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नमस्ते!Hello!

namaste

नमस्ते when you meet and when you part; asking सन्चै हुनुहुन्छ? "are you well?". सन्चै छु for yourself, सन्चै हुनुहुन्छ for someone you respect; नि and पनि. Devanagari: every letter carries "a".

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सन्चै हुनुहुन्छ?— Are you well?

  1. Mikeनnaमmaस्तेste!Hello!
  2. Anitaनnaमmaस्तेste!सsaन्चैnchaiहुhuनुnuहुhuन्छnchha?Hello! Are you well?
  3. Mikeहhaजुjuरr,सsaन्चैnchaiहुhuनुnuहुhuन्छnchha।Yes, I'm well. (he uses the respectful हुनुहुन्छ about himself)
  4. Anitaसsaन्चैnchaiछुchhu?You mean "I'm well"?
  5. Mikeहhaजुjuरr,सsaन्चैnchaiछुchhu!तtaपाpāईंī̃निni?Yes, I'm well! And you?
  6. Anitaमmaपpaनिniसsaन्चैnchaiछुchhu।I'm well too.

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फेरि नमस्ते?— Namaste again?

  1. Mikeनnaमmaस्तेste,हhaजुjuरrआāमाmā!Hello, Grandma!
  2. Hajuraamaनnaमmaस्तेste!सsaन्चैnchaiछौchhau?Hello! Are you well?
  3. Mikeहhaजुjuरr,सsaन्चैnchaiछुchhu।तtaपाpāईंī̃निni?Yes, I'm well. And you?
  4. Hajuraamaमmaपpaनिniसsaन्चैnchaiछुchhu।I'm well too.
  5. Hajuraamaनnaमmaस्तेste!Goodbye! (she goes inside)
  6. Mikeफेpheरिriनnaमmaस्तेste?Namaste again?
  7. Hajuraamaहोho,फेpheरिriनnaमmaस्तेste!Yes, namaste again!

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नnaमmaस्तेste

interjectionhello; goodbye

सsaन्चैnchai

adjectivewell, fine (सन्चै हुनुहुन्छ? "are you well?")

हhaजुjuरr

interjectionyes (polite); pardon?

होho

cop.is (identifying); yes, it is

मma

pronounI

तtaपाpāईंī̃

pronounyou (respectful)

छुchhu

cop.am (with म: describing, where)

छौchhau

cop.are (with तिमी: describing, where)

हुhuनुnuहुhuन्छnchha

cop.is, are (respectful: with तपाईं, उहाँ)

निni

particleand …? how about …? (तपाईं नि? "and you?")

पpaनिni

adverbalso, too

फेpheरिri

adverbagain

हhaजुjuरrआāमाmā

noungrandmother

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Yourself or someone you respect: छु and हुनुहुन्छ

Explanation

सन्चै हुनुहुन्छ? means "Are you well?" (with तपाईं "you" understood). हुनुहुन्छ is the respectful form: for तपाईं and for उहाँ "he, she". For yourself, say म सन्चै छु "I'm well". The respectful form is never used about yourself. To someone you call तिमी, the form is छौ: सन्चै छौ? — the way Grandma asks Mike.

Examples

  • सsaन्चैnchaiहुhuनुnuहुhuन्छnchha?Are you well?
  • म सन्चै छु।I'm well.
  • तपाईं सन्चै हुनुहुन्छ?Are you well? (with the pronoun)
  • सन्चै छौ?Are you well? (to someone you call तिमी)

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नि "and you?" and पनि "too"

Explanation

To turn a question back, add नि: तपाईं नि? means "And you?". पनि means "also, too". It comes right after the word it adds to: म पनि सन्चै छु "I'm well too".

Examples

  • तपाईं नि?And you?
  • मmaपpaनिniसsaन्चैnchaiछुchhu।I'm well too.
  • हजुरआमा नि?And Grandma?
  • म पनि!Me too!

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देवनागरी: हरेक अक्षरमा अ— Devanagari: every letter carries "a"

The letters you met today:

  • नnaनमस्ते · namaste
  • मmaम · ma
  • सsaसन्चै · sanchai
  • तtaतपाईं · tapāī̃
  • हhaहजुर · hajur
  • छchhaछु · chhu
  • पpaपनि · pani

A vowel sign is written on the letter and takes the place of a:

  • छुchhuछ + ु = chh + u
  • तेteत + े = t + e
  • चैchaiच + ै = ch + ai
  • होhoह + ो = h + o

A letter without its a joins the next letter:

  • स्तेsteस् + त + े — नमस्ते · namaste
  • न्चैnchaiन् + च + ै — सन्चै · sanchai
  • न्छnchhaन् + छ — हुनुहुन्छ · hunuhunchha

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