentences: The Basics
- Applying Conjugated Verbs in Sentences: Intermediate
- Using Auxiliary Verbs to create New Verbs
- Irregularity in Verbs
- Infinitive Form of Verb in Nepali
- Derivations of Verbs
- Compound Verbs
- Causative Verbs
PARTS OF SPEECH
The various aspects of grammar.
- Pronouns
- Vocabulary: Adjectives
- Vocabulary: Adverbs
- The Oblique Form Of Pronouns
- Determiners And Relative-Interrogative Pronouns
- Reflexive Pronoun: Āphū
- Adverb: Pani
- Interjectory Words (nipaat)
CASE MARKERS, POSTPOSITIONS AND CONJUNCTIONS
Case-markers that tell us what function that modified word performs within the sentence, similarity to Prepositions of English.
- Cases And Case Markers: Introduction
- Case Marker: Le
- Case Marker: Lāī
- Case Marker: Mā
- Case Marker: Ko
- Case Marker: Bāṭa, Dekhi
- Postpositions: Introduction
- Postpositions: Causal
- Postpositions: Local
- Postpositions: Modal
- Postpositions: Temporal
- Conjunctions: Introduction
- Conjunctions: Coordinating
SPEECH DIFFERENTIATION
The act of differentiating speech to represent various objects, giving it subtle characteristics to differentiate between them in speech.
- Gendered Speech: Introduction
- Gendered Speech: Nouns
- Gendered Speech: Adjectives
- Honorific Speech: Introduction
- Honorific Speech: Low Respect
QUANTITIES
Words that are used to express quantities or amounts.
- Quantity: Introduction
- Quantity: Dherai, Thorai
- Quantity: Describing Less + Only
- Quantity: Describing More + All
OTHER GRAMMATICAL ASPECTS
Miscellaneous aspects of Grammar which should not be overlooked.
- Grammatical Number (Singulars and plurals)
- Telling the time
- Cardinal, Ordinal and Nominal Numbers
- Counting in Nepali
- Conditionals in Nepali
- Showing Potential in Nepali
- Obligations and Permissions in Nepali
- Active, Passive and Impersonal Voice
- Transitivity
- Comparison (Comparing things)
- Expressing Feelings and Emotions