{"id":185,"date":"2025-12-06T17:38:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T22:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/chapter\/chapter-8-unit-1-key-vocabulary\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T00:27:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T04:27:19","slug":"chapter-8-unit-1-key-vocabulary","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/chapter\/chapter-8-unit-1-key-vocabulary\/","title":{"raw":"Unit 1 \u2014 Key Vocabulary","rendered":"Unit 1 \u2014 Key Vocabulary"},"content":{"raw":"

In this unit, you will learn common Nepali words for describing states, conditions, colours, size, taste, weather, and everyday objects. You will practise using \u0915\u0938\u094d\u0924\u094b (kasto<\/em>) \u201cwhat is it like?\u201d and descriptive words such as \u0930\u093e\u092e\u094d\u0930\u094b (r\u0101mro<\/em>) \u201cgood,\u201d \u0938\u093e\u0928\u094b (s\u0101no<\/em>) \u201csmall,\u201d \u0920\u0942\u0932\u094b (\u1e6dh\u016blo<\/em>) \u201cbig,\u201d \u0924\u093e\u0924\u094b (t\u0101to<\/em>) \u201chot,\u201d \u091a\u093f\u0938\u094b (ciso<\/em>) \u201ccold,\u201d and \u0930\u093e\u0924\u094b (r\u0101to<\/em>) \u201cred.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

Study the words below first. Read each Nepali word, look at the transliteration, and practise saying it aloud. Use the English meaning to check your understanding.<\/p>\r\n

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Practice<\/h2>\r\n

Look around your room or classroom. Choose five objects and describe them in Nepali.<\/p>\r\n

Example:<\/p>\r\n

\u0938\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0909 \u0915\u0938\u094d\u0924\u094b \u091b?
sy\u0101u kasto cha?<\/em>
What is the apple like?<\/p>\r\n

\u0938\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0909 \u092e\u0940\u0920\u094b \u091b\u0964
sy\u0101u m\u012b\u1e6dho cha.<\/em>
The apple is tasty.<\/p>\r\n

\u091a\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0924\u093e\u0924\u094b \u091b\u0964
ciy\u0101 t\u0101to cha.<\/em>
The tea is hot.<\/p>\r\n

\u092e\u094c\u0938\u092e \u091a\u093f\u0938\u094b \u091b\u0964
mausam ciso cha.<\/em>
The weather is cold.<\/p>\r\n

\u092f\u094b \u0930\u093e\u0924\u094b \u0938\u0930\u094d\u091f \u0939\u094b\u0964
yo r\u0101to sar\u1e6d ho.<\/em>
This is a red shirt.<\/p>","rendered":"

In this unit, you will learn common Nepali words for describing states, conditions, colours, size, taste, weather, and everyday objects. You will practise using \u0915\u0938\u094d\u0924\u094b (kasto<\/em>) \u201cwhat is it like?\u201d and descriptive words such as \u0930\u093e\u092e\u094d\u0930\u094b (r\u0101mro<\/em>) \u201cgood,\u201d \u0938\u093e\u0928\u094b (s\u0101no<\/em>) \u201csmall,\u201d \u0920\u0942\u0932\u094b (\u1e6dh\u016blo<\/em>) \u201cbig,\u201d \u0924\u093e\u0924\u094b (t\u0101to<\/em>) \u201chot,\u201d \u091a\u093f\u0938\u094b (ciso<\/em>) \u201ccold,\u201d and \u0930\u093e\u0924\u094b (r\u0101to<\/em>) \u201cred.\u201d<\/p>\n

Study the words below first. Read each Nepali word, look at the transliteration, and practise saying it aloud. Use the English meaning to check your understanding.<\/p>\n

