Nepali Nouns

Welcome to the third Nepali lesson about nouns. This time we will first learn about fruits and vegetables, followed by grammar rules, then food items, finally a conversation in Nepali to help you practice your daily phrases. To hear the pronunciation, just click on the sound icon.

potatoes आलु [ālu]

tomatoes गोलभेडा [gōlabhēḍā]

onions प्याज [pyāja]

carrots गाजर [gājara]

fruits फलफुल [phalaphula]

apples स्याउ [syā'u]

bananas केरा [kērā]

oranges सुन्तला [suntalā]

Nouns Grammar Rules

In general nouns refer to a person, an object, or abstract ideas. For example: a fast runner the noun is [runner] because it refers to a person. The examples below use nouns in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.

Grammar + Rules - Nepali + Pronunciation
do you have milk? [verb + noun] के तपाईंसंग दुध छ ? [kē tapā'īnsaṅga dudha cha?]
I have milk and coffee [preposition + noun] मसंग दुध र कफी छ [masaṅga dudha ra kaphī cha]
he has three apples [number + plural noun] उसंग तिनवटा स्याउ छ [usaṅga tinavaṭā syā'u cha]
she only has one apple [number + singular noun] उनिसंग जम्मा एउटा स्याउ छ [unisaṅga jam'mā ē'uṭā syā'u cha]
we live in a small house [adjective + noun] हामी सानो घरमा बस्छौँ [hāmī sānō gharamā baschaum̐]
I like our breakfast [pronoun + noun] मलाई हाम्रो बिहानको खाजा मन पर्यो [malā'ī hāmrō bihānakō khājā mana paryō]

The following are nouns of food items that you might be interested in learning and memorizing.

bread रोटी [rōṭī]

milk दुध [dudha]

butter घिउ [ghi'u]

cheese चिज [cija]

coffee कफी [kaphī]

sandwich स्याण्डविच [syāṇḍavica]

meat मासु [māsu]

chicken कुखुरा [kukhurā]

fish माछा [māchā]

breakfast बिहानको खाजा [bihānakō khājā]

lunch दिउँसको खाना [di'um̐sakō khānā]

dinner रातीको खाना [rātīkō khānā]

Conversation in Nepali

Now we finally reach the fun part, the practice of the daily conversations. These phrases are used to get to know new people, and break the ice.

English - Nepali - Pronunciation
Do you speak (English/ Nepali)? के तपाईं (अंग्रेजी/नेपाली) बोल्नु हुन्छ ? [kē tapā'īṁ (aṅgrējī / nēpālī) bōlnu huncha?]
Just a little अलिकति मात्र [alikati mātra]
I like Nepali मलाई नेपाली मन पर्छ [malā'ī nēpālī mana parcha]
Can I practice with you? के म तपाईंसंग अभ्यास गर्न सक्छु [kē ma tapā'īnsaṅga abhyāsa garna sakchu]
How old are you? तपाई कति वर्षको हुनुहुन्छ ? [tapā'ī kati varṣakō hunuhuncha?]
I'm thirty three years old म तीस बर्षको भएँ [ma tīsa barṣakō bha'ēm̐]
It was nice talking to you तपाईंसंग कुरा गर्दा रमाइलो भयो [tapā'īnsaṅga kurā gardā ramā'ilō bhayō]

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