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Unit 14 · ख and ग · Meet

ख and ग

Hear the four k-family carriers, then read the two new signs.

About this unit

The k family has four members. You know क and घ; this unit adds the airy ख and the buzzing ग.

  • खfood, meal
    a puff of air
    खाना · food, meal
  • गcow
    throat buzzes
    गाई · cow
No buzzBuzz
No breathकग
Breathखघ

Keep the vowel the same while you listen: का, खा, गा, घा.

More words to read

खीर

rice puddingkhir

गाला

cheekgālā
sunshine

घाम

sunshineghām
Reading tips

Review क/घ and add ख/ग. Keep the vowel fixed while listening for voicing and breath.

Reading practice

Listen before looking

Do the two recordings sound the same or different?

Clip 1
Clip 2

Find the different recording

Which recording is different?

Clip 1
Clip 2
Clip 3

Letters in words

Match each sign to the same sign in its example.

Find the sound

Match the sounds to the signs. Tap a sign to check.

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.

गाला

Sound to spelling

Listen. Choose the spelling.

Spelling to sound

Read the word. Choose its sound.

खाना

Build the word

Listen and build the word in typing order.

cow

Build the word

Listen and build the word in typing order.

food, meal

Build the word

Listen and build the word in typing order.

sunshine

Recall the spelling

Listen and build the word without its picture.

Recall the spelling

Listen and build the word without its picture.

Recall the spelling

Listen and build the word without its picture.

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Hear the four k-family carriers, then read the two new signs.

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खीर

rice pudding
cow

गाई

cow

गाला

cheek
food, meal

खाना

food, meal
sunshine

घाम

sunshine
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