Nepali · नेपाली
Learn Nepali by speaking
Nepali shares the Devanagari script with Hindi, but it sounds and works differently. Polite forms like तपाईं matter in everyday talk. The quickest way to get them right is to use them out loud, with a tutor who answers back.
Say it out loud
Your first phrases
Six phrases to get you through a first meeting in Nepal or with Nepali-speaking family. Devanagari first, then a romanized spelling.
नमस्ते
namaste
Meaning: Hello
तपाईंलाई कस्तो छ?
tapāilāi kasto chha?
Meaning: How are you? (polite)
मेरो नाम … हो
mero naam … ho
Meaning: My name is …
कृपया
kripayā
Meaning: Please
धन्यवाद
dhanyabaad
Meaning: Thank you
फेरि भेटौँला
pheri bhetaulā
Meaning: See you again
Example conversation
What a practice session sounds like
A first conversation in Nepali, using the polite तपाईं form throughout.
This is an illustration. In a real session you speak and the tutor answers out loud, so every conversation follows what you say.
- AI tutor
नमस्ते! तपाईंको नाम के हो?
namaste! tapāiko naam ke ho?
Hello! What is your name?
- You
मेरो नाम सीता हो।
mero naam Sita ho.
My name is Sita.
- AI tutor
राम्रो! तपाईंलाई कस्तो छ?
rāmro! tapāilāi kasto chha?
Nice! How are you?
- You
मलाई ठिक छ, धन्यवाद।
malāi thik chha, dhanyabaad.
I am fine, thank you.
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