A Course in Nepali

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Psychology Press, 1998 - 344 من الصفحات

Nepali has also been adopted by peoples of the Himalayan region who belong to different linguistic groups, and is now understood throughout the whole of Nepal, the Darjeeling region of West Bengal, Sikkim, Bhutan and parts of Tibet, where it has functioned as a language of trade and commerce for well over two centuries.

The aim of this course, which covers the whole grammar and all the constructions of modern Nepali, is to present a full description of both the spoken and written forms of modern standard Nepali, and to enable the student to understand, speak and read most types of Nepali he or she is likely to encounter. The earlier lessons concentrate mainly on the spoken style, and the conversation passages whilst the later lessons concern religious, political and literary topics.

Nepal is a land which already provides great enjoyment to the increasing number of visitors from the west. A knowledge of the language leads to a deeper understanding of the culture of its people, and the object of A Course in Nepali is to provide the means of learning it without much difficulty. Earlier editions of this course have been the standard book for students at the School of Oriental and African Studies, and it is without question the established market leader.

 

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Pronunciation and script
1
nouns adjectives cha ho possessives postpositions
23
plural forms plural and negative verbs questions greetings ko ke the postposition ko polite expressions bāta dekhi
28
personal pronouns the verb to be feminine forms comparison of adjectives the particles po ni hy ta kohī kehī
39
more postpositions the oblique case expressions of time numeral classifiers to have rahecha
51
verb bases Simple Indefinite emphatic forms Present Continuous
59
negative verbs the direct object Ie kahile katy honcha
68
fractions more expressions of time tira cāhī ko koko compound postpositions jasto arko arū the Imperative re
79
Infinitival Participle bbanne the Nepali calendar
160
Infinitival Participle cont Infinitival Future Third Infinitive
170
Second Perfect Participle conditional and concessive clauses pronominal adjectives and adverbs Second Perfect Tense Second Pluperfect Tense
182
The Injunctive Future Tense holā
197
Past Habitual impossible conditions causative verbs
210
Imperfect Participle continuous tenses literary forms of verbs
223
Absolutive Participle frequentative and continuous tenses compound verbs royal honorific jeI
234
Appendix 1 The Nepali numerals
251

Secondary Verbal Base Simple Past thiyo bhayo days of the week
93
IStem verbs open conditions expressions of price weight and measure other forms of the Imperative
103
Conjunctive Participles reported speech lāgno parno expressions of age
115
necessity must have to āphno the Second Infinitive
127
First Perfect Participle more uses of the Second Infinitive sakesamma
137
First Perfect Tense First Perfect Participle with ta and tara First Pluperfect Tense more uses of the Second Infinitive
149
Appendix 2 Geographical terms
253
Appendix 3 Nepali relationship terms
256
Key to Exercises
258
NepaliEnglish Vocabulary
299
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