verbs 1 Flashcards
to go
janu
to come
aunu
to sit
basnu
to eat
khannu
to put
rakhnu
to do
garnu
to give
dinu
to take
linu
to buy
kinnu
to speak
bolnu
to stop
roknu
to walk
hidnu
to play
khelnu
to sleep
sutnu
to see
hernu
to drink
pewnu
rise/wake up
oothnu
to politely ask someone to do something
add ‘s’ to the verb base
please come
aunus
please sit
basnus
please eat
khannus
to make verb negative
add ‘na’ at the beginning of the verb
please don’t put sugar in the tea
chinni narakhnus
for first person action
drop the ‘u’ and add ‘choo’ at the end of the verb and add the word ‘ma’ (I) before the verb
I am going/I will go
ma janchoo
I am coming/I will come
ma aunchoo
I am sitting/I will sit
ma baschoo
for respectful past tense but not first person (I)
add the word ‘bhayio’ at the end of the verb base
came (not first person)
aunu bhaiyo
ate (not first person)
khannu bhaiyo
informal way of asking someone if they want to do something
drop ‘u’ and add ‘e’
want to eat momos?
momo khanne?
want to go to Thamel?
Thamel jane?
informal way of asking someone to join you in doing something
drop ‘nu’ and add ‘am’
let’s go
jaam
let’s sit
basaam
let’s eat
khaam
to combine two verbs
drop ‘u’ and add ‘a’ to first and drop ‘u’ and add ‘chu’ to second
I can come
Ma auna sakchu
