Nepali · Nepali Band 1 (A1) · Chapter 2
मेरो नाम अनिता हो।My name is Anita.
Asking and giving names: तपाईंको नाम के हो? — मेरो नाम … हो. -को for "whose"; म … हुँ and उहाँ … हुनुहुन्छ; जी after a name. Devanagari: ा ि ी, the vowels अ इ उ, and ँ ं.
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तपाईंको नाम के हो?— What is your name?
- Anitaतपाईंकोनामकेहो?What is your name?
- Mikeमेरोनाममाइकहो।तपाईंकोनामनि?My name is Mike. And your name?
- Anitaमेरोनामअनिताहो।My name is Anita.
- Mikeअनिताजी?Anita ji?
- Anitaअनितामात्र!Just Anita!
- Mikeनमस्ते,अनिता!Hello, Anita!
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म सुमन हुँ।— I'm Suman.
- Sumanनमस्ते!मसुमनहुँ।Hello! I'm Suman.
- Mikeनमस्ते!ममाइकहो।Hello! I'm Mike. (with हो, the form for things)
- Sumanउहाँमाइकहुनुहुन्छ?He's Mike?
- Anitaहो,उहाँमाइकहुनुहुन्छ।Yes, he's Mike.
- Mikeहो,ममाइकहुँ!Yes, I'm Mike!
- Sumanमाइकजी,नमस्ते!Hello, Mike ji!
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- नाम
nounname
- के
pronounwhat
- मेरो
pronounmy
- तपाईंको
pronounyour (respectful)
- -को
suf.'s, of (अनिताको "Anita's")
- उहाँ
pronounhe, she (respectful)
- हुँ
cop.am (with म: who I am)
- मात्र
adverbonly, just
- जी
particle(after a name: respect) अनिता जी
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Names: मेरो नाम … हो and -को
Explanation
To ask: तपाईंको नाम के हो? "What is your name?" To answer: मेरो नाम अनिता हो "My name is Anita." The verb (हो) always comes at the end of the sentence. -को says whose: अनिताको "Anita's", माइकको "Mike's". म, तपाईं and उहाँ have their own forms: मेरो "my", तपाईंको "your", उहाँको "his, her".
Examples
- तपाईंकोनामकेहो?What is your name?
- मेरो नाम माइक हो।My name is Mike.
- उहाँको नाम सुमन हो।His name is Suman.
- उहाँको नाम के हो?What is his name? / What is her name?
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Who you are: म … हुँ, उहाँ … हुनुहुन्छ
Explanation
हो also changes with the person. With म it is हुँ: म सुमन हुँ "I'm Suman". With तपाईं and उहाँ it is हुनुहुन्छ: उहाँ माइक हुनुहुन्छ "he is Mike". With a thing, such as नाम "name", it is हो: मेरो नाम माइक हो. So "म माइक हो" mixes the two; say म माइक हुँ.
Examples
- मसुमनहुँ।I'm Suman.
- तपाईं माइक हुनुहुन्छ?Are you Mike?
- उहाँ अनिता हुनुहुन्छ।She is Anita.
- हो,ममाइकहुँ!Yes, I'm Mike!
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देवनागरी: ा ि ी र अ इ उ— Devanagari: ा ि ी and अ इ उ
- कkaके · ke
- रraमेरो · mero
- जjaजी · jī
ि goes before the letter; ी after it. Spoken, i and ī sound the same.
- नाnāन + ा — नाम · nām
- निniि + न — अनिता · Anitā
- जीjīज + ी — जी · jī
ँ or ं makes the vowel nasal:
- अaअनिता · Anitā
- इiमाइक · Māik
- उuउहाँ · uhā̃
- हुँhũह + ु + ँ — हुँ · hũ
- ईंī̃ई + ं — तपाईं · tapāī̃
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