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English | Nepal Basa |
1 | Chha- |
2 | Ni- |
3 | Swa- |
4 | Pe- |
5 | Nyaa- (Kenya) |
6 | Khu- |
7 | Nhay- |
8 | Chyaa- |
9 | Gu- |
10 | Jhi- |
Different classifiers are suffixed to the number depending on what you are counting. Put the classifiers given below after the numbers in the above table. To form a question prefix ‘gwa’ (as in go) to the classifier.
When counting this | Out this after the number | Example |
Living beings | -mha (as in muh) | Chha-mha (1 individual) |
Objects | -guu (goo) | Chha-guu (1 unit) |
Money | -ta-kaa | Chha-ta-kaa (Rs 1) |
Days | -nhu | Chha-nhu (1day) |
Times | -kha (as is caw) | Chha-kah (once) |
what is called zero in newari ????
plez send me some more basic language of newari
I’ve been trying out these pronounciations! =)
Hope it has been fun 🙂
How interesting… a differentiation by number purpose.
Ya it is but it also makes it complicated …