This blog post is the fourth post in the series 'Derivation in Nepali'. In the previous posts (An Introduction to Derivation in Nepali, Derivation in Nepali: Affixation and Derivation in Nepali: Compounding), we gave a brief introduction to derivations in Nepali and discussed the process of affixation and compounding in Nepali. In the…
This blog post is the third post in the series 'Derivation in Nepali'. In the previous posts (An Introduction to Derivation in Nepali and Derivation in Nepali: Affixation), we gave a brief introduction to derivations in Nepali and discussed the process of affixation. In the blog post, we'll be discussing another common…
Afffixation (सर्ग प्रक्रिया) is the process which involves attaching an affix to a root or stem. Affixation in Nepali can be of two types and they are suffixation (प्रत्यय प्रक्रिया) and prefixation (उपसर्ग प्रक्रिया). In this blog post, we will discuss in details about derivation due to affixation. Inflections v/s…
Figure 1: Derivations in Nepali In linguistics, the formation of new words from free morphemes is a very common process. The process of word formation (शब्दनिर्माण / शब्दरचना) in Nepali can be divided into inflection (रुपायन) and derivation (व्युत्पादन). In this blog post, we'll briefly discuss derivation and its…
Negation is used to express the opposite meaning of affirmative sentences. Negation in Nepali verbs takes place due to affixation(suffixation and prefixation). The negative case marker न(na) is either prefixed or suffixed with verb roots or verb forms to express negation. Negation due to Prefixation Negation in…
Like nominal inflections, verbal inflections in Nepali occur due to suffixation. Verbs in Nepali are highly inflected. Inflectional suffixes operate on verb roots to represent different grammatical categories of verb. In this blog post, we'll discuss verbal inflections in Nepali. Different grammatical categories encoded by verbal inflections(suffixes) in…
Figure 1: Word Formation in Nepali The process of word formations(शब्दनिर्माण / शब्दरचना) in Nepali can be categorized into: inflection(रुपायन) and derivation(व्युत्पादन). Types of word formation process in Nepali are given in Figure 1. In this blog post, we'll discuss nominal(noun, pronoun and adjective) inflections in Nepali. …
Nepali is an Indo-Aryan language. It is written in Devnagari script. Hindi, Bengali, Marathi and Sanskrit are some other languages written in the same script. It follows Subject + Verb + Object pattern in writing and is written from left to right. This blog post will serve as an introduction…
