Definition and List of Nepali Adjectives🇳🇵

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In today’s lesson, we will learn about Nepali adjectives—words that describe people, places, things, and feelings.
Adjectives make our sentences more colorful and meaningful by helping us express size, color, shape, emotion, and more.
We’ll start with a simple definition, then go through a useful list of common Nepali adjectives with meanings and examples.
This is a great step to make your Nepali speaking and writing more expressive and clear.
Let’s get started and learn how to describe the world around us in Nepali!

In Nepali, adjectives (विशॆषण) are words that describe or modify nouns.

They agree with the nouns they describe in terms of gender, number, and sometimes case.

Here are some key points and examples to understand how adjectives work in Nepali:

Descriptive Adjectives: It describes or states of being

Adjective	विशॆषण	Romanised Nepali
1. Good, Beautiful	राम्रो	Ramro
2. Good boy	राम्रो केटा	Ramro keta
3. Good girl	राम्री केटी	Ramri keti

Quantitative Adjectives: Indicate quantity.

Adjectives	विशॆषण	Romanised Nepali
1. Many , much	धेरै	Dherai
2. some	केही	Kehi
3. Less	थोरै	Thorai
4. Many	धेरै	Dherai
4. All	सबै	Sabai

Demonstrative Adjectives: Point out specific things.

Adjectives	विशॆषण	Romanised Nepali
This	यो	Yo
That	त्यो	Tyo
These	यी	Yee
Those	ती	Tee

Possessive Adjectives: Indicate possession.

Adjectives	विशॆषण	Romanised Nepali
My	मेरो	Mero
your	तिम्रो	Timro
His	उनको	Unko
our	हाम्रो	Hamro
Their	तिनीहरूको	Tiniharuko

Interrogative Adjectives: Used to ask questions

Adjectives	विशॆषण	Romanised Nepali
1. Which	कुन	Kun
2. what	के	Ke
3. whose	कसको	Kasko

Some common and basic Nepali Adjectives are given below:

Adjectives	विशॆषण	Romanised Nepali
Big	ठूलो	Thulo
small	सानो	Sano
good, beautiful	राम्रो, सुन्दर	Ramro, Sundar
Bad	खराब	Kharab
New	नयाँ	Naya
Old	पुरानो	Purano
White	सेतो	Seto
Black	कालो	Kalo
Green	हरियो	Hariyo
Red	रातो	Rato