How to use the indefinite article in Nepali

How to use the indefinite article in Nepali

You want to learn how to use the indefinite article in Nepali? You've come to the right place! Scroll down and see the short Nepali lessons complete with useful examples. An apple, a house, a book... we explain it all to you in short, easy to follow lessons.

The Nepali indefinite article

The indefinite article is what we call the words 'a' and 'an' in English. The English indefinite article 'a' does not exist in Nepali. Unlike English, a noun on its own can be considered indefinite without the need for a specific word to show this.

Examples

bavan
a building
dai
a brother
čora
a son
din
a day
tebal
a table
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Step 3 : The indefinite article in Nepali

The indefinite article is what we call the word a in English. The indefinite article is used with nouns in English (a book, a chair, a door etc.). To get started in Nepali, pick just 3 important nouns. We suggest you learn the nouns kitab, mets and toka (book, chair, door). Once you have learned these nouns, you can then learn how to use each noun with the indefinite article. This is easy in Nepali, because in Nepali, there is no indefinite article. So the word kitab can mean book or a book, the word mets can mean chair or a chair and the word toka can mean door or a door. You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about the indefinite article in Nepali including useful examples. Once you have learned to use the indefinite article with the Nepali nouns kitab, mets and toka, you're ready to move on to Step 4 (the definite article in Nepali).

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