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Particle: बाट (bata)
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Roughly translates to as ‘from’.
'Bata' indicates the point where a motion, journey or an action starts. It also indicates the source or provenance of something or someone. It also indicates separation or removal. It also indicates prevention of something. |
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INDICATOR OF POINT OF ACTION
'Bata' indicates the point where a motion, journey or an action starts. Examples: |
म घरबाट गए (ma ghar bata gae)
= I went from my house. त्यो गाडी यो बाटोबाट जान्छ (tyo gadi yo bato bata jancha) = That car goes from this way. |
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INDICATOR OF SOURCE
It indicates the source or provenance of something or someone. For example: |
म काठमाडौंबाट हो (ma kathmandu bata ho)
= I am from Kathmandu यो बल छत बाट झरेको हो (yo balchat bata jhareko ho) = This ball had fallen from the roof. झरना पहाडको चेपबाट झर्छ (jharana pahad ko chep bata jharcha) = A waterfall falls from the crevasse of a hill. पानी खोलाबाट निकाल्छ (pani khola bata nikalcha) = Water is taken out from a river. |
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INDICATOR OF SEPARATION
It indicates separation from something. |
मेरो नङ छालाबाट निस्क्यो (mero nang chala bata niskyo)
= My nail separated from my skin. राम कलेज गएपछि उसको पुरनो साथीहरुबाट छुट्टयो (ram kalej gaepachi usko purano sathiharu bata chuttyo) = After Ram went to college, he got separated from his old friends. मैले चिठी खामबाट निकले (maile chithi khaam bata nikale) = I took the letter out from the envelope. |
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INDICATOR OF PREVENTION
It indicates prevention of something. |
हिजो म गालीबाट बाचे (Hijo ma gaali bata bache)
= I managed to save myself from a scolding. सफा पानी चलयो भने पखलाबाट बाच्न सक्छौँ (safa pani chalayo bhane pakhala bata baachna sakchau) = If (we) use clean water, we can prevent diarrhea. |
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Particle: देखि (dekhi)
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Also translates to as ‘from’.
'Dekhi' indicates the distance between a particular place and another place used as a point of reference. It also indicates the point in time where an activity or event starts. It also indicates the starting point of a specified range of a scale. |
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INDICATOR OF DISTANCE BETWEEN REFERENCES
It is used to indicate the distance between one reference point to another. |
कपन गुम्बा या देखि नजिक छ (kapan gumba ya dekhi najik cha)
= Kapan Monastery is close from here. पोखरा देखि काठमाडौं जाने बाटो मलाई थहा छ (pokhara dekhi kathmandu jane bata malai thaha cha) = I know the way from Pokhara to Kathmandu. |
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INDICATOR OF THE STARTING OF AN EVENT
It is used to indicate the point in time where an activity or an event starts. |
त्यो घटना या देखि सुरु भएको हो (tyo ghatana ya dekhi suru bhaeko ho)
= That event started from here. मेला १० देखि २ सम्म खुल्ला हुन्छ (mela dash dekhi dui samma khulla huncha) = The fair is open from 10 till 2. |
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INDICATOR OF STARTING POINT OF A SCALE
It indicates the starting point of a specified range of a scale. |
मसँग कक्षा १ देखि कक्षा ५ सम्मको पुस्तक छ (ma sanga kakchya ek dekhi kakchya pach samma ko pustak cha)
= I have books from class 1 to class 5. १० देखि १२ सम्मको केटा (dash dekhi bara samma ko keta) = Boys from (ages) 10 till 12. |
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EXERCISE
DEKHI OR BATA? 1. Yo bato purwa ____ paschim samma jancha. [this road goes from east to west) 2. Ram bansbari ___ ho. (Ram is from bansbari) 3. Naksa bhitta ____ khasyo. (The photo fell off the wall) 4. Euta thulo aeroplane akash ____ ayo. (A big airplane came from the sky) 5. Jamana ____ aaeko parampara ho yo. (This tradition has come from ages) 6. Yo pasal ek ____ pach samma khulla huncha. (This shop is open from one till five) |
ANSWERS
1. dekhi 2. bata 3. bata 4. bata 5. dekhi 6. dekhi |
