inherent vowel review
Read Nepali word endings without importing a Hindi rule.
About this unit
Does a final consonant keep its built-in vowel? In Nepali the word decides, not a fixed rule.
- Many words end in a bare consonant: नाम is nām, दिन is din.
- Some words keep the final vowel. The recording tells you which.
- Careful spelling can mark a bare ending with halant ्.
Read the examples
Tap a card and listen. Try saying it too.
Words to read
घर
houseghar
कमल
lotuskamalछ
is (familiar Nepali form)chaनेपाल
NepalNepālमित्र
friendmitraReading tips
घर ends in a consonant; छ keeps its vowel. Nepali does not simply drop the inherent vowel in every word-final position. Careful spelling may use halant where the vowel is absent. Whole-word Nepali audio takes priority over an English hint.
Reading practice
Read with support
Match the words to their pictures.
Read without a sound cue
Match the words to their pictures.
Sound to spelling
Listen. Choose the spelling.
Spelling to sound
Read the word. Choose its sound.
Sound to spelling
Listen. Choose the spelling.
Spelling to sound
Read the word. Choose its sound.
Read and decide
Which model keeps its final vowel?
Build the word
Listen and build the word in typing order.
Build the word
Listen and build the word in typing order.
Recall the spelling
Listen and build the word without its picture.
Build the word
Listen and build the word in typing order.
Recall the spelling
Listen and build the word without its picture.
Finish practice to save this unit.
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Read Nepali word endings without importing a Hindi rule.
घर
houseकमल
lotusछ
is (familiar Nepali form)नेपाल
Nepalमित्र
friendUse a Nepali keyboard
Nepali traditional and romanised layouts are optional. Course tiles enter logical order: consonant, vowel, nasal mark; halant between joined consonants.
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