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Chapter 3 – Identifying Objects

Unit 5 — Speaking

What are these?

Two people practise singular and plural “what is this/that?” questions to identify items nearby and across the room.

Speaker Nepali Transliteration
Pema यो के हो? yo ke ho?
Linda यो झोला हो। yo jholā ho.
Pema त्यो के हो? tyo ke ho?
Linda त्यो कुर्सी हो। tyo kursī ho.
Pema यी के हुन्? yī ke hun?
Linda यी चाबीहरू हुन्। yī cābīharū hun.
Pema ती के हुन्? tī ke hun?
Linda ती कुर्सीहरू हुन्। tī kursīharū hun.
Pema ती मोबाइलहरू हुन्? tī mobāilharū hun?
Linda हो, ती मोबाइलहरू हुन्। ho, tī mobāilharū hun.
Pema यी किताबहरू हुन्? yī kitābharū hun?
Linda होइन, यी किताबहरू होइनन्। यी कापीहरू हुन्। hoina, yī kitābharū hoinan. yī kāpīharū hun.

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