Basic Nepali words for beginners
– Essential words to know –
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Learn the essentials of Nepali easily with this vocabulary list that contains all the most basic words used in Nepali, with their english translations. If you’re a beginner, it will come in handy to review or learn Nepali by yourself before traveling, or if you want to enrich and improve your Nepali vocabulary to better express yourself in writing and speaking!
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| ENGLISH | NEPALI |
| Please | Krฬฅpayฤ |
| Thank you! | dhan’yavฤda! |
| Sorry!ย | Mฤpha garnuhลs! |
| What? | Kฤ? |
| Who? | WHO? |
| When? | Kahilฤ? |
| Why? | Kina? |
| Which? | Kuna? |
| How? | Kasarฤซ? |
| Whereย ? | Kahฤmฬย ? |
| How muchย ? | Kati? |
| Yes | Hล |
| Noย | chaina |
| Maybe | hunasakcha |
| Of course | avaลya pani |
| something | kฤhi |
| nothing | kฤhฤซ chaina |
| somebody | kลhฤซ |
| nobody | kลhฤซ pani |
| before | pahilฤ |
| after | pachi |
| far | แนญฤแธhฤ |
| near | najika |
| here | yahฤmฬ |
| there | tyahฤmฬ |
| today | ฤja |
| tomoorow | bhลli |
| now | ahilฤ |
| man | mฤnchฤ |
| woman | mahilฤ |
| friend | sฤthฤซ |
| more | thapa |
| less | thลrai |
| always | sadhaiแน |
| later | pachi |
| never | kahilyai |
| same | samฤna |
| different | pharaka |
| small | sฤnล |
| large | แนญhลซlล |
| difficult | gฤhrล |
| easy | sajilล |
| hot | tฤtล |
| cold | cisล |
| yesterday | hijล |
| after | pachi |
| beautiful | sundara |
| broken | bhฤmฬci’ฤkล |
| free | ni:ลulka |
| a pharmacy | ฤka phฤrmฤsฤซ |
| money | paisฤ |
| a bag | jhลlฤ |
| a lighter | ฤka lฤ’iแนญara |
| aย cigarette | curลแนญa |
| a bottle | ฤka bลtala |
| soap | sฤbuna |
| clean | saphฤ |
| dirty | phลhลra |
| a trash can | ฤ’uแนญฤ raddฤซ แนญลkarฤซ |
| a trash bag | ฤka raddฤซแนญลkarฤซ jhลlฤ |
| the silence | mauna |
| a tool | ฤka upakaraแนa |
| pregnant | garbhavatฤซ |
| sick | birฤmฤซ |
| a baby | ฤ’uแนญฤ baccฤ |
| a little bit | alikati |
| a doctor | ฤka แธฤkแนญara |
| a dentist | ฤka danta cikitsaka |
| a medicine | ฤka auแนฃadhi |
| a book | ฤ’uแนญฤ kitฤba |
| a story | kathฤ |
| a phone | ฤka phลna |
| a computer | ฤ’uแนญฤ kampyuแนญara |
| a car | ฤ’uแนญฤ kฤra |
| a plane | ฤ’uแนญฤ vimฤna |
| the name | nฤma |
| the adress | แนญhฤgฤnฤ |
| the age | umฤra |
| the nationality | rฤแนฃแนญriyatฤ |
| a choice | ฤka vikalpa |
| an answer | ฤka javฤpha |
| the key | sฤmฬcล |
| the light | prakฤลa |
| the television | แนญฤlibhijana |
| the bed | khฤแนญa |
| the house | ghara |
| the shower | nuhฤ’unฤ |
| the window | jhyฤla |
| the door | แธhลkฤ |
| the table | tฤlikฤ |
| tired | thakita |
| water | pฤnฤซ |
| open | khลlnuhลs |
| closed | banda |
| clothes | lugฤ |
| coffee | kaphฤซ |
| tea | ciyฤ |
| lunch | bhลjana |
| dinner | rฤtakล khฤnฤ |
| a fruit | ฤ’uแนญฤ phala |
| a vegetable | ฤka tarakฤrฤซ |
| a beverage | ฤka pฤya padฤrtha |
| a child | ฤka baccฤ |
| rain | varแนฃฤ |
| the entrance | pravฤลadvฤra |
| the exit | nikฤsa |
| music | saแน gฤซta |
| a smile | ฤ’uแนญฤ muskฤna |
| the world | sansฤra |
| the sky | ฤkฤลa |
| a river | ฤ’uแนญฤ nadฤซ |
| the sea | samudra |
| the mountain | pahฤแธa |
| the lake | tฤla |
| the island | แนญฤpu |
| the beach | samudra taแนญa |
โก๏ธ More Nepali vocabulary lists:
- Greetings
- 100 most common Nepali verbs
- Useful adverbs
- Useful adjectives
- Family and friends
- The city and public places
- The human body, head and face
- Contrary words
- Travel and tourism
- The calendar (days, months, seasons)
- Colors and shapes
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