Cross Cultural Learning Point – Nepal

Hello Dear all VSO volunteers and friends

I am starting Udaya’s Language and cross cultural section in VSO News letters. I hope this section will help you to learn Nepali and culture. Please give me suggestion and comment, which I always appreciated.

Some common expression:

a) ek chin basera kuraa garau:  Lets sit and talk.

b) tapaaiko chitta bujhyo. Are you satisfied? 

c) ma aau:? May I come in? 

d) wahaa: sanga kuraa garnus. Please talk to him.

e) hidera jaanu hunchha? Do you go on foot?

2. Structure :

This is an optative form ( haami ,ma) which we conjugated for 1^st person

Formula is (ma ) VS+ u:

Eg. Ma aau: May I come in ?

Haami VS+ aau:

Eg. haami aau: May we come in?

More example:

Optative Vs  Imperative:

Kitaab diu:? May I give you book  Kitaab dinus/ na dinus please give me /don’t give me.

Foot Ball khelu: Foot Ball khelnus.

Haami yahaa: basau: basnus

Chiyaa khaaau: /khaam khaanus

Ma jaau: jaanus