Question Phrases

Question 1

Why is the sky blue?

Answer 1

Aakaas nilo kina chha?

Question 2

Why is it so expensive?

Answer 2

Yo kina yeti mahango chha?

Question 3

Why is this broken? (something that can shatter)

Answer 3

Yo kina futeko chha?

Question 4

Why is this broken? (Sticks, legs, anything that can snap)

Answer 4

Yo kina bhaa•cheko chha?

Question 5

Why is your heart broken?

Answer 5

Tapaiko mann kina tuteko chha?

Question 6

Why did you paint this?

Answer 6

Tapaile yo colour kina garnu bhayo?

Question 7

Why did you study English?

Answer 7

Tapaile English kina paDnu bhayo?

Question 8

Why did you come to Nepal?

Answer 8

Tapai Nepal kina aunnu bhayo?

Question 9

Why will you go to Canada?

Answer 9

Tapai Canada kina jaanuhunchha?

Question 10

Why do you like tea?

Answer 10

Tapailai chiya kina mannparcha?

Question 11

Why can’t we go with you?

Answer 11

Hami tapai sita kina jaana sakkdainau?

Question 12

Why can’t he come home?

Answer 12

Waahaa kina ghaar aunu sakkdaina?

Question 13

How did this happen?

Answer 13

Yo kasari bhayo?

Question 14

How did you do this?

Answer 14

Tapaile Yo kasari garnu bhayo?

Question 15

How was your vacation?

Answer 15

Tapaiko chuti kasto bityo?

Question 16

How did you paint this?

Answer 16

Tapaile yo kasari colour garnu bhayo?

Question 17

How can you run so fast?

Answer 17

Tapai yeti chito kasari kudhna sakknu bhaako?

Question 18

How can you play guitar so well?

Answer 18

Tapaile guitar yeti ramro kasari bajauna sakknu bhaako?

Question 19

How do you make this bread?

Answer 19

Tapaile yo roti kasari bannaunu hunchha?

Question 20

How did you learn to make bread?

Answer 20

Tapaile roti banaunu kasari sikhnu bhayo?

Question 21

How do we get to Thamel?
How can we get to Thamel?

Answer 21

Hami Thamel kasari jaanchaU?
Hami Thamel kasari Jaana sakkchau?

Question 22

How many kids are in his class?

Answer 22

Uhaako class maa kati jaana ketaketi (nanibabu) (bacha) haru chha?

Question 23

How many schools are in Kathmandu?

Answer 23

Kathmandu maa kati wota school haru chha?

Question 24

How much sugar do you take in your tea?

Answer 24

Tapai chiya maa chini kati linuhunchha?

Question 25

How much for this bread?

Answer 25

Yo rotiko kati parcha?

Question 26

What is your name?

Answer 26

Tapaiko nam ke ho?

Question 27

Who is his father?

Answer 27

Waahaako ba ko ho?

Question 28

Who wrote this book?

Answer 28

Yo kitaab kasle lekhnu bhaako ho?

Question 29

Who is the prime minister of Nepal?

Answer 29

Nepalko pm ko ho?

Question 30

Who painted this Thanka?

Answer 30

Yo thanka kasle paint garnu bhaako ho?

Question 31

Who will go get water?

Answer 31

kasle gayera paani lyaunuhunchha?

Question 32

Who will buy vegetables?

Answer 32

Tarkari kasle Kinuhunchha?

Question 33

Who will go buy vegetables?

Answer 33

Kasle gayera tarkari kinuhunchha?

Question 34

Who brought this bread?

Answer 34

Yo roti kasle lyaako ho?

Question 35

Who made this bread?

Answer 35

Yo roti kasle bannaunu bhayo?

Question 36

Where do you live?

Answer 36

Tapai kaahaa basnuhunchha?

Question 37

Where is your school?

Answer 37

Tapaiko school kaahaa chha?

Question 38

Where can I buy bread?

Answer 38

Ma roti kaahaa kina sakkchhu?

Question 39

Where do you keep your wallet?

Answer 39

Tapai, tapaiko wallet kaahaa raknuhunchha? Tapaiko wallet, tapai kaahaa raknuhunchha?

Question 40

Where is the bus stop?

Answer 40

Bus stop kaahaa chha?

Question 41

Where did you buy this shirt?

Answer 41

Tapaile yo shirt kaahaa kinnu bhayo?

Question 42

Where should I pay my wifi bill? Who should I give this book to?

Answer 42

Maile mero wifi bill kaahaa tirna parcha? Maile yo kitaab kaslai dinu parchha?

Question 43

Which (one) is your favourite shirt?

Answer 43

Tapaiko mann parne shirt kun chaai ho?

Question 44

In which religion do you believe?

Answer 44

Tapai kun dharma maa biswaas garnu hunchha?

Question 45

Which chair were you sitting in? Which chair did you sit in?

Answer 45

Tapai kun kursi maa basnu hundai thiyo? Tapai kun kursi maa basnu bhaako thiyo?

Question 46

Which neighbourhood did you used to live in?

Answer 46

Tapai kun tole maa basnu hundaithiyo? Tapai kun tole maa basnu hunthiyo?

Question 47

Whose home are you (high honorific) staying in?

Answer 47

Tapai kasko ghaar maa basnu hudai cha? Tapai kasko ghaar maa basnuhunchha?

Question 48

Whose group are you in?

Answer 48

Tapai kasko toli maa hunuhunchha?

Question 49

Whose black shoe is this?

Answer 49

Yo kaalo jutta kasko ho?

Question 50

Whose white dog is that?

Answer 50

Tyo seto kukur kasko ho?

Question 51

How many stars are in the sky?

Answer 51

Akkas maa kati wota taaraa haru cha?

Question 52

How many children do you have?

Answer 52

Tapaiko naanibabu kati jaana cha?

Question 53

How many days until it is Christmas? (In how many days is Christmas coming?)

Answer 53

Christmas aunna kati din cha?

Question 54

How much money do you have?

Answer 54

Tapai sanga kati paisa cha?

Question 55

How many days does it take to walk to Mustang?

Answer 55

Mustang hiDera jaana kati din lagchha?

Question 56

How much time does it take to go (reach) to school?

Answer 56

School jaana kati samay laagchha? School (pugna) kati samay laagchha?

Question 57

How much time does it take to reach school from here?

Answer 57

Yaahaa bata school pugna kati samay laagchha?

Question 58

What’s the time?

Answer 58

kati bajyo?

Question 59

What time should you pick up your children?

Answer 59

Tapaiko naanibabu lai kati baji lyaunu parchha?

Question 60

Will you pick up our children?

Answer 60

Ke Tapai hamro naanibabu haru lai lyaunu hunchha?

Question 61

I would pick up my children at 3pm

Answer 61

Ma tin baji mero naanibabu haru lai lyaunechhu

Question 62

I could bring my children before 3 pm

Answer 62

Ma tin baji ahghi mero naanibabu haru lai lyauna sakkthe

Question 63

I could have also gone

Answer 63

Ma pani jaana sakkthe