अगाडि / पछाडि / नजिक

In Front, Behind and Near

Level 2Sounds Like agāḍi, pachāḍi ra najika

Noun + को + place word.

How It Works

Unlike भित्र and माथि, these three words are written apart. A small को joins the noun first.

A full sentence: स्कुलको अगाडि एउटा