{"id":126,"date":"2025-11-17T21:37:45","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T02:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/part\/chapter-5-identifying-people\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T19:52:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T23:52:17","slug":"chapter-5-identifying-people","status":"publish","type":"part","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/part\/chapter-5-identifying-people\/","title":{"raw":"Chapter 5 \u2013 Identifying People","rendered":"Chapter 5 \u2013 Identifying People"},"content":{"raw":"<h1 data-start=\"88\" data-end=\"504\">Overview<\/h1>\r\n<p data-start=\"88\" data-end=\"504\">In this chapter, you will learn common Nepali personal pronouns (I, we, you, he\/she, they) and how to use them in identity sentences such as \u201cI am John\u201d and \u201cShe is Linda.\u201d You will practice present-tense forms of the verb \u0939\u0941\u0928\u0941 (<em data-start=\"317\" data-end=\"323\">hunu<\/em>) \u201cto be,\u201d including forms that signal politeness and honorific respect. You will also practice asking and answering \u201cWho are you?\u201d and \u201cWho is she\/he?\u201d in short, natural exchanges.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--learning-objectives\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<h2 class=\"textbox__title\">Learning Objectives<\/h2>\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n\r\nBy the end of this chapter, you will be able to:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>recognize and use common Nepali pronouns<\/li>\r\n \t<li>select pronouns appropriately based on politeness and context<\/li>\r\n \t<li>form affirmative identity sentences using present forms of \u0939\u0941\u0928\u0941 (<em>hunu<\/em>)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>form negative identity sentences using correct negative patterns<\/li>\r\n \t<li>ask and answer \u201cwho\u201d questions for 2nd and 3rd person<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<h1 data-start=\"88\" data-end=\"504\">Overview<\/h1>\n<p data-start=\"88\" data-end=\"504\">In this chapter, you will learn common Nepali personal pronouns (I, we, you, he\/she, they) and how to use them in identity sentences such as \u201cI am John\u201d and \u201cShe is Linda.\u201d You will practice present-tense forms of the verb \u0939\u0941\u0928\u0941 (<em data-start=\"317\" data-end=\"323\">hunu<\/em>) \u201cto be,\u201d including forms that signal politeness and honorific respect. You will also practice asking and answering \u201cWho are you?\u201d and \u201cWho is she\/he?\u201d in short, natural exchanges.<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--learning-objectives\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<h2 class=\"textbox__title\">Learning Objectives<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<p>By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>recognize and use common Nepali pronouns<\/li>\n<li>select pronouns appropriately based on politeness and context<\/li>\n<li>form affirmative identity sentences using present forms of \u0939\u0941\u0928\u0941 (<em>hunu<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li>form negative identity sentences using correct negative patterns<\/li>\n<li>ask and answer \u201cwho\u201d questions for 2nd and 3rd person<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"menu_order":5,"template":"","meta":{"pb_part_invisible":false,"pb_part_invisible_string":""},"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-126","part","type-part","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/part"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2009,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/126\/revisions\/2009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=126"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}