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Vocabulary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Nepali<\/th>\nTransliteration<\/th>\nEnglish<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
\u0915\u0947<\/td>\nke<\/em><\/td>\nwhat?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0915\u0938\u094d\u0915\u094b<\/td>\nkasko<\/em><\/td>\nwhose?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0915\u0938\u094d\u0924\u094b<\/td>\nkasto<\/em><\/td>\nhow is it? \/ what is it like?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0915\u0947\u0930\u093e<\/td>\nker\u0101<\/em><\/td>\nbanana<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0915\u093e\u0917\u091c<\/td>\nk\u0101gaj<\/em><\/td>\npaper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0915\u094b\u0920\u093e<\/td>\nko\u1e6dh\u0101<\/em><\/td>\nroom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0918\u0930<\/td>\nghar<\/em><\/td>\nhome \/ house<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u091a\u093f\u092f\u093e<\/td>\nciy\u0101<\/em><\/td>\ntea<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u091f\u094b\u092a\u0940<\/td>\n\u1e6dop\u012b<\/em><\/td>\nhat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u091c\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0915\u0947\u091f<\/td>\njy\u0101ke\u1e6d<\/em><\/td>\njacket<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u091c\u0941\u0924\u094d\u0924\u093e<\/td>\njutt\u0101<\/em><\/td>\nshoe \/ shoes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u092e\u094c\u0938\u092e<\/td>\nmausam<\/em><\/td>\nweather<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0930\u0941\u0916<\/td>\nrukh<\/em><\/td>\ntree<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0938\u0930\u094d\u091f<\/td>\nsar\u1e6d<\/em><\/td>\nshirt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0938\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0909<\/td>\nsy\u0101u<\/em><\/td>\napple<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

<\/p>\n

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Colours<\/h2>\n

These words help you describe the colour of people, places, clothing, food, and objects.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Nepali<\/th>\nTransliteration<\/th>\nEnglish<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
\u0915\u093e\u0932\u094b<\/td>\nk\u0101lo<\/em><\/td>\nblack<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0917\u0941\u0932\u093e\u092c\u0940<\/td>\ngul\u0101b\u012b<\/em><\/td>\npink<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0917\u093e\u0922\u093e<\/td>\ng\u0101\u1e0dh\u0101<\/em><\/td>\ndark<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0916\u0948\u0930\u094b<\/td>\nkhairo<\/em><\/td>\nbrown<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0916\u0930\u093e\u0928\u0940 \u0930\u0919<\/td>\nkhar\u0101n\u012b ra\u1e45<\/em><\/td>\ngrey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0928\u093f\u0932\u094b<\/td>\nnilo<\/em><\/td>\nblue<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u092a\u0939\u0947\u0902\u0932\u094b<\/td>\npahe\u0303lo<\/em><\/td>\nyellow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u092c\u0948\u091c\u0928\u0940<\/td>\nbaijan\u012b<\/em><\/td>\npurple<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0930\u093e\u0924\u094b<\/td>\nr\u0101to<\/em><\/td>\nred<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0930\u0919<\/td>\nra\u1e45<\/em><\/td>\ncolour<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0930\u0919\u094d\u0917\u0940\u091a\u0919\u094d\u0917\u0940<\/td>\nra\u1e45g\u012bca\u1e45g\u012b<\/em><\/td>\nmulticoloured<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0938\u0947\u0924\u094b<\/td>\nseto<\/em><\/td>\nwhite<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0938\u0941\u0928\u094d\u0924\u0932\u093e \u0930\u0919<\/td>\nsuntal\u0101 ra\u1e45<\/em><\/td>\norange<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0939\u0930\u093f\u092f\u094b<\/td>\nhariyo<\/em><\/td>\ngreen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0939\u0932\u094d\u0915\u093e<\/td>\nhalk\u0101<\/em><\/td>\nlight<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Adjectives and Conditions<\/h2>\n

These words help you describe how something is, feels, looks, or tastes.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Nepali<\/th>\nTransliteration<\/th>\nEnglish<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
\u0915\u0938\u094d\u0924\u094b<\/td>\nkasto<\/em><\/td>\nhow is it? \/ what is it like?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0930\u093e\u092e\u094d\u0930\u094b<\/td>\nr\u0101mro<\/em><\/td>\ngood \/ nice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0938\u093e\u0928\u094b<\/td>\ns\u0101no<\/em><\/td>\nsmall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0920\u0942\u0932\u094b<\/td>\n\u1e6dh\u016blo<\/em><\/td>\nbig<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0924\u093e\u0924\u094b<\/td>\nt\u0101to<\/em><\/td>\nhot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u091a\u093f\u0938\u094b<\/td>\nciso<\/em><\/td>\ncold<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0928\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0928\u094b<\/td>\nny\u0101no<\/em><\/td>\nwarm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u092e\u0939\u0901\u0917\u094b<\/td>\nmah\u0101\u0303go<\/em><\/td>\nexpensive<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0938\u0938\u094d\u0924\u094b<\/td>\nsasto<\/em><\/td>\ncheap<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0935\u094d\u092f\u0938\u094d\u0924<\/td>\nbyasta<\/em><\/td>\nbusy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u092e\u0940\u0920\u094b<\/td>\nm\u012b\u1e6dho<\/em><\/td>\nsweet \/ tasty<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0917\u0941\u0932\u093f\u092f\u094b<\/td>\nguliyo<\/em><\/td>\nsweet (taste)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0905\u092e\u093f\u0932\u094b<\/td>\namilo<\/em><\/td>\nsour<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

