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दिनम् means day, दिन. It is like पुस्तकम्. रात्रिः means night, रात. It is like बुद्धिः, and Lesson 28: Thought and Night already has it. This page is the parts of the day, and the words for yesterday and tomorrow.

Some of these words do not take endings. They sit beside the sentence, the way अद्य and श्वः do in Lesson 30: Small Words.

WordLikeNepaliMeaning
प्रातःno endingबिहानearly morning
प्रभातम्पुस्तकम्बिहानmorning. शुभं प्रभातम् in the introduction is this word.
मध्याह्नःछात्रःदिउँसोnoon
अपराह्णःछात्रःअपराह्नafternoon
सायम्no endingसाँझevening
रात्रिःबुद्धिःरातnight
अर्धरात्रम्पुस्तकम्मध्यरातmidnight
सूर्योदयःछात्रःसूर्योदयsunrise
सूर्यास्तःछात्रःसूर्यास्तsunset
अद्यno endingआजtoday
ह्यःno endingहिजोyesterday
श्वःno endingभोलिtomorrow
परश्वःno endingपर्सिthe day after tomorrow

प्रातः, सायम्, अद्य, ह्यः, श्वः, and परश्वः do not change for case. सायम् keeps म् before a vowel and is written सायं before a consonant.

“In the morning,” as a case, is प्रभाते, like छात्रे. “At noon” is मध्याह्ने. “In the afternoon” is अपराह्णे. “At midnight” is अर्धरात्रे.

Sentences

SentenceMeaning
प्रातः अहं पठामि।In the early morning I study. बिहान म पढ्छु।
मध्याह्ने अहम् ओदनं खादामि।At noon I eat rice. दिउँसो म भात खान्छु। अहम् keeps म् because ओदनम् starts with a vowel. ओदनम्, “cooked rice,” is written ओदनं before a consonant.
सायम् अहं गृहं गच्छामि।In the evening I go home. साँझ म घर जान्छु। सायम् keeps म् because अहम् starts with a vowel.
रात्रौ अहं पठामि।At night I study. This is the Lesson 28 sentence. राति म पढ्छु।
परश्वः अहं गमिष्यामि।The day after tomorrow I will go. पर्सि म जानेछु। गमिष्यामि is “I will go,” from Lesson 23.
सूर्योदये सूर्यः अस्ति।At sunrise the sun is there. सूर्योदयमा सूर्य हुन्छ। पूर्वे, “in the east,” is on Directions.

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