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अन्नम् means food, खाना. It is like पुस्तकम्. Eating is खादति. Drinking is पिबति. Those verbs are Lesson 15: Eat, Drink, and Write.

WordLikeNepaliMeaning
अन्नम्पुस्तकम्खानाfood
ओदनःछात्रःभातcooked rice
रोटिकाछात्रारोटीbread
शाकम्पुस्तकम्तरकारीvegetable, cooked greens
फलम्पुस्तकम्फलfruit
आम्रम्पुस्तकम्आँपmango
कदलीनदीकेराbanana. The subject has no visarga.
जलम्पुस्तकम्पानीwater
दुग्धम्पुस्तकम्दूधmilk
दधिsee belowदहीcurd
तक्रम्पुस्तकम्महीbuttermilk
घृतम्पुस्तकम्घ्यूghee
तैलम्पुस्तकम्तेलoil
लवणम्पुस्तकम्नुनsalt
शर्कराछात्राचिनीsugar
मधुsee belowमहhoney
मांसम्पुस्तकम्मासुmeat
मत्स्यःछात्रःमाछाfish

दधि means curd. The subject is दधि. मधु means honey. The subject is मधु. The other endings of those two wait. दधि अस्ति। “There is curd.” मधु अस्ति। “There is honey.”

Tastes

A taste matches the food the way a color matches a noun.

WordLikeNepaliMeaning
मधुरःनवीनःगुलियोsweet
अम्लःनवीनःअमिलोsour
लवणःनवीनःनुनिलोsalty. लवणम् is the salt itself. लवणः is “salty.”
कटुःगुरुःपिरोpungent. Beside a man, कटुः. Beside a thing, कटु, with no म्.
तिक्तःनवीनःतितोbitter

Sentences

SentenceMeaning
अहम् ओदनं खादामि।I eat rice. म भात खान्छु। अहम् keeps म् because ओदनम् starts with a vowel.
अहं जलं पिबामि।I drink water. म पानी पिउँछु।
अहं दुग्धं पिबामि।I drink milk. म दूध पिउँछु।
गृहे शाकम् अस्ति।There is vegetable food in the house. घरमा तरकारी छ। शाकम् keeps म् because अस्ति starts with a vowel.
फलं मधुरम् अस्ति।The fruit is sweet. फल गुलियो छ। Both words end in म्. फलम् is written फलं before a consonant. मधुरम् keeps म् because अस्ति starts with a vowel.
ओदनः लवणः अस्ति।The rice is salty. भात नुनिलो छ। ओदनः is like छात्रः, so लवणः keeps ः.
कदली मधुरा अस्ति।The banana is sweet. केरा गुलियो छ। कदली is like नदी, a feminine subject with no visarga. मधुरा has taken आ.
जलं कटु अस्ति।The water is pungent. पानी पिरो छ। कटुः is like गुरुः, so beside a thing the form is कटु, with no म्. जलम् is written जलं before a consonant.

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Animals is the horse, the cow, the dog, and the bird. Fruits, Vegetables, Grains, and Spices are the sets that were one word here.