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<p><b>Nepali grammar</b> is the study of the <a href="/wiki/Morphology_(linguistics)" title="Morphology (linguistics)">morphology</a> and <a href="/wiki/Syntax" title="Syntax">syntax</a> of <a href="/wiki/Nepali_language" title="Nepali language">Nepali</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Indo-European_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-European language">Indo-European language</a> spoken in <a href="/wiki/South_Asia" title="South Asia">South Asia</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Morphology">Morphology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nepali_grammar&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Morphology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nouns">Nouns</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nepali_grammar&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Nouns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nepali <a href="/wiki/Noun" title="Noun">nouns</a> that denote male and female beings are sometimes distinguished by <a href="/wiki/Suffixation" class="mw-redirect" title="Suffixation">suffixation</a> or through pairs of lexically differing terms.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thus one pattern involves masculine <i>-o/ā</i> vs feminine <i>-ī</i> suffixes (e.g. <i>chorā</i> "<a href="/wiki/Son" title="Son">son</a>" : <i>chorī</i> "<a href="/wiki/Daughter" title="Daughter">daughter</a>", <i>buṛho</i> "old man" : <i>buṛhī</i> "old woman"), while another such phenomenon is that of the derivational feminine suffix <i>-nī</i> (e.g. <i>chetrī</i> "<a href="/wiki/Chetri" class="mw-redirect" title="Chetri">Chetri</a>" : <i>chetrīnī</i> "Chetri woman", <i>kukur</i> "<a href="/wiki/Dog" title="Dog">dog</a>" : <i>kukurnī</i> "female dog"). Beyond this, nouns are otherwise not overtly marked (i.e. <a href="/wiki/Animacy" title="Animacy">inanimate</a> nouns, <a href="/wiki/Abstract_noun" class="mw-redirect" title="Abstract noun">abstract nouns</a>, all other animates). </p><p>Overall, in terms of <a href="/wiki/Grammatical_gender" title="Grammatical gender">grammatical gender</a>, among <a href="/wiki/Indo-Aryan_languages" title="Indo-Aryan languages">Indo-Aryan languages</a>, Nepali possesses an "attenuated gender" system, in which "gender <a href="/wiki/Agreement_(linguistics)" title="Agreement (linguistics)">accord</a> typically is restricted to female animates (so that the system is essentially restructured as <i>zero/+Fem</i>), optional or loose even then […], and greatly reduced in syntactic scope. […] In Nepali, the [declensional] ending is a neutral <i>-o</i>, changeable to <i>-ī</i> with Personal Feminines in more formal style."<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nepali distinguishes two <a href="/wiki/Grammatical_number" title="Grammatical number">numbers</a>, with a common pluralizing <a href="/wiki/Suffix" title="Suffix">suffix</a> for <a href="/wiki/Noun" title="Noun">nouns</a> in <i>-harū</i> (e.g. <i>mitra</i> "<a href="/wiki/Friend" class="mw-redirect" title="Friend">friend</a>" : <i>mitraharū</i> "friends"). Unlike the <a href="/wiki/English_plural" class="mw-redirect" title="English plural">English plural</a> it is not mandatory, and may be left unexpressed if plurality is already indicated in some other way: e.g. by explicit numbering, or <a href="/wiki/Agreement_(linguistics)" title="Agreement (linguistics)">agreement</a>. <a href="#CITEREFRiccardi2003">Riccardi (2003</a>:554) further notes that the suffix "rarely indicates simple plurality: it often means that other objects of the same or a like class are also indicated and may be translated as 'and other things'." </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjectives">Adjectives</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nepali_grammar&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Adjectives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Adjective" title="Adjective">Adjectives</a> may be divided into declinable and indeclinable categories. Declinables are marked, through termination, for the gender and number of the nouns they qualify. The declinable endings are <i>-o</i> for the "masculine" singular, <i>-ī</i> for the feminine singular, and <i>-ā</i> for the plural. e.g. <i>sāno kitāb</i> "small <a href="/wiki/Book" title="Book">book</a>", <i>sānī keṭī</i> "small <a href="/wiki/Girl" title="Girl">girl</a>", <i>sānā kalamharū</i> "small <a href="/wiki/Pen" title="Pen">pens</a>". </p><p>"Masculine", or rather "neutral" <i>-o</i> is the <a href="/wiki/Citation_form" class="mw-redirect" title="Citation form">citation form</a> and the otherwise overwhelmingly more encountered declension, as previously noted, gender in Nepali is attenuated and <a href="/wiki/Agreement_(linguistics)" title="Agreement (linguistics)">accord</a> "typically is restricted to female animates", and "optional or loose even then". However, "In writing, there has been a strong tendency by some to extend the use of feminine markers beyond their use in speech to include the consistent marking of certain adjectives with feminine endings. This tendency is strengthened by some Nepali grammars and may be reinforced by the influence of <a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a> upon both speech and writing."