ऊपर / नीचाँ

Above and Below

Level 2Sounds Like ūpara ā nīcām̐

ऊपर and नीचाँ follow a noun with -क and mean above and below.

How It Works

Used alone, they are also adverbs: ऊपर जाउ (Go up), नीचाँ आउ (Come down), बाहर बैसू (Sit outside).

Write नीचाँ with the chandrabindu. The spelling नीचे is the Hindi form. Maithili books write नीचाँ.

To say on the surface of something, you can also use पर: टेबुल पर किताब अछि. ऊपर stresses "above" and पर says "on".

टेबुलक नीचाँ बिलाड़ि अछि।
There is a cat under the table.
नीचाँ follows टेबुलक.
छतक ऊपर चिड़ै बैसल अछि।
A bird is sitting on the roof.
ऊपर follows छतक.
घरक भीतर के अछि?
Who is inside the house?
भीतर follows घरक.
घरक बाहर बड्ड भीड़ अछि।
There is a big crowd outside the house.
बाहर follows घरक.
गाछक नीचाँ बैसू।
Sit under the tree.
The command uses the same pattern.

Using the Hindi spelling.
टेबुल के नीचे बिलाड़ि अछि।
टेबुलक नीचाँ बिलाड़ि अछि।
Maithili writes नीचाँ and joins -क to the noun.

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ऊपर / नीचाँLevel 2Above and Below

ऊपर and नीचाँ follow a noun with -क, so -क comes first.

ऊपरनीचाँभीतरबाहरपर-क

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