Nepali Grammar

The Nepali grammar allows you to manipulate the vocabulary to obtain multiple forms of a word. The grammatical rules below are the most important in Nepali and help connect words or shape the structure. We start with the prepositions:

And: र   [ra]	Under: तल  [tala]
Before: पहिला  [pahilā]	After: पछि  [pachi]
Inside: भित्र  [bhitra]	Outside: बाहिरपट्टी  [bāhirapaṭṭī]
With: सँग  [sam̐ga]	But: तर  [tara]
For: लागि  [lāgi]	From: बाट  [bāṭa]
To: तिर  [tira]	In: मा  [mā]

Questions and Adverbs

To ask questions, use the following:

What?: के ?  [kē?]	Who?: को ?  [kō?]
How?: कसरी ?  [kasarī?]	Why?: किन ?  [kina?]
Where?: कहाँ ?  [kahām̐?]

Some of the most important time adverbs:

Never: कदापी   [kadāpī]	Rarely: आक्कल झुक्कल  [ākkala jhukkala]
Sometimes: कहिलेकाहीँ  [kahilēkāhīm̐]	Usually: समान्यतया  [samān'yatayā]
Always: सँधै  [sam̐dhai]	Very: धेरै  [dhērai]

Most commonly used pronouns in Nepali:

I: म  [ma]	You: तिमी  [timī]
He: उ  [u]	She: तिनी  [tinī]
We: हामी  [hāmī]	They: तिनीहरू  [tinīharū]

To express the possession of something [possessive form]:

My: मेरो  [mērō]	Your: तिम्रो  [timrō]
His: उस्को  [uskō]	Her: तिनको  [tinakō]
Our: हाम्रो  [hāmrō]	Their: तिनीहरूको  [tinīharūkō]

Grammar in a sentence

Some random verbs to show how it's being used:

I speak English: म अंग्रेजी बोल्छु   [ma aṅgrējī bōlchu]

You speak French: तिमी फ्रेन्च बोल्छौ   [timī phrēnca bōlchau]

He speaks German: उ जर्मन बोल्छ  [u jarmana bōlcha]

She speaks Italian: उनी इटालियन बोल्छिन्   [unī iṭāliyana bōlchin]

I visited France: म फ्रान्स घुमेँ   [ma phrānsa ghumēm̐]

I will drink milk: म दुध पिउँनेछु   [ma dudha pi'um̐nēchu]

Some extra grammatical structures:

I understand you: म तपाईंलाई बुझ्छु   [ma tapā'īnlā'ī bujhchu]

I don't understand you: म तपाईंलाई बुझ्दिन   [ma tapā'īnlā'ī bujhdina]

I don't speak French: म फ्रेन्च बोल्दिन   [ma phrēnca bōldina]

This is my house: यो मेरो घर हो   [yō mērō ghara hō]

That restaurant is far: त्यो भोजनालय टाढा छ   [tyō bhōjanālaya ṭāḍhā cha]

No problem: केहि अप्ठारो छैन   [kēhi apṭhārō chaina]

The above Nepali grammar can provide tools to use in coordination with the Nepali vocabulary to obtain some popular Nepali phrases.