<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Indeclinable adjectives are completely invariable, and can end in either <a href="/wiki/Consonant" title="Consonant">consonants</a> or <a href="/wiki/Vowel" title="Vowel">vowels</a> (except <i>-o</i>). </p> <ul><li>Examples of declinable adjectives:<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>ṭhūlo</i> "big", <i>rāmro</i> "good", <i>seto</i> "white", <i>sāno</i> "small".</li> <li>Examples of indeclinable adjectives:<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>garīb</i> "poor", <i>saphā</i> "clean", <i>dhanī</i> "rich", <i>nayā̃</i> "new".</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Postpositions">Postpositions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nepali_grammar&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Postpositions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Nepali the locus of grammatical function or "<a href="/wiki/Grammatical_case" title="Grammatical case">case</a>-marking" lies within a system of <a href="/wiki/Agglutinative" class="mw-redirect" title="Agglutinative">agglutinative</a> <a href="/wiki/Suffix" title="Suffix">suffixes</a> or <a href="/wiki/Grammatical_particle" title="Grammatical particle">particles</a> known as <a href="/wiki/Postposition" class="mw-redirect" title="Postposition">postpositions</a>, which parallel <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Preposition" class="mw-redirect" title="Preposition">prepositions</a>. There is a number of such one-word primary postpositions: </p> <ul><li><i>ko</i> – <a href="/wiki/Genitive_case" title="Genitive case">genitive</a> marker; variably declinable in the manner of an adjective. X <i>ko/kī/kā</i> Y has the sense "X's Y", with <i>ko/kī/kā</i> agreeing with Y.</li> <li><i>lāī</i> – marks the indirect <a href="/wiki/Object_(grammar)" title="Object (grammar)">object</a> (hence named "<a href="/wiki/Dative" class="mw-redirect" title="Dative">dative</a> marker"), <i>or</i>, if <a href="/wiki/Definiteness" title="Definiteness">definite</a>, the direct object.</li> <li><i>le</i> – both <a href="/wiki/Instrumental_case" title="Instrumental case">instrumental</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ergative_case" title="Ergative case">ergative</a> marker; in its latter capacity it is applied to the <a href="/wiki/Subject_(grammar)" title="Subject (grammar)">subject</a> obligatorily in the <a href="/wiki/Transitive_verb" title="Transitive verb">transitive</a> <a href="/wiki/Perfective" class="mw-redirect" title="Perfective">perfective</a>/perfect and optionally in other transitive aspects.</li> <li><i>mā</i> – general <a href="/wiki/Locative" class="mw-redirect" title="Locative">locative</a> marker; "in, at, on", etc.</li> <li><i>bhandā</i> – an <a href="/wiki/Ablative" class="mw-redirect" title="Ablative">ablative</a> postposition used for <a href="/wiki/Comparative" title="Comparative">comparatives</a> and along with <a href="/wiki/Adverb" title="Adverb">adverbs</a> for compound postpositions.</li> <li><a href="#CITEREFRiccardi2003">Riccardi (2003</a>:557) lists the following other common primary postpositions: <i>tala</i> "below", <i>muni</i> "under", <i>dekhi</i> "from", <i>bāṭa</i> "from", <i>sãga</i> "with", <i>sita</i> "with", <i>pachi</i> "after", <i>samma</i> "up to", <i>bittikai</i> "as soon as".</li></ul> <p>Beyond this come compound postpositions, composed of a primary postposition (most likely <i>ko</i> or <i>bhandā</i>) plus an <a href="/wiki/Adverb" title="Adverb">adverb</a>. </p> <ul><li><i>ko lāgi</i> "for", <i>ko pachāṛī</i> "behind", <i>ko viruddha</i> "against", <i>bhandā māthi</i> "above", <i>bhandā par</i> "beyond", etc.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronouns">Pronouns</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nepali_grammar&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Pronouns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nepali has <a href="/wiki/Personal_pronoun" title="Personal pronoun">personal pronouns</a> for the first and second persons, while third person forms are of <a href="/wiki/Demonstrative" title="Demonstrative">demonstrative</a> origin, and can be categorized <a href="/wiki/Deixis" title="Deixis">deictically</a> as proximate and distal. The <a href="/wiki/Pronominal" class="mw-redirect" title="Pronominal">pronominal</a> system is quite elaborate, by reason of its differentiation on lines of sociolinguistic formality. In this respect it has three levels or grades of formality/status: low, middle, and high (see <a href="/wiki/T-V_distinction" class="mw-redirect" title="T-V distinction">T-V distinction</a> for further clarification). Pronouns do not distinguish <a href="/wiki/Grammatical_gender" title="Grammatical gender">gender</a>. </p><p>The first person singular pronoun is <span title="Nepali (macrolanguage)-language text"><span lang="ne">म</span></span> <span title="Nepali (macrolanguage)-language romanization"><i lang="ne-Latn">ma</i></span>, and the first person plural is <span title="Nepali (macrolanguage)-language text"><span lang="ne">हामी</span></span> <span title="Nepali (macrolanguage)-language romanization"><i lang="ne-Latn">hāmī</i></span>. The following table lists the second and third person singular forms. