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Start with the grammar foundations (an afternoon of reading), then move to the practical lessons by situation. Every page has audio, romanization, and cultural notes.
The pieces every Nepali phrase is built from. Read these once and the lessons below stop feeling like rote memorization.
New here? The complete beginner's guide — the fastest path, a daily routine, and free resources.
Readतपाईं, तिमी, तँ — when to use each, and why the wrong one stings.
ReadEvery verb ends in -नु. The forms of हुनु and the regular suffix rule.
Read-मा, -बाट, -लाई, -ले — they go after the noun, not before.
ReadEight fill-in-the-blank frames that cover 80% of tourist talk.
ReadAll nine Nepali question words begin with क. Master them in an hour.
ReadAspirated consonants, schwa drop, SOV order — fix the seven big ones.
ReadHow Nepalis call strangers brother and sister — and how you can too.
ReadThree rules explain every consonant. Headstroke last, always.
Read12 BS months, 7 weekdays, periods of day, and the five time-telling patterns.
ReadWhy Nepal uses Bikram Sambat — and how to read a Nepali date on an official document.
ReadOnce the foundations stick, level up — imperatives at three honorific levels, causatives for household tasks, conditionals for negotiation, and the folk proverbs you'll hear from elders.
Three levels of commands — low, mid, high — and why tourists default to -nuhos.
ReadHave someone do something — गराउनु, खुवाउनु, सुताउनु. Ten pairs with audio.
ReadIf…then in Nepali. The yadi…bhane pattern with ten worked examples.
ReadTwelve folk sayings with literal translation, meaning, and usage context.
ReadTense and aspect, negation, the chha-vs-ho split, compound verbs, classifiers, discourse particles, and schwa rules. Twelve focused pages with audio on every example.
Two Nepali 'be' verbs — state/location vs identity. Twelve contrastive pairs.
Readchhaina, hoina, gardaina, garena — twelve negation forms with fifteen examples.
ReadHabitual, progressive, perfect, simple past — five aspects across five verbs.
Readgareko thiyo — 'had done' for narratives, lost-passport timelines, and police reports.
Readkhaa~dai thiyo — what you were doing when something interrupted it.
Readbhanera / bhani — how Nepali quotes what people said without backshifting tense.
Read-eko participial vs jo-tyo correlative — 'the man who came' two ways.
Readgariyo, garinchha — the impersonal/agentless construction tourists read more than speak.
Readbhok laagyo, man paryo — dative experiencer + light verb for feelings.
Readwaṭaa, janaa, thaan, paṭak — what to put between the number and the noun.
Readra, ta, ni, po, la — the tiny words that change tone without changing meaning.
ReadFive rules that decide when the inherent vowel of Devanagari drops.
Readraicha, hola, rahechha — how Nepali grammatically encodes how you know what you know.
ReadThe complete 3×3 conjugation grid for 'garnu' (to do) across honorific levels and tenses.
Read35+ Nepali kinship terms by generation — paternal vs maternal, elder vs younger.
Readkhaana-waana, ali-ali, thulo-thulo — three productive doubling patterns in colloquial speech.
ReadBase-20 counting in rural markets, plus saaḍhe / sawaa / paune for half- and quarter-prices.
ReadKathmandu, Eastern Hill, Terai, Far-West — what changes regionally and why it matters.
ReadWhy young Kathmandu speakers mix English mid-sentence — four productive patterns.
ReadHands-on tap-to-play exercises. No streaks, no timers — just train one skill at a time.
Tap shuffled Nepali words into the right SOV order. 10 rounds, audio feedback.
StartFlip 16 cards to pair eight Devanagari words with their English meanings.
StartRepeat any phrase 3, 5, or 10 times with adjustable pause for memorization.
StartHear three Nepali phrases, match each to its English meaning. Five rounds.
StartThree short narrated scenes with toggle-able captions and a comprehension quiz.
StartTrace Devanagari vowels and consonants on a canvas with smooth strokes.
Start15 FSI Basic Spoken Course lessons. Public-domain audio with transcripts.
StartEight Nepali conversation scenarios with a streaming AI persona. Bring your own key.
StartPick a Nepal photo, describe it in Nepali, get structured AI feedback. BYOK.
StartFrequency-ranked vocabulary with audio, CSV download, and Anki .apkg export.
Start100 hand-curated Nepali sentences across common verbs and tourist situations.
StartListen, choose, get instant feedback. Four ear-training drills covering the contrasts that English speakers miss most.
Same words, three pitch contours. How Nepali yes/no questions rise and wh-questions fall.
StartTen minimal pairs — paal vs phaal, kaan vs khaan, gar vs ghar.
StartSix minimal pairs across ट/त and ड/द — train your ear for daal vs Daal.
StartTen short/long pairs — kam vs kaam, din vs diin, tar vs taar.
StartFifteen everyday words — pick the natural pronunciation over the naive one.
StartShort, audio-supported lessons built for travelers — not linguistics students. Each one ends with the cultural context you won't find in a phrasebook.
Every meaningful conversation in Nepal starts with namaste — and ends with a small bow. Master these greetings and locals will warm to you instantly.
Start lessonNumbers are the second language of travel — every taxi fare, momo order, and bargain in Asan Bazaar runs on them. Learn the patterns once, use them everywhere.
Start lessonFrom smoky teahouses on the Everest trail to dimly-lit dal bhat joints in Patan, food is where Nepal opens up to you. A few phrases turn a transaction into a connection.
Start lessonKathmandu's old town has no logic to its alleys. Google Maps gives up. The only way out is to ask — politely, in Nepali — and trust the friendly point of a finger.
Start lessonThe right phrase at 4,500 meters can mean a warm meal, a faster route, or a life-saving descent. These are the words every trekker in Nepal should carry.
Start lessonIn Thamel and Asan Bazaar, the first price is never the real price. A handful of Nepali phrases — and a smile — turn haggling from stressful to genuinely fun.
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