Bookverse
English
Bookverse - Get started

Nepali · Nepali Band 1 (A1) · Chapter 7

तपाईंको घर कहाँ हो?Where are you from?

tapāī̃ko ghar kahā̃ ho

Where you are from: तपाईंको घर कहाँ हो? (हो), and where things are: कहाँ छ? with -मा. तपाईं and तिमी. Devanagari: घ ड ढ, and the joined letters र्स and म्र.

Help improve this content. If something looks off,let us know →

Dialogue

i

Study this section in the Bookverse app

  • Spaced repetition schedules your reviews
  • Practice tasks with pass tracking
  • A teacher on every study screen
  • Progress saved across chapters and devices — laptop and phone
  • Audio playback for dialogues and words
  • Speaking practice with feedback
  • Search dictionaries and chat with AI, all inside the app

You will be asked to register first.

Study

धेरै टाढा!— Very far!

  1. HajuraamaमाMāइiकk,तिtiम्रोmroघghaरrकkaहाँhā̃होho?Mike, where are you from?
  2. MikeमेmeरोroघghaरrअAमेmeरिriकाkāहोho।I'm from America.
  3. HajuraamaअAमेmeरिriकाkā!धेdheरैraiटाṭāढाḍhāछchha।America! That's very far.
  4. Mikeहhaजुjuरrआāमाmā,तtaपाpāईंī̃कोkoघghaरrकkaहाँhā̃होho?Grandma, where are you from?
  5. Hajuraamaमेmeरोroघghaरrयyaहीँhī̃होho,काKāठṭhमाmāडौंḍaũमाmā!Right here — in Kathmandu!

Dialogue

i

Study this section in the Bookverse app

  • Spaced repetition schedules your reviews
  • Practice tasks with pass tracking
  • A teacher on every study screen
  • Progress saved across chapters and devices — laptop and phone
  • Audio playback for dialogues and words
  • Speaking practice with feedback
  • Search dictionaries and chat with AI, all inside the app

You will be asked to register first.

Study

झोला कहाँ छ?— Where's the bag?

  1. SumanअAनिniताtā,मेmeरोroझोjhoलाlāकkaहाँhā̃छchha?Anita, where's my bag?
  2. Anitaतिtiम्रोmroझोjhoलाlāटेṭeबbaलlमाmāछchha?Is your bag on the table?
  3. Sumanटेṭeबbaलlमाmāछैchhaiनna।It isn't on the table.
  4. MikeसुSuमmaनnजीjī,तtaपाpāईंī̃कोkoझोjhoलाlāकkaहाँhā̃होho?Suman ji, where is your bag? (with हो, which asks what a place IS)
  5. Sumanकkaहाँhā̃छchha,कkaहाँhā̃छchha…Where is it, where is it…
  6. Anitaकुkuर्सीrsīमाmāछchha!It's on the chair!
  7. Sumanओoहोho,कुkuर्सीrsīमाmāछchha!Oh, it's on the chair!

Vocabulary

i

Study this section in the Bookverse app

  • Spaced repetition schedules your reviews
  • Practice tasks with pass tracking
  • A teacher on every study screen
  • Progress saved across chapters and devices — laptop and phone
  • Audio playback for dialogues and words
  • Speaking practice with feedback
  • Search dictionaries and chat with AI, all inside the app

You will be asked to register first.

Study
घghaरr

nounhouse, home; where you are from (मेरो घर … हो)

कkaहाँhā̃

adverbwhere

-माmā

suf.in, on, at (टेबलमा "on the table")

तिtiमीmī

pronounyou (familiar: friends, people younger than you)

तिtiम्रोmro

pronounyour (familiar)

धेdheरैrai

adverbvery; a lot

टाṭāढाḍhā

adjectivefar

यyaहीँhī̃

adverbright here

नेNeपाpāलl

pn.Nepal

अAमेmeरिriकाkā

pn.America (the United States)

काKāठṭhमाmāडौंḍaũ

pn.Kathmandu

टेṭeबbaलl

nountable

कुkuर्सीrsī

nounchair

Grammar

i

Study this section in the Bookverse app

  • Spaced repetition schedules your reviews
  • Practice tasks with pass tracking
  • A teacher on every study screen
  • Progress saved across chapters and devices — laptop and phone
  • Audio playback for dialogues and words
  • Speaking practice with feedback
  • Search dictionaries and chat with AI, all inside the app

You will be asked to register first.

Study

Where from, and where: कहाँ हो? or कहाँ छ?

Explanation

तपाईंको घर कहाँ हो? (literally "where is your home?") asks where someone is from. The answer also takes हो: मेरो घर अमेरिका हो "I'm from America". To say where something is right now, use छ: झोला कहाँ छ? "where is the bag?". The place takes -मा "in, on, at", written joined to it: टेबलमा छ "it's on the table", कुर्सीमा, काठमाडौंमा.

Examples

  • तपाईंको घर कहाँ हो?Where are you from?
  • मेरो घर नेपाल हो।I'm from Nepal.
  • झोjhoलाlāकkaहाँhā̃छchha?Where is the bag?
  • किताब टेबलमा छ।The book is on the table.

Grammar

i

Study this section in the Bookverse app

  • Spaced repetition schedules your reviews
  • Practice tasks with pass tracking
  • A teacher on every study screen
  • Progress saved across chapters and devices — laptop and phone
  • Audio playback for dialogues and words
  • Speaking practice with feedback
  • Search dictionaries and chat with AI, all inside the app

You will be asked to register first.

Study

Two kinds of "you": तपाईं and तिमी

Explanation

तपाईं is the respectful "you": for people older than you, people you have just met, and a safe choice with any adult. तिमी is for friends and for people younger than you: Grandma says तिम्रो to Mike, and Anita says it to Suman. The verb changes too: तपाईं … हुनुहुन्छ, तिमी … छौ. "Your" is तपाईंको or तिम्रो.

Examples

  • तिम्रो घर कहाँ हो?Where are you from? (familiar)
  • तिमी सन्चै छौ?Are you well? (familiar)
  • तपाईं सन्चै हुनुहुन्छ?Are you well? (respectful)
  • तिम्रो झोला यहाँ छ।Your bag is here. (familiar)

Script

i

Study this section in the Bookverse app

  • Spaced repetition schedules your reviews
  • Practice tasks with pass tracking
  • A teacher on every study screen
  • Progress saved across chapters and devices — laptop and phone
  • Audio playback for dialogues and words
  • Speaking practice with feedback
  • Search dictionaries and chat with AI, all inside the app

You will be asked to register first.

Study

देवनागरी: घ ड ढ— Devanagari: घ ड ढ

  • घghaघर · ghar
  • डḍaकाठमाडौं · Kāṭhmāḍaũ
  • ढḍhaटाढा · ṭāḍhā
  • टṭaटेबल · ṭebal
  • ठṭhaकाठमाडौं · Kāṭhmāḍaũ
  • डḍaकाठमाडौं · Kāṭhmāḍaũ
  • ढḍhaटाढा · ṭāḍhā
  • र्सीrsīर् + स + ी — कुर्सी · kursī
  • म्रोmroम् + र + ो — तिम्रो · timro
  • डौंḍaũड + ौ + ं — काठमाडौं

Want to actually learn this — with audio, spaced repetition and progress tracking?

Study in the app →

Report an issue

Spotted an error or have a suggestion? Every report helps us improve this content.