Chapter 10 – Introductions and Social Exchanges
Overview
In this chapter, you will learn how to introduce yourself and others in polite Nepali in everyday settings such as a college orientation or community space. You will practice asking and answering about names, where someone is from using –bāṭa, where someone lives or where home is using –mā, and basic nationality statements. You will also learn the difference between identity sentences using the ho series and feelings/state sentences using the cha series. Throughout the chapter, you will use small natural words like pani, ni, and la to make conversations sound smoother and more natural.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:
- Greet someone politely and respond appropriately in a short exchange
- Ask and answer name questions using common patterns (for example, tapāī̃ko nām ke ho? / mero nām ___ ho.)
- Ask “How are you?” and answer using cha-forms, including a polite follow-up with ni
- Ask and answer where someone is from using kahā̃bāṭa and –bāṭa
- Say where you live now and where home is using –mā
- State nationality and basic roles/professions using ho forms (identity)
- Introduce another person with a short profile (name + from + nationality + profession)
- Use pani, ni, and la to sound more natural in short conversations
- Choose correctly between the ho series and the cha series based on meaning (identity vs state/feeling)
- Read and write a short profile passage about people’s origin, nationality, and profession