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"> </th> <th rowspan="2">2nd pn. </th> <th colspan="3">3rd pn. </th></tr> <tr> <th>Prox. </th> <th colspan="2">Dist. </th></tr> <tr> <th>Low </th> <td><span lang="ne"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%81#Nepali" class="extiw" title="wikt:तँ">तँ</a></span> <span title="Nepali (macrolanguage)-language romanization"><i lang="ne-Latn">tã</i></span> </td> <td><span lang="ne"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B#Nepali" class="extiw" title="wikt:यो">यो</a></span> <span title="Nepali (macrolanguage)-language romanization"><i lang="ne-Latn">yo</i></span> <small>(<span lang="ne"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%B8#Nepali" class="extiw" title="wikt:यस">यस</a></span> <span title="Nepali (macrolanguage)-language romanization"><i lang="ne-Latn">yas</i></span>)</small> </td> <td><span lang="ne"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B#Nepali" class="extiw" title="wikt:त्यो">त्यो</a></span> <span title="Nepali (macrolanguage)-language romanization"><i lang="ne-Latn">tyo</i></span> <small>(<span lang="ne"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%B8#Nepali" class="extiw" title="wikt:त्यस">त्यस</a></span> <span title="Nepali (macrolanguage)-language romanization"><i lang="ne-Latn">tyas</i></span>)</small> </td> <td><span lang="ne"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%8A#Nepali" class="extiw" title="wikt:ऊ">ऊ</a></span> <span title="Nepali (macrolanguage)-language romanization"><i lang="ne-Latn">ū</i></span> <small>(<span lang="ne"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%B8#Nepali" class="extiw" title="wikt:उस">उस</a></span> <span title="Nepali (macrolanguage)-language romanization"><i lang="ne-Latn">us</i></span>)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Middle </th> <td><span lang="ne"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%80#Nepali" class="extiw" title="wikt:तिमी">तिमी</a></span> <span title="Nepali (macrolanguage)-language romanization"><i lang="ne-Latn">timī</i></span> </td> <td><span lang="ne"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80#Nepali" class="extiw" title="wikt:यिनी">यिनी</a></span> <span title="Nepali (macrolanguage)-language romanization"><i lang="ne-Latn">yinī</i></span> <small>(<span lang="ne"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8#Nepali" class="extiw" title="wikt:यिन">यिन</a></span> <span title="Nepali (macrolanguage)-language romanization"><i lang="ne-Latn">yin</i></span>)</small> </td> <td><span lang="ne"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80#Nepali" class="extiw" title="wikt:तिनी">तिनी</a></span> <span title="Nepali (macrolanguage)-language romanization"><i lang="ne-Latn">tinī</i></span> <small>(<span lang="ne"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8#Nepali" class="extiw" title="wikt:तिन">तिन</a></span> <span title="Nepali (macrolanguage)-language romanization"><i lang="ne-Latn">tin</i></span>)</small> </td> <td><span lang="ne"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80#Nepali" class="extiw" title="wikt:उनी">उनी</a></span> <span title="Nepali (macrolanguage)-language romanization"><i lang="ne-Latn">unī</i></span> <small>(<span lang="ne"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%A8#Nepali" class="extiw" title="wikt:उन">उन</a></span> <span title="Nepali (macrolanguage)-language romanization"><i lang="ne-Latn">un</i></span>)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <th>High </th> <td><span lang="ne"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%88%E0%A4%82#Nepali" class="extiw" title="wikt:तपाईं">तपाईं</a></span> <span title="Nepali (macrolanguage)-language romanization"><i lang="ne-Latn">tapāī̃</i></span> </td> <td><span lang="ne"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%81#Nepali" class="extiw" title="wikt:यहाँ">यहाँ</a></span> <span title="Nepali (macrolanguage)-language romanization"><i lang="ne-Latn">yahā̃</i></span> </td> <td> </td> <td><span lang="ne"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%81#Nepali" class="extiw" title="wikt:वहाँ">वहाँ</a></span> <span title="Nepali (macrolanguage)-language romanization"><i lang="ne-Latn">wahā̃</i></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><span title="Nepali (macrolanguage)-language romanization"><i lang="ne-Latn">yo</i></span> and <span title="Nepali (macrolanguage)-language romanization"><i lang="ne-Latn">tyo</i></span> have <span title="Nepali (macrolanguage)-language romanization"><i lang="ne-Latn">yī</i></span> and <span title="Nepali (macrolanguage)-language romanization"><i lang="ne-Latn">tī</i></span> as plurals, while other pronouns pluralize (including <span title="Nepali (macrolanguage)-language romanization"><i lang="ne-Latn">hāmī</i></span>, for emphasis, but excluding <span title="Nepali (macrolanguage)-language romanization"><i lang="ne-Latn">ū</i></span>) with the common suffix <span title="Nepali (macrolanguage)-language romanization"><i lang="ne-Latn">-harū</i></span>. Also, bracketed beside of a number of forms in the above chart are their <a href="/wiki/Oblique_case" title="Oblique case">oblique</a> counterparts, used when they (as demonstrative pronouns) or that which they qualify (as demonstrative determiners) are followed by a <a href="/wiki/Postposition" class="mw-redirect" title="Postposition">postposition</a>. However, the need to oblique weakens the longer distance between demonstrative and postposition gets. Also, one exception which does not require obliquing is <span title="Nepali (macrolanguage)-language romanization"><i lang="ne-Latn">-sãga</i></span> "with". