simple nepali

[jj]

Hello,anybody have clue about a few simple nepali,like yes,no,good,no good,123....10,etc.thanks

[Lars]

JJ,
these are some words phrases I have collected here and there.

I give absolutely no guarantee to their actual validity. Some of them
may well be straight Hindi and some utterly wrong.
Hindi and Nepali are very similar, but not totally so.

Note; Nepali is not an american accent. If you want to use any of these words please remember that this is an asian language.
a is pronounced as aah, not ay, etc.

ago = fire
ali = little
ali ali = just a little (like "Not too much!" (sugar, salt etc)
aloo = potato
badam = peanuts
bhato = trail
(Phedi bhato?) = pidging Nepali for "Is this the trail to Phedi?
chaina = no, nothing, no such, I don´t have
chini = sugar
chiso = cold
dhunga = stone
gainko = village
garam = hot, warm, spicy
chiso = cold
gau gaunko nam ke ho = what is the name of this village?
ghai = cow
ghar = house
ia sutno paincha = can we sleep here?
kana = food
kana mitoh cha = this food is very good!
kati ganta = how many hours?
kati paisa = how much? (paisa is money)
khosi = river
kukoroo = chicken, rooster
makaa = corn (pop corn)
malay = I (me)
malay takio = I am tired
mero nam ... ke ho = my name is ..
mitoh = sweet, good (as in taste)
naramroo = no good (food)
nun = salt
pakauni = boiled
parbhat = mountain
pasal = shop, store
pugio = enough
puksha = enough
pull = egg
ramro chaina = no good
ramroo = good! (works well to express that you like the food etc)
sati = friend
suntala = orange (fruit)
tapay = you
tapay nam ke hoh = what is your name?
terso = flat (like flat ground)
tikka = yes
Ukalo = Up
uralo = down
uro = horse

1 = ek
2 = do
3 = tin
4 = char
5 = panch
6 = cha
7 = saat
8 = aaht
9 = nau
10 = das
20 = bis
30 = tis
40 = chaalis
50 = pachaas
100 = saya
1000 = hazaar

Lars

[rich]

JJ

even a few lessons (a hour a day)will do your wonders.
very difficult to get your pronounciation right from a book.
better to learn things right the first time.

i started out with the LP phrase book but ended up having to re-learn a whole lot when i decided to learn properly.

"malai thakai lagyo"
lit. I-tired-become


anyway, good luck. by learning the language you will start to understand the culture more.

r.

[jj]

Rich,I try to speak some nepali in a nepalese restaurant in Lhasa here today,I have to commit its pronunciation is quite defferent than what I thought,waiter correctted my pronunciation.it was quite a fun when you speak some locale dialogue,even quite a little.

[Lars]

Rich,

So where can you take lessons in Nepali, in Kathmandu?
Is there any place you can recommend?

Lars