Nepali phrases

List will be updated as I learn more phrases. Phrases typical of daily conversation with some random words.


General greetings:
(Tapaiilai) Kasto Cha - How are you?)
(Malai) Thik Cha - I'm fine, thank you!
Dhanyabhad - Thank you
Tapaiiko naam ke ho - What is your name?
Mero naam ____ ho - My name is_____
Subra prabhat - Good morning (bihana - morning)
Subra sandhya - Good evening (beluka - evening)
Subra raatri - Good night (raatri - night)
Kati bhajyo - What time is it?
Hajur - (general purpose term: what? excuse me? pardon? etc)
Maaph garnuhos - Excuse me/sorry
Maile bhujhina - I don't understand
Maile bhujhe - I understand

Verb bases:
Janu - To go
Aunu - To come
Basnu - To sit
Khaanu - To eat

1. Polite usage: add "s" at end i.e. "khaanus - please eat"
2. Negative: add "na" at beginning i.e. "najanu - don't go"
3. First person action: drop "u" and add "choo" at end, add "ma" at beginning i.e. "ma janchoo - I am going"
4. Respectful past tense (not 1st person) add "bhaiyo" after base i.e. "aunu bhaiyo - (someone) came"

Addressing people:
Kasturi-ji - Formal way to address Kasturi
Aama/Buwa - Father/Mother
Didi/Bahini - Older/Younger sister
Dhai/Bhai - Older/Younger brother
Nanu/Babu - Young girl/boy (I kept on hearing "babu" in the family, now I know why...)
Ma/Hami - I/We
Tapaii/Tim - You
Yo/Tyo - This/That

Adjectives:
Mahango/Sasto - Expensive/Cheap
Ramro/Naramro - Good/Bad (Note: add "na" in front of a word to make it negative)
Thada/Najik - Far/Close
Sapha/Phohar - Clean/Dirty
Thulo/Sano - Big/Small
Sajilo/Gahro - Easy/Hard
Tato/Cheeso - Hot/Cold (food)
Garmi/Jaado - Hot/Cold (weather)

Question words:
Ke - What
Ko - Who
Kina/Kinabhane - Why
Kahaang - Where
Kasko - Whose
Kahile - When
Kasari - How
Kati - How much (i.e. yo kati ho? - How much is this?)

Food vocab:
Tarkari - Vegetable
Chinni - Sugar
Chiya - Tea
Dudh - Milk
Tel - Oil
Alu - Potato
Lasun - Garlic
Pyaaj - Onion
Simee - Beans
Mohar - Honey
Pauroti - Bread
Syaau - Apple
Keraa - Banana (some of you might find this VERY funny ;) )
Nariwal - Coconut

Nouns:
Pul - Bridge
Bajar - Market
Pasal - Shop
Pariwar - Family
Dharma - Religion
Mithai - Sweets
Git - Song
Manche - Person
Mancheharu - People
Khanna - Food
Kotha - Room

Numbers:
1 ek
2 dui
3 tin
4 char
5 panchs
6 cha
7 saat
8 aath
9 nau
10 das
15 pandhra
20 beece
25 pacheece
30 teece
40 chaleece
50 pachaase
60 sathi
70 sattari
80 assi
90 nabbe
100 ek saye
200 dui saye (etc)
1000 ek hazar (etc)