Nepali Grammar and Vocabulary

200 Pages·1992·11.511 MB·English

by  Rev. A. Turnbull

Nepali Grammar
&
Vocabulary
REV. A. TURNBULL
THIRD EDITION
Edited by the
REV. R. KILGOUR, D.D.
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PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
This “second edition” of my 1887 attempt to reduce to
standard rule the Nepali tongue, as spoken at cosmopolitan
Darjeeling, is really an entirely new work.
In preparing it I have had the advantage of elaborate criti¬
cal notes on the first edition by the most exalted authority
in Kathmandu ; in passing it through the press, the invaluable
assistance of the Rev. *G. P. Pradhan, the highest authority in
Darjeeling ; and in meeting the expense, the practical patron¬
age of the Government of Bengal, the advance purchaser of an
adequate number of the copies.
In perusing it the student will perhaps allow’ some of its
shortcomings—to be excused by my distance from the prin¬
ter, and himself to be persuaded to learn the native alphabet
at the outset—the language is much easier in its own charac¬
ter than in the ill-fitting Roman—and to procure in due course
The Acts of the Apostles in Nepali (Bible House, 23. Ohow-
ringhi, Calcutta) and in English (R.V.), as complemental text¬
books.
The Vocabulary is not so full as in the first edition, but may
prove of working utility pending its purposed extension and
publication in a separate volume.
A. TURNBULL.
Linlithgow, Scotland,
January, 1904.
PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION.
By request, this edition' is practically a page for page
reproduction of the earlier work with th<* correction of obvious
mistakes.
It may assist the scholar to know that the whole Bible is
now available in Nepali. Before his death, Mr. Turnbull,
with the help of his and my fellow-worker, the Rev. Ganga
Prashad Pradhan, had completed the translation of the New
Testament.
A Nepali Dictionary begun on the lines laid down by Mr.
Turnbull is now in the press.
R. KTLGOUR.
The Bible House, London,
&*ay, 1923.

INDEX.
a for u, e • • • • •• •• •• •• 92
Adjective • • 15, 24, 25, 27, 29, 36, 113, 117, 139
Adverb • • .113, 119
Agent Case • • .14, 98, 137
2
Alphabet • • • « •• •• •• •*
dpastaman • • • • •• •• •• •2 7• j 28
Apposition • • ..17, 29, 136
133
are »
• • • •• •• •• ••
Army Formulary • •• •• •• 182
• • • ••
Article • • ■1■ -*3-* * 23
• • •• •• ••
Authority • • • • •• •• •• 7• 8^ j 85
bhdko • • • • •• •• • • • • 73
bhay, bhayeu. bho • • • • • • • • •• *1 O31 A j 77
Calendar • • • • •• •• •• •• 51
ehatn .» .. • • • • •• •• •• *1 4 j 38
chhu and hun .. • • .. .. .. .. 97, 185
Collectives 44 45
• • • . • • •• • • *
Comparison 38, 113, 120
• • .
Composition . • ^ 32
. • • • •• •• • • l •
Conjugation dO 97
.. • • •• •• •• •• j
. # 121
Conjunction .. * • • •• •• • • ••
7Q
Determination 85
• • •• •• •• * Cl y
Direct v. Indirect 88,124,125,129, 133
..
e for a . 74
.. • • • • •• •• ••
Emphasis 14,17,28,113, 136
• •
Enlargement 138
.. • • l » •• •• •• • •
Exercises 10, 12, 16, 29, 52, 96, 111, 140, 182
First Pers Plu. ending • • • • •• •• • • 74
Future, Logical and Settled 78
Gender, Fern. .. • • # 12, 13, 36, 44
Genitive • • • • •• • • •• • 139
•
Gerund, Gerundial •• 9V1 A J 139
• • • • •• ••
gota . . • • •• • • • • •• 48
Historical Past • • • • •• •• •• • • 73
Honorifics • • 21, 25, 28, 36, 72, 77, 80, 88, 89, 92
hounjydl • • • • , . . , . , 88
human v. hun nan • • •• • • • • 78
huvdainai # # • • • • • • 75
hv rja .. • •• •• •• •• 74
T' oms ... • • •• • • • • * 140
VI
Imperative, Completive 90
Infinitive Adjective .. • • • • 139
Interjection • • • • 132
Interrogation .. 15, 25
jand • • • • 44
kdn. kdnto • • • • 116
katai • • • • 114
koni • • • • 15
l for n .. • • • • 80
Noun • • • • 12
Noun, Verbal • • • • 91
Numerals 10, 39
Object, Compound, e .. 137, 138
Optative • • • • 87
Participles 92. 140
Particle • • • • 38
Passive ..61, 98, 140
po 14. 115
Potential • • • • 87
Predicate extension • • • • 139
Preposition .. 116
Pronoun 17, 19
Pronunciation .. 7, 12
Punctuation .. « • • • 10
Quotation • • • • 81
Relative • • • • 134
Respectfuls (see ‘ Honorifics
Sentence order.. .. 16, 32, 135
Syntax • • • • 133
ta; td .. ..81. 14, 38
Tables • • • • 46
tapdni • • • • 21
thindai • • • • 75
Verb 57, !>7
Verb, Auxiliary .. 66, ♦ 17
,, Causal, etc. .. 58. 59
,, Compound • • • • 59
,, Irregular .. 57. 66, 97
,, Notional 66 67
Vocabulary .. 17, 30, 52, 156
-wain .. • • • • 44