Sentence Rules

Question 1

To politely ask someone to do something, add a ‘s’ to the verb base.

Answer 1

Ex. Aunus / Basnus / Khannus - Please come / Please eat

Question 2

Add ‘na’ at the beginning to make it negative

Answer 2

Ex. Chinni narakhnus - Please don’t put sugar in (ex. the tea)

Question 3

For first person action, drop the ‘u’ and add ‘choo’ and add ma ( I ) at the beginning

Answer 3

Ex. Ma janchoo/ aunchoo/ baschoo - I am going / coming / sitting. It can also be understood for future action. I will go / come / sit.

Question 4

For respectful past tense but not first person (I) just add bhaiyo to the verb base

Answer 4

Ex. aunu bhaiyo / khannu bhaiyo - came / ate

Question 5

For informal way of asking someone if they want to do something, drop ‘u’ and add ‘e’

Answer 5

ex. momo khanne? / Thamel jane? - Want to eat momos? / Want to go to Thamel?

Question 6

Informal way of asking someone to join you in doing something, drop ‘nu’ and add ‘am’

Answer 6

Ex. Jaam / Basaam / Khaam - Let’s go / let’s sit / let’s eat

Question 7

To combine two verbs, drop ‘u’ & add ‘a’ to first, and drop ‘u’ & add ‘chu to second.

Answer 7

Ex. Ma auna sakchu - I can come