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Nepali Gender

This page discusses the gender in Nepali. Below is a list of masculine (man) and feminine (woman) words. We picked the most popular ones.

Boy: केटा
kēṭā
Girl: केटी
kēṭī
Man: पुरुष
puruṣa
Woman: महिला
mahilā
Father: बुवा
buvā
Mother: आमा
āmā
Brother: दाजु
dāju
Sister: बहिनी
bahinī
Actor: अभिनेता
abhinētā
Actress: अभिनेत्री
abhinētrī
Cat (m): िबरालो
̔ibarālō
Cat (f): िबरालो
̔ibarālō

These examples show a sentence with both genders (masculine or feminine). The list includes the use of nouns, adjectives and pronouns.

He is tall: ऊ अगलो छ।
ū agalō cha.
She is tall: उनी अगली छिन्।
Unī agalī chin.
He is a short man: ऊ पुडको छ।
Ū puḍakō cha.
She is a short woman: उनी पुडकी छिन्।
Unī puḍakī chin.
He is German: ऊ जर्मनी हो।
Ū jarmanī hō.
She is German: उनी जर्मनी हुन्।
Unī jarmanī hun.
Japanese men are friendly: जापानी पुरुष मृत्रबेिह हुन्छ।
Jāpānī puruṣa mr̥trabēiha huncha.
Japanese women are friendly: जापानी महिला मृत्तबेिह हुन्छ।
Jāpānī mahilā mr̥ttabēiha huncha.

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