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| the छ form of "to be" is used when you are ... the thing or person you are talking about or describing it with an ... . |
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| I am (locate or adjective) ... |
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| We ... are (locate or adjective) |
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ऊ ... छ
यो ... छ
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| It, this, that ... is (locate or adjective) |
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| I am (locate or adjective) not ... |
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| We are ("locating" or "adjective") not ... |
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ऊ ... छैन
यो ... छैन
तयो ... छैन |
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| It/this/that ("locating" or "adjective") is not.... |
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उनी (distant) ... छिन्
यिनी (nearby) ... छिन्
तिनी (distant) ... छिन् |
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She (Shelly or family members) is ...
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| There are ... feminine ... forms for छ |
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quite (adjective)
ex. ऊ अलि दुब्लो छ |
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very/many (adjective/noun)
ex. राम धेरै मोटो छैन |
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| A second way to ... or ... an adjective is to change its ending to ... if it ends in a vowel or to add ... to the end of the word if it ends in a consonant. |
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qualify or emphasize an adjective,
"-ऐ"
ex. दुब्लो becomes दुब्लै |
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| In Nepali, those words beginning in य are '...-words' |
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In Nepali, those words beginning in य are 'this-words'
यो (it/this), यति (this much), यस्तो (like this), यहाँ (here) |
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| In Nepali, words beginning with त्य- or ऊ- are "...-words." |
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In Nepali, words beginning with त्य- or ऊ- are "that-words."
ऊ (he/she), त्यो (it/that), त्यति (that much), त्यस्तो (like that), त्यहाँ (there) |
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| In Nepali, words beginning with क are the words that ... |
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In Nepali, words beginning with क are the words that ask a question.
who?, what?, which?, how much?, like what?, where? |
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| a small quantity of (noun) |
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| The standard sentence structure in Nepali is X-X-X. |
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| The standard sentence structure in Nepali is S-O-V. |
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| The Nepali equivalents of prepositions are called ... because they come ... the noun they are acting upon. |
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| The Nepali equivalents of prepositions are called postpositions because they come after the noun they are acting upon. |
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in - नेपाल्मा
at - टेबुलमा
on - बैंकमा |
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from ...
ex. काठ्माडौंबाट , "From Kathmandu" |
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from, since ...
(only देखि can be used with expressions of time)
ex. आजदेखि, "from yesterday" |
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| father (to be addressed and referred to with High pronouns) |
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| mother (to be addressed and referred to with High pronouns) |
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| mother and father (to be addressed and referred to with High pronouns) |
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| grandfather (to be addressed and referred to with High pronouns) |
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| grandmother (to be addressed and referred to with High pronouns) |
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| wife (addressed - High pronouns, referred to - High (male) and Middle (female)) |
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| husband (addressed - High pronouns, referred to - High (male) and Middle (female)) |
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| elder sister (addressed - High pronouns, referred to - High (male) and Middle (female)) |
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| elder brother (addressed - High pronouns, referred to - High (male) and Middle (female)) |
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| younger brother (to be addressed in M, referred to with L - male and M - female) |
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| younger sister (to be addressed in M, referred to with L - male and M - female) |
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son
(to be addressed in M, referred to with L - male and M - female) |
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daughter
(to be addressed in M, referred to with L - male and M - female) |
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sons and daughters
(to be addressed in M, referred to with L - male and M - female) |
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grandson
(to be addressed in M, referred to with L - male and M - female) |
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granddaughter
(to be addressed in M, referred to with L - male and M - female) |
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grandchildren
(to be addressed in M, referred to with L - male and M - female) |
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