Tense

 

Nepali and English have a similar number of tenses. Both languages have twelve basic tenses which can be used to express different times and states of actions. These tenses are:

  1. Simple Present Tense
  2. Simple Past Tense
  3. Simple Future Tense
  4. Present Continuous Tense
  5. Past Continuous Tense
  6. Future Continuous Tense
  7. Present Perfect Tense
  8. Past Perfect Tense
  9. Future Perfect Tense
  10. Present Perfect Continuous Tense
  11. Past Perfect Continuous Tense
  12. Future Perfect Continuous Tense

While the number of tenses is the same in Nepali and English, there are some differences in the way these tenses are formed and used in each language. For example, Nepali does not have a separate auxiliary verb for forming the continuous tenses (like "am/is/are" in English), and instead uses a suffix "-raheko" to indicate continuous action. Additionally, Nepali has some different sentence structures and verb forms that are used to express time and tense, which can make it different from English in terms of the way tenses are used and formed.

here are a few different tenses in Nepali along with their English translations and sentence structures:

Present tense -> वर्तमान काल (Vartamaan Kaal)

Past Tense -> भूत काल( Bhuta Kaal)

Future Tense -> भविष्यत् काल (Bhavishyat Kaal)

  1. Present tense: Subject + Verb

Nepali: म खान्छु।
Roman: Ma khanchu.
English: I eat.

  1. Past tense: Subject + Verb + यो

Nepali: मैले खाए।
Roman: Maile khae.
English: I ate.

  1. Future tense: Subject + Verb + ने

Nepali: म खानेछु।
Roman: Ma khanechhu.
English: I will eat.

  1. Present continuous tense: Subject + Verb + रहेको

Nepali: म खाइरहेको छु।
Roman: Ma khaai raheko chu.
English: I am eating (right now).

  1. Past continuous tense: Subject + Verb + रहेको थियो

Nepali: म खाइरहेको थिए।
Roman: Ma khairaheko thiya.
English: I was eating.

  1. Future continuous tense: Subject + Verb + रहनेछ

Nepali: म खाइरहेको  हुनेछु।
Roman: Ma khairaheko hunecchu.
English: I will be eating.

  1. Present perfect tense: Subject + Verb + गरेको छु

Nepali: मैले खाएको छु।
Roman: Maile khaeko chu.
English: I have eaten.

  1. Past perfect tense: Subject + Verb + गरेको थियो

Nepali: मैले खाएको थिए।
Roman: Maile khaeko thiya.
English: I had eaten.

  1. Future perfect tense: Subject + Verb + गर्नेछु

Nepali: मैले खाएको हुनेछु।
Roman: Maile khaeko hunecchu.
English: I will have eaten.

  1. Present perfect continuous tense

Nepali: म खाइरहेको छु।
Roman: Ma khaairaheko chu.
English: I have been eating.

  1. Past perfect continuous tense

Nepali: म खाइरहेको थिए।
Roman: Ma khaairaheko thie.
English: I had been eating.

  1. Future perfect continuous tense

Nepali: म खाइरहेको हुनेछु।
Roman: Ma khairaheheko hunechu.
English: I will have been eating.


Note that these are just a few examples of the many different tenses in Nepali. The language is quite versatile and can be used to express a wide range of ideas and concepts.


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