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everyday signs

Find entrance, outside, toilet and medicine signs.

About this unit

Public signs use the letters you know in short, useful words. Read the whole sign before you listen.

  • The icon on a sign is a hint; the word gives the answer.
  • Joined forms are common on signs: प्र is प + ् + र.
  • Read long words in parts: शौ · चा · लय.

Read the examples

Tap a card and listen. Try saying it too.

Words to read

प्रवेश

entrancepraveś

बाहिर

outsidebāhir

शौचालय

toiletsaucālay

औषधि

medicineausadhi
A public building
प्रवेशentrance
बाहिरoutside
शौचालयtoilet
औषधिmedicine
Reading tips

बाहिर means outside; on a doorway it directs you out. औषधि means medicine. Read these as ordinary public print.

Reading practice

Sound to spelling

Listen. Choose the spelling.

Spelling to sound

Read the word. Choose its sound.

बाहिर

Sound to spelling

Listen. Choose the spelling.

Spelling to sound

Read the word. Choose its sound.

औषधि

Listen and find

Listen. Find the printed item.

A public building
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Listen and find

Listen. Find the printed item.

A public building
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Build the word

Listen and build the word in typing order.

Build the word

Listen and build the word in typing order.

Build the word

Listen and build the word in typing order.

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Find entrance, outside, toilet and medicine signs.

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A public building
प्रवेशentrance
बाहिरoutside
शौचालयtoilet
औषधिmedicine
Use a Nepali keyboard

Nepali traditional and romanised layouts are optional. Course tiles enter logical order: consonant, vowel, nasal mark; halant between joined consonants.

All letters

म
i

ma (Nepali carrier)

न
i

na (Nepali carrier)

कno puff of air
i

ka (Nepali carrier)

रr, a short tap
i

ra (Nepali carrier)

ल
i

la

आ
i

ā

◌ाIn का
i

ā sign

घbuzz and breath
i

gha

दtongue at the teeththroat buzzes
i

da

इ
i

i

◌िIn कि
i

i sign

तtongue at the teethno puff of air
i

ta

ई
i

i, independent spelling

◌ीIn की
i

i sign, second spelling

पno puff of air
i

pa

उ
i

u

ऊ
i

u, second independent spelling

◌ुIn कु
i

u sign

◌ूIn कू
i

u sign, second spelling

स
i

sa

ए
i

e

ऐ
i

ai

◌ेIn के
i

e sign

◌ैIn कै
i

ai sign

ओ
i

o

औ
i

au

◌ोIn को
i

o sign

◌ौIn कौ
i

au sign

खa puff of air
i

kha

गthroat buzzes
i

ga

चno puff of air
i

ca. Often said close to ts.

छa puff of air
i

cha

जthroat buzzes
i

ja. Often said close to dz.

झbuzz and breath
i

jha

थtongue at the teetha puff of air
i

tha

धtongue at the teethbuzz and breath
i

dha

टtongue curled backno puff of air
i

ṭa

ठtongue curled backa puff of air
i

ṭha

डtongue curled backthroat buzzes
i

ḍa

ढtongue curled backbuzz and breath
i

ḍha

बthroat buzzes
i

ba

भbuzz and breath
i

bha

फa puff of air
i

pha

य
i

ya

व
i

often ba in these words. Nepali व is pronounced b in many common words.

ह
i

ha

श
i

sa, spelling श

ष
i

sa, spelling ष

णtongue curled back
i

ṇa

अ
i

a, Nepali vowel

ऋ
i

ri

◌ंnasal vowel, or n or mIn अंगुर
i

anusvara: nasal mark

◌ँthe vowel through the noseIn आँखा
i

chandrabindu: nasal vowel

◌ृIn कृ
i

ri vowel sign

◌्In नमस्ते
i

halant: no inherent vowel

◌ःIn दुःख
i

visarga

ङ
i

ṅa

ञ
i

ña