Theory #11 - Nepali Particles - Bhanda, Bina And Bahek

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Particle: भन्दा (bhanda)

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"Bhanda" is a नामयोगी (Naamyogi). It has a meaning of ‘Than’.

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INTRODUCTION OF SECOND ELEMENT FOR COMPARISON

You use ‘Bhanda’ to introduce an element to compare with the first one. For example:

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राम भन्दा जन अग्लो छ (ram bhanda jan aglo cha)

= John is taller than Ram.

Over here, the second element introduced is ‘John’. The second element of comparison comes after the primary element. So, you can paraphrase that sentence to be:

Of John, he is taller than Ram.

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बर्गर भन्दा पिज्जा मिठो हुन्छ । (bargar bhanda pijja mitho huncha)

= Pizza is more delicious than Burger.

If you see the sentence, then you can see that:

[Burger + Than + Pizza + Delicious + Is ]

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When you translate the sentence into English, you use Comparative form of Adjective, hence ‘more’ and ‘taller’. Since postpositions modify the words that precede it, hence ‘Bhanda’ modifies ‘Burger’ rather than ‘Pizza’.

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Particle: बिना (bina)

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Bina has a meaning of ‘without’.

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USE AS WITHOUT

म तिमी बिना बाँच्न सक्दिन (ma timi bina baachna sakdina)

= I cannot live without you.

देश संविधान बिना काम गर्न सक्दैन (desh sambidhan bina kaam garna sakdaina)

= A country cannot work without (a) Constitution.

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Particle: बाहेक (bahek)

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Bahek has a meaning of ‘Except’ or ‘besides’.

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USE AS EXCEPT

ऊ बाहेक अरु सबै आँउछन् (u bahek aru sabai aauchan)

= Except him, others will come.

मसँग कलम बाहेक अरु सबै छ (ma sanga kalam bahek aru sabai cha)

= I have everything else except a pen.

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USE AS BESIDES

म बहेक अरु सबै जान्छन् (ma bahek aru sabai jaanchan)

= Besides me, others will go.