Nepali Transliteration Guide: Describe Your Daily Routine
Use the first-person Nepali transliterations to describe your routine in order: getting up early, washing your face, drinking tea, going to work, and coming home in the evening. Most lines stand alone; one also includes “then,” so it connects naturally to an action mentioned immediately before it.
Start with these expressions
| English | Transliteration | Native script |
|---|---|---|
| I get up early in the morning | ma bihaan chito uthchhu | म बिहान छिटो उठ्छु |
| I wash my face in the morning | ma bihaan mukh dhunchhu | म बिहान मुख धुन्छु |
| I drink tea in the morning | ma bihaan chiyaa piunchhu | म बिहान चिया पिउँछु |
| I go to work in the morning | ma bihaan kaammaa jaanchhu | म बिहान काममा जान्छु |
| I come home in the evening | ma belukaa ghar aaunchhu | म बेलुका घर आउँछु |
| Then I drink tea in the morning. | tyaspachhi ma bihaan chiyaa piunchhu. | त्यसपछि म बिहान चिया पिउँछु। |
Use standalone lines for actions; use “then” to connect them
For a simple routine, treat each first-person action as a complete statement. You can say one action by itself, or place several in chronological order. The time word for morning is documented as both a noun and an adverb meaning “in the morning,” while the word for early can also work adverbially to mean “early.” [1] [2] That makes the morning actions easy to connect in a practical sequence.
The line meaning “Then I drink tea in the morning” is still a complete statement. Its opening sequencing cue links it to something that came before; it does not turn the rest into an unfinished fragment. Use it after another morning action when you want to show order. The line about washing your face uses the documented Nepali word for “face,” with the dictionary also giving “wash your face” as an example. [3]
For today’s practice, build a short routine from waking up through returning home. Keep the standalone action lines separate, and use the sequence-linked tea line only when you want to signal “after that.”
[1] Source: dsal.uchicago.edu.
[2] Source: dsal.uchicago.edu.
[3] Source: dsal.uchicago.edu.
Try it
You are telling a relative that you return home in the evening after work. Which Nepali transliteration line gives the returning-home action?
Choose your answer before reading on.
Check your answer:
Use expression 5 in the table above.
This is the correct choice because its meaning specifically describes coming home in the evening, making it the natural closing action after a morning work routine.
Practise saying the routine in order, then pause before the sequence-linked tea line and add it as the action that happens next.
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