<\/p>\n

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Useful Sentence Patterns<\/h2>\n

Use the vocabulary above with these simple sentence patterns.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Nepali<\/th>\nTransliteration<\/th>\nEnglish<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
\u092f\u094b \u0915\u0947 \u0939\u094b?<\/td>\nyo ke ho?<\/em><\/td>\nWhat is this?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u092f\u094b \u0938\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0909 \u0939\u094b\u0964<\/td>\nyo sy\u0101u ho.<\/em><\/td>\nThis is an apple.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0938\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0909 \u0915\u0938\u094d\u0924\u094b \u091b?<\/td>\nsy\u0101u kasto cha?<\/em><\/td>\nWhat is the apple like?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u091a\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0915\u0938\u094d\u0924\u094b \u091b?<\/td>\nciy\u0101 kasto cha?<\/em><\/td>\nWhat is the tea like?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u092e\u094c\u0938\u092e \u0915\u0938\u094d\u0924\u094b \u091b?<\/td>\nmausam kasto cha?<\/em><\/td>\nWhat is the weather like?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0915\u094b\u0920\u093e \u0915\u0938\u094d\u0924\u094b \u091b?<\/td>\nko\u1e6dh\u0101 kasto cha?<\/em><\/td>\nWhat is the room like?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u092f\u094b \u0915\u0938\u094d\u0924\u094b \u0938\u0930\u094d\u091f \u0939\u094b?<\/td>\nyo kasto sar\u1e6d ho?<\/em><\/td>\nWhat kind of shirt is this?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0924\u094d\u092f\u094b \u0915\u0938\u094d\u0915\u094b \u091f\u094b\u092a\u0940 \u0939\u094b?<\/td>\ntyo kasko \u1e6dop\u012b ho?<\/em><\/td>\nWhose hat is that?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u092f\u094b \u0930\u093e\u0924\u094b \u0938\u0930\u094d\u091f \u0939\u094b\u0964<\/td>\nyo r\u0101to sar\u1e6d ho.<\/em><\/td>\nThis is a red shirt.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0924\u094d\u092f\u094b \u0915\u093e\u0932\u094b \u091f\u094b\u092a\u0940 \u0939\u094b\u0964<\/td>\ntyo k\u0101lo \u1e6dop\u012b ho.<\/em><\/td>\nThat is a black hat.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

<\/p>\n

Practice<\/h2>\n

Look around your room or classroom. Choose five objects and describe them in Nepali.<\/p>\n

Example:<\/p>\n

\u0938\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0909 \u0915\u0938\u094d\u0924\u094b \u091b?
sy\u0101u kasto cha?<\/em>
What is the apple like?<\/p>\n

\u0938\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0909 \u092e\u0940\u0920\u094b \u091b\u0964
sy\u0101u m\u012b\u1e6dho cha.<\/em>
The apple is tasty.<\/p>\n

\u091a\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0924\u093e\u0924\u094b \u091b\u0964
ciy\u0101 t\u0101to cha.<\/em>
The tea is hot.<\/p>\n

\u092e\u094c\u0938\u092e \u091a\u093f\u0938\u094b \u091b\u0964
mausam ciso cha.<\/em>
The weather is cold.<\/p>\n

\u092f\u094b \u0930\u093e\u0924\u094b \u0938\u0930\u094d\u091f \u0939\u094b\u0964
yo r\u0101to sar\u1e6d ho.<\/em>
This is a red shirt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1076,"menu_order":1,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"Unit 1 \u2014 Key Vocabulary","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":"cc-by-nc-sa"},"chapter-type":[49],"contributor":[],"license":[57],"class_list":["post-185","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","chapter-type-numberless","license-cc-by-nc-sa"],"part":183,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1076"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2130,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/185\/revisions\/2130"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/183"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/185\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=185"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=185"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}