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verbs">Verbs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nepali_grammar&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Verbs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Verbs in Nepali are quite highly inflected, agreeing with the subject in number, gender, status and person. They also inflect for tense, mood, and aspect. As well as these inflected finite forms, there are also a large number of participial forms. </p><p>Possibly the most important verb in Nepali, as well as the most irregular, is the verb हुनु <i>hunu</i> 'to be, to become'. In the simple present tense, there are at least three conjugations of हुनु <i>hunu</i>, only one of which is regular. The first, the <i>ho</i>-conjugation is, broadly speaking, used to define things, and as such its complement is usually a noun. The second, the <i>cha</i>-conjugation is used to describe things, and the complement is usually an adjectival or prepositional phrase. The third, the <i>huncha</i>-conjugation, is used to express regular occurrences or future events, and also expresses 'to become' or 'to happen'. </p><p>They are conjugated as follows: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Simple Present conjugation of the verb हुनु <i>hunu</i> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th></th> <th>हो <i>ho</i> </th> <th>छ <i>cha</i> </th> <th>हुन्छ <i>huncha</i> </th></tr> <tr> <th>First person singular </th> <td>हुँ <i>hũ</i> </td> <td>छु <i>chu</i> </td> <td>हुन्छु <i>hunchu</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th>First person plural </th> <td>हौँ <i>haũ</i> </td> <td>छौँ <i>chaũ</i> </td> <td>हुन्छौँ <i>hunchaũ</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Second person singular low-grade </th> <td>होस् <i>hos</i> </td> <td>छस् <i>chas</i> </td> <td>हुन्छस् <i>hunchas</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Second person middle-grade/plural </th> <td>हौ <i>hau</i> </td> <td>छौ <i>chau</i> </td> <td>हुन्छौ <i>hunchau</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th>High grade </th> <td>हुनुहन्छ <i>hunuhuncha</i> </td> <td>हुनुहन्छ <i>hunuhuncha</i> </td> <td>हुनुहन्छ <i>hunuhuncha</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Third person singular low-grade </th> <td>हो <i>ho</i> </td> <td>छ <i>cha</i> </td> <td>हुन्छ <i>huncha</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Third person middle-grade/plural masculine </th> <td>हुन् <i>hun</i> </td> <td>छन् <i>chan</i> </td> <td>हुन्छन् <i>hunchan</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Third person middle-grade/plural feminine </th> <td>हुन् <i>hun</i> </td> <td>छिन् <i>chin</i> </td> <td>हुन्छिन् <i>hunchin</i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>हुनु <i>hunu</i> also has two <a href="/wiki/Suppletive" class="mw-redirect" title="Suppletive">suppletive</a> stems in the simple past, namely भ- <i>bha-</i> (the use of which corresponds to the <i>huncha</i>-conjugation) and थि- <i>thi-</i> (which corresponds to both the <i>cha</i> and <i>ho</i>-conjugations) which are otherwise regularly conjugated. भ- <i>bha-</i> is also the stem used in the formation of the various <a href="/wiki/Participle" title="Participle">participles</a>. </p><p>The finite forms of regular verbs are conjugated as follows (using गर्नु <i>garnu</i> 'to do' as an example): </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Finite forms of गर्नु <i>garnu</i> 'to do' </caption> <tbody><tr> <th></th> <th>Simple Present/Future </th> <th>Probable Future </th> <th>Simple Past </th> <th>Past Habitual </th> <th>Injunctive </th> <th>Imperative </th></tr> <tr> <th>First person singular </th> <td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1209690778">.mw-parser-output .interlinear .bold{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .interlinear .smallcaps{text-transform:uppercase;font-size:smaller}</style><div class="interlinear"><div style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0.3em;margin-right: 1em;"><p style="margin: 0px;">गर्छु</p><p style="margin: 0px;font-style: italic;">garchu</p></div><p style="display: none;">गर्छु</p><p style="display: none;">garchu</p><p style="clear: left;">'I (will) do'</p><div style="clear: left; display: block;"></div> </div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1209690778"><div class="interlinear"><div style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0.3em;margin-right: 1em;"><p style="margin: 0px;">गरुँला</p><p style="margin: 0px;font-style: italic;">garũlā</p></div><p style="display: none;">गरुँला</p><p style="display: none;">garũlā</p><p style="clear: left;">'I will (probably) do'</p><div style="clear: left; display: block;"></div> </div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1209690778"><div