{"id":2192,"date":"2025-12-01T23:02:59","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T04:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepalitestv1\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=2192"},"modified":"2026-04-12T21:39:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T01:39:44","slug":"chapter-6-unit-1-key-vocabulary","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepalitestv1\/chapter\/chapter-6-unit-1-key-vocabulary\/","title":{"raw":"Unit 1 \u2014 Key Vocabulary","rendered":"Unit 1 \u2014 Key Vocabulary"},"content":{"raw":"[table id=150 \/]\r\n\r\n[table id=152 \/]","rendered":"<h2 id=\"tablepress-150-name\" class=\"tablepress-table-name tablepress-table-name-id-150\">Vocabulary<\/h2>\n<table id=\"tablepress-150\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-150\" aria-labelledby=\"tablepress-150-name\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n<th class=\"column-1\">Nepali<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-2\">Transliteration<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-3\">English<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">\u0905\u0917\u093e\u0921\u093f<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><em>ag\u0101\u1e0di<\/em><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">in front (of)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">\u092c\u0940\u091a\u092e\u093e<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><em>b\u012bcm\u0101<\/em><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">in the middle \/ between<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">\u092c\u093e\u0939\u093f\u0930<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><em>b\u0101hira<\/em><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">outside<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">\u092d\u093f\u0924\u094d\u0930<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><em>bhitra<\/em><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">inside<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">\u092e\u093e\u0925\u093f<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><em>m\u0101thi<\/em><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">on top \/ above<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">\u092e\u093e<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><em>-m\u0101<\/em><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">in \/ on \/ at<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">\u092e\u0941\u0928\u093f<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><em>muni<\/em><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">under \/ below<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">\u0928\u091c\u093f\u0915<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><em>najik<\/em><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">near<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">\u092a\u091b\u093e\u0921\u093f<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><em>pach\u0101\u1e0di<\/em><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">behind<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">\u091f\u093e\u0922\u093e<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><em>\u1e6d\u0101\u1e0dh\u0101<\/em><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">far<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">\u0920\u0940\u0915<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><em>\u1e6dh\u012bk<\/em><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">fine \/ okay<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-13\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">\u0925\u093f\u092f\u094b<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><em>thiyo<\/em><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">was (past)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-14\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">\u0925\u093f\u090f\u0928<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><em>thiyena<\/em><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">was not (past)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-15\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">\u0924\u094d\u092f\u0939\u093e\u0901<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><em>tyah\u0101\u0303<\/em><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">there<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-16\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">\u0915\u0939\u093e\u0901<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><em>kah\u0101\u0303<\/em><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">where<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-17\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">\u0915\u0939\u093e\u0901\u092c\u093e\u091f<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><em>kah\u0101\u0303b\u0101\u1e6da<\/em><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">from where<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-18\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">\u0915\u0938\u094d\u0915\u094b<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><em>kasko<\/em><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">whose<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-19\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">\u0915\u0947<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><em>ke<\/em><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">what<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-20\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">\u0915\u0947\u0939\u0940<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><em>kehi<\/em><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">something \/ any<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-21\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">\u091b<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><em>cha<\/em><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">is \/ exists (singular)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-22\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">\u091b\u0948\u0928<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><em>chaina<\/em><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">is not \/ not present<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-23\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">\u091b\u0928\u094d<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><em>chan<\/em><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">are \/ exist (plural)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-24\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">\u092f\u0939\u093e\u0901<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><em>yah\u0101\u0303<\/em><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">here<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-25\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">\u0939\u094b<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><em>ho<\/em><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">yes \/ is (equational)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-26\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">\u0939\u094b\u0907\u0928<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><em>hoina<\/em><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">no \/ is not<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-27\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">\u0939\u0941\u0901<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><em>h\u0169<\/em><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">am<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-28\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">\u0939\u0941\u0928\u0941\u0939\u0941\u0928\u094d\u091b<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><em>hunuhuncha<\/em><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">are\/is (honorific)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-29\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">\u092c\u093e\u0925\u0930\u0941\u092e<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><em>b\u0101thrum<\/em><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">washroom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- #tablepress-150 from cache --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"tablepress-152-name\" class=\"tablepress-table-name tablepress-table-name-id-152\">Useful phrases<\/h2>\n<table id=\"tablepress-152\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-152\" aria-labelledby=\"tablepress-152-name\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n<th class=\"column-1\">Nepali<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-2\">Transliteration<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-3\">English<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">\u0928\u092e\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0947\u0964<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><em>namaste.<\/em><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Hello.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">\u092e\u093e\u092b \u0917\u0930\u094d\u0928\u0941\u0939\u094b\u0938\u094d\u0964<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><em>m\u0101ph garnuhos.<\/em><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Excuse me \/ Sorry.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">\u0927\u0928\u094d\u092f\u0935\u093e\u0926\u0964<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><em>dhanyaw\u0101d.<\/em><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Thank you.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">\u0927\u0947\u0930\u0948 \u0927\u0928\u094d\u092f\u0935\u093e\u0926\u0964<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><em>dherai dhanyaw\u0101d.<\/em><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Thank you very much.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">\u0938\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0917\u0924 \u091b\u0964<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><em>sw\u0101gat cha.<\/em><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">You\u2019re welcome.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">\u0915\u0947\u0939\u0940 \u091b\u0948\u0928\u0964<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><em>kehi chaina.<\/em><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">No problem.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr 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