Short Words of a Verse

Index · Words of the Śloka · The person

These words do not take the eight endings. Lesson 30: Small Words and Lesson 105: Short Words in the Verse teach them in sentences. This page is the lookup.

त्वा, मे, and ते do not start a sentence. ते beside a noun is “your” or “to you.” ते as the subject of a plural verb is “they.”

Word	Nepali	Meaning
च	र	and. It follows the second word.
वा	अथवा	or. It follows the second word.
अपि	पनि	also, even.
एव	मात्र	alone, only.
न	न	not. It sits in front of the verb.
यदि	यदि	if. It sits in front.
चेत्	भने	if. It follows the condition.
इति	भन्ने	thus, and the end of a quote.
इव	जस्तै	like.
हि	नै	indeed.
तु	भने, तर	but, and now.
वै	नै	indeed.
खलु	निश्चय नै	surely.
अथ	अब	now, then.
इह	यहाँ	here.
अत्र	यहाँ	here. Already a lesson word.
तत्र	त्यहाँ	there.
कुत्र	कहाँ	where.
क्व	कहाँ	where. The short कुत्र.
कुतः	कहाँबाट	from where.
कदा	कहिले	when.
कथम्	कसरी	how. Written कथं before a consonant.
यथा	जसरी	in the way that.
तथा	त्यसरी	and so.
यदा	जब	when.
तदा	तब	then.
एवम्	यसरी	thus.
पुनः	फेरि	again.
त्वा	तिमीलाई	you, as the object. The short त्वाम्.
मे	मेरो, मलाई	of me, or to me. The short मम or मह्यम्.
ते	तिम्रो, तिमीलाई	of you, or to you. Also the plural “they.”
कश्चित्	कोही	someone. कः plus चित्.
किञ्चित्	केही	something. किम् plus चित्. The verse writes the join.
कदाचन	कहिल्यै, कहिले	ever. With न, never.
चित्	कोही, केही	the small piece after कः or किम्.
चन	कहिल्यै	the small piece after कदा.

किञ्चित् is किम् plus चित्. म् before च् would be ं in a sentence, and the verse may also write the चित् join as किञ्चित्, with the class nasal. Learn the whole word.

The person is आत्मा, मनः, and the three strands.

Short Words of a Verse

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