class="interlinear"><div style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0.3em;margin-right: 1em;"><p style="margin: 0px;">गरेँ</p><p style="margin: 0px;font-style: italic;">garẽ</p></div><p style="display: none;">गरेँ</p><p style="display: none;">garẽ</p><p style="clear: left;">'I did'</p><div style="clear: left; display: block;"></div> </div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1209690778"><div class="interlinear"><div style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0.3em;margin-right: 1em;"><p style="margin: 0px;">गर्थेँ</p><p style="margin: 0px;font-style: italic;">garthẽ</p></div><p style="display: none;">गर्थेँ</p><p style="display: none;">garthẽ</p><p style="clear: left;">'I used to do'</p><div style="clear: left; display: block;"></div> </div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1209690778"><div class="interlinear"><div style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0.3em;margin-right: 1em;"><p style="margin: 0px;">गरुँ</p><p style="margin: 0px;font-style: italic;">garũ</p></div><p style="display: none;">गरुँ</p><p style="display: none;">garũ</p><p style="clear: left;">'may I do'</p><div style="clear: left; display: block;"></div> </div> </td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <th>First person plural </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1209690778"><div class="interlinear"><div style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0.3em;margin-right: 1em;"><p style="margin: 0px;">गर्छौँ</p><p style="margin: 0px;font-style: italic;">garchaũ</p></div><p style="display: none;">गर्छौँ</p><p style="display: none;">garchaũ</p><p style="clear: left;">'We (will) do'</p><div style="clear: left; display: block;"></div> </div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1209690778"><div class="interlinear"><div style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0.3em;margin-right: 1em;"><p style="margin: 0px;">गरौँला</p><p style="margin: 0px;font-style: italic;">garaũlā</p></div><p style="display: none;">गरौँला</p><p style="display: none;">garaũlā</p><p style="clear: left;">'We will (probably) do'</p><div style="clear: left; display: block;"></div> </div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1209690778"><div class="interlinear"><div style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0.3em;margin-right: 1em;"><p style="margin: 0px;">गर्यौ</p><p style="margin: 0px;font-style: italic;">garyaũ</p></div><p style="display: none;">गर्यौ</p><p style="display: none;">garyaũ</p><p style="clear: left;">'We did'</p><div style="clear: left; display: block;"></div> </div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1209690778"><div class="interlinear"><div style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0.3em;margin-right: 1em;"><p style="margin: 0px;">गर्थ्यौँ</p><p style="margin: 0px;font-style: italic;">garthyaũ</p></div><p style="display: none;">गर्थ्यौँ</p><p style="display: none;">garthyaũ</p><p style="clear: left;">'We used to do'</p><div style="clear: left; display: block;"></div> </div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1209690778"><div class="interlinear"><div style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0.3em;margin-right: 1em;"><p style="margin: 0px;">गरौँ</p><p style="margin: 0px;font-style: italic;">garaũ</p></div><p style="display: none;">गरौँ</p><p style="display: none;">garaũ</p><p style="clear: left;">'may we do, let's do'</p><div style="clear: left; display: block;"></div> </div> </td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <th>Second person singular low-grade </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1209690778"><div class="interlinear"><div style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0.3em;margin-right: 1em;"><p style="margin: 0px;">गर्छस्</p><p style="margin: 0px;font-style: italic;">garchas</p></div><p style="display: none;">गर्छस्</p><p style="display: none;">garchas</p><p style="clear: left;">'you (will) do'</p><div style="clear: left; display: block;"></div> </div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1209690778"><div class="interlinear"><div style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0.3em;margin-right: 1em;"><p style="margin: 0px;">गर्लास्</p><p style="margin: 0px;font-style: italic;">garlās</p></div><p style="display: none;">गर्लास्</p><p style="display: none;">garlās</p><p style="clear: left;">'you will (probably) do'</p><div style="clear: left; display: block;"></div> </div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1209690778"><div class="interlinear"><div style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0.3em;margin-right: 1em;"><p style="margin: 0px;">गरिस्</p><p style="margin: 0px;font-style: italic;">garis</p></div><p style="display: none;">गरिस्</p><p style="display: none;">garis</p><p style="clear: left;">'you did'</p><div style="clear: left; display: block;"></div> </div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1209690778"><div class="interlinear"><div style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0.3em;margin-right: 1em;"><p style="margin: 0px;">गर्थिस्</p><p style="margin: 0px;font-style: italic;">garthis</p></div><p style="display: none;">गर्थिस्</p><p style="display: none;">garthis</p><p style="clear: left;">'you used to do'</p><div style="clear: left; display: block;"></div> </div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1209690778"><div class="interlinear"><div style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0.3em;margin-right: 1em;"><p style="margin: 0px;">गरेस्</p><p style="margin: 0px;font-style: italic;">gares</p></div><p style="display: none;">गरेस्</p><p style="display: none;">gares</p><p style="clear: left;">'may you do'</p><div style="clear: left; display: block;"></div> </div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1209690778"><div class="interlinear"><div style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0.3em;margin-right: 1em;"><p style="margin: 0px;">गर्</p><p style="margin: 0px;font-style: italic;">gar</p></div><p style="display: none;">गर्</p><p style="display: none;">gar</p><p style="clear: left;">'do!'</p><div style="clear: left; display: block;"></div> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Second person middle-grade/plural </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1209690778"><div class="interlinear"><div style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0.3em;margin-right: 1em;"><p style="margin: 0px;">गर्छौ</p><p style="margin: 0px;font-style: italic;">garchau</p></div><p style="display: none;">गर्छौ</p><p style="display: none;">garchau</p><p style="clear: left;">'you (will) do'</p><div style="clear: left; display: block;"></div> </div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1209690778"><div class="interlinear"><div style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0.3em;margin-right: 1em;"><p style="margin: 0px;">गरौला</p><p style="margin: 0px;font-style: italic;">garaulā</p></div><p style="display: none;">गरौला</p><p style="display: none;">garaulā</p><p style="clear: left;">'you will (probably) do'</p><div style="clear: left; display: block;"></div> </div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1209690778"><div class="interlinear"><div style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0.3em;margin-right: 1em;"><p style="margin: 0px;">गर्यौ</p><p style="margin: 0px;font-style: italic;">garyau</p></div><p style="display: none;">गर्यौ</p><p style="display: none;">garyau</p><p style="clear: left;">'you did'</p><div style="clear: left; display: block;"></div> </div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1209690778"><div class="interlinear"><div style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0.3em;margin-right: 1em;"><p style="margin: 0px;">गर्थ्यौ</p><p style="margin: 0px;font-style: italic;">garthyau</p></div><p style="display: none;">गर्थ्यौ</p><p style="display: none;">garthyau</p><p style="clear: left;">'you used to do'</p><div style="clear: left; display: block;"></div> </div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1209690778"><div class="interlinear"><div style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0.3em;margin-right: 1em;"><p style="margin: 0px;">गरौ</p><p style="margin: 0px;font-style: italic;">garau</p></div><p style="display: none;">गरौ</p><p style="display: none;">garau</p><p style="clear: left;">'may you do'</p><div style="clear: left; display: block;"></div> </div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1209690778"><div class="interlinear"><div style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0.3em;margin-right: 1em;"><p style="margin: 0px;">गर</p><p style="margin: 0px;font-style: italic;">gara</p></div><p style="display: none;">गर</p><p style="display: none;">gara</p><p style="clear: left;">'do'</p><div style="clear: left; display: block;"></div> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th>High grade </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1209690778"><div class="interlinear"><div style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0.3em;margin-right: 1em;"><p style="margin: 0px;">गर्नुहुन्छ</p><p style="margin: 0px;font-style: italic;">garnuhuncha</p></div><p style="display: none;">गर्नुहुन्छ</p><p style="display: none;">garnuhuncha</p><p style="clear: left;">'you (will) do'</p><div style="clear: left; display: block;"></div> </div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1209690778"><div class="interlinear"><div style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0.3em;margin-right: 1em;"><p style="margin: 0px;">गर्नुहोला</p><p style="margin: 0px;font-style: italic;">garnuhola</p></div><p style="display: none;">गर्नुहोला</p><p style="display: none;">garnuhola</p><p style="clear: left;">'you will (probably) do'</p><div style="clear: left; display: block;"></div> </div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1209690778"><div class="interlinear"><div style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0.3em;margin-right: 1em;"><p style="margin: 0px;">गर्नुभयो</p><p style="margin: 0px;font-style: italic;">garnubhayo</p></div><p style="display: none;">गर्नुभयो</p><p style="display: none;">garnubhayo</p><p style="clear: left;">'you did'</p><div style="clear: left; display: block;"></div> </div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1209690778"><div class="interlinear"><div style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0.3em;margin-right: 1em;"><p style="margin: 0px;">गर्नुहुन्थ्यो</p><p style="margin: 0px;font-style: italic;">garnuhunthyo</p></div><p style="display: none;">गर्नुहुन्थ्यो</p><p style="display: none;">garnuhunthyo</p><p style="clear: left;">'you used to do'</p><div style="clear: left; display: block;"></div> </div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1209690778"><div class="interlinear"><div style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0.3em;margin-right: 1em;"><p style="margin: 0px;">गर्नुहोस्</p><p style="margin: 0px;font-style: italic;">garnuhos</p></div><p style="display: none;">गर्नुहोस्</p><p style="display: none;">garnuhos</p><p style="clear: left;">'may you do, please do'</p><div style="clear: left; display: block;"></div> </div> </td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <th>Third person singular low-grade </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1209690778"><div class="interlinear"><div style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0.3em;margin-right: 1em;"><p style="margin: 0px;">गर्छ</p><p style="margin: 0px;font-style: italic;">garcha</p></div><p style="display: none;">गर्छ</p><p style="display: none;">garcha</p><p style="clear: left;">'he does'</p><div style="clear: left; display: block;"></div> </div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1209690778"><div class="interlinear"><div style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0.3em;margin-right: 1em;"><p style="margin: 0px;">गर्ला</p><p style="margin: 0px;font-style: italic;">garlā</p></div><p style="display: none;">गर्ला</p><p style="display: none;">garlā</p><p style="clear: left;">'he will (probably) do'</p><div style="clear: left; display: block;"></div> </div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1209690778"><div class="interlinear"><div style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0.3em;margin-right: 1em;"><p style="margin: 0px;">गर्यो</p><p style="margin: 0px;font-style: italic;">garyo</p></div><p style="display: none;">गर्यो</p><p style="display: none;">garyo</p><p style="clear: left;">'he did'</p><div style="clear: left; display: block;"></div> </div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1209690778"><div class="interlinear"><div style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0.3em;margin-right: 1em;"><p style="margin: 0px;">गर्थ्यो</p><p style="margin: 0px;font-style: italic;">garthyo</p></div><p style="display: none;">गर्थ्यो</p><p style="display: none;">garthyo</p><p style="clear: left;">'he used to do'</p><div style="clear: left; display: block;"></div> </div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1209690778"><div class="interlinear"><div style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0.3em;margin-right: 1em;"><p style="margin: 0px;">गरोस्</p><p style="margin: 0px;font-style: italic;">garos</p></div><p style="display: none;">गरोस्</p><p style="display: none;">garos</p><p style="clear: left;">'may he do'</p><div style="clear: left; display: block;"></div> </div> </td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <th>Third person middle-grade/plural masculine </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1209690778"><div class="interlinear"><div style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0.3em;margin-right: 1em;"><p style="margin: 0px;">गर्छन्</p><p style="margin: 0px;font-style: italic;">garchan</p></div><p style="display: none;">गर्छन्</p><p style="display: none;">garchan</p><p style="clear: left;">'they (will) do'</p><div style="clear: left; display: block;"></div> </div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1209690778"><div class="interlinear"><div style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0.3em;margin-right: 1em;"><p style="margin: 0px;">गर्लान्</p><p style="margin: 0px;font-style: italic;">garlān</p></div><p style="display: none;">गर्लान्</p><p style="display: none;">garlān</p><p style="clear: left;">'they will (probably) do'</p><div style="clear: left; display: block;"></div> </div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1209690778"><div class="interlinear"><div style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0.3em;margin-right: 1em;"><p style="margin: 0px;">गरे</p><p style="margin: 0px;font-style: italic;">gare</p></div><p style="display: none;">गरे</p><p style="display: none;">gare</p><p style="clear: left;">'they did'</p><div style="clear: left; display: block;"></div> </div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1209690778"><div class="interlinear"><div style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0.3em;margin-right: 1em;"><p style="margin: 0px;">गर्थे</p><p style="margin: 0px;font-style: italic;">garthe</p></div><p style="display: none;">गर्थे</p><p style="display: none;">garthe</p><p style="clear: left;">'they used to do'</p><div style="clear: left; display: block;"></div> </div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1209690778"><div class="interlinear"><div style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0.3em;margin-right: 1em;"><p style="margin: 0px;">गरून्</p><p style="margin: 0px;font-style: italic;">garūn</p></div><p style="display: none;">गरून्</p><p style="display: none;">garūn</p><p style="clear: left;">'may they do'</p><div style="clear: left; display: block;"></div> </div> </td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <th>Third person middle-grade/plural feminine </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1209690778"><div class="interlinear"><div style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0.3em;margin-right: 1em;"><p style="margin: 0px;">गर्छिन्</p><p style="margin: 0px;font-style: italic;">garchin</p></div><p style="display: none;">गर्छिन्</p><p style="display: none;">garchin</p><p style="clear: left;">'she (will) do'</p><div style="clear: left; display: block;"></div> </div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1209690778"><div class="interlinear"><div style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0.3em;margin-right: 1em;"><p style="margin: 0px;">गर्लिन्</p><p style="margin: 0px;font-style: italic;">garlin</p></div><p style="display: none;">गर्लिन्</p><p style="display: none;">garlin</p><p style="clear: left;">'she will (probably) do'</p><div style="clear: left; display: block;"></div> </div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1209690778"><div class="interlinear"><div style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0.3em;margin-right: 1em;"><p style="margin: 0px;">गरिन्</p><p style="margin: 0px;font-style: italic;">garin</p></div><p style="display: none;">गरिन्</p><p style="display: none;">garin</p><p style="clear: left;">'she did'</p><div style="clear: left; display: block;"></div> </div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1209690778"><div class="interlinear"><div style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0.3em;margin-right: 1em;"><p style="margin: 0px;">गर्थिन्</p><p style="margin: 0px;font-style: italic;">garthin</p></div><p style="display: none;">गर्थिन्</p><p style="display: none;">garthin</p><p style="clear: left;">'she used to do'</p><div style="clear: left; display: block;"></div> </div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1209690778"><div class="interlinear"><div style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0.3em;margin-right: 1em;"><p style="margin: 0px;">गरुन्</p><p style="margin: 0px;font-style: italic;">garūn</p></div><p style="display: none;">गरुन्</p><p style="display: none;">garūn</p><p style="clear: left;">'may she do'</p><div style="clear: left; display: block;"></div> </div> </td> <td>– </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>As well as these, there are two forms which are infinitival and participial in origin, but are frequently used as if they were finite verbs. Again using गर्नु <i>garnu</i> as an example, these are गरेको <i>gareko</i> 'did' and गर्ने <i>garne</i> 'will do'. Since they are simpler than the conjugated forms, these are often overused by non-native speakers, which can sound stilted. </p><p>The <i>eko</i>-participle is also the basis of <a href="/wiki/Perfect_(grammar)" title="Perfect (grammar)">perfect</a> constructions in Nepali. This is formed by using the auxiliary verb हुनु <i>hunu</i> (usually the <i>cha</i>-form in the present tense and the <i>thi</i>-form in the past) with the <i>eko</i>-participle. So, for example, मैले काम गरेको छु <i>maile kām gareko chu</i> means 'I have done (the) work'. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Infinitives">Infinitives</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nepali_grammar&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Infinitives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nepali has two infinitives. The first is formed by adding -नु <i>nu</i> to the verb stem. This is the <a href="/wiki/Citation_form" class="mw-redirect" title="Citation form">citation form</a> of the verb, and is used in a number of constructions, the most important being the construction expressing obligation. This is formed by combining the <i>nu</i>-infinitive with the verb पर्नु <i>parnu</i> 'to fall'. This is an impersonal construction, which means that the object marker -लाई <i>lāī</i> is often added to the <a href="/wiki/Agent_(grammar)" title="Agent (grammar)">agent</a>, unless the verb is transitive, in which case the ergative/instrumental case marker -ले <i>le</i> is added. So, for example, <i>I have to do work</i> would be translated as मैले काम गर्नुपर्छ <i>maile kām garnuparcha</i>. It is also used with the postposition -अघि <i>aghi</i> 'before'. गर्नुअघि <i>garnuaghi</i>, then, means 'before doing'. </p><p>The second infinitive is formed by adding -न <i>na</i> to the verb stem. This is used in a wide variety of situations, and can generally be used where the infinitive is used in English. For example, म काम गर्न रामकहाँ गएको थिएँ <i>ma kām garna rāmkahā̃ gaeko thiẽ</i> 'I had gone to Ram's place to do work'. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nepali_grammar&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFRiccardi2003">Riccardi (2003</a>:554–555)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHuttSubedi1999">Hutt & Subedi (1999</a>:32–33)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHuttSubedi1999">Hutt & Subedi (1999</a>:33)</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nepali_grammar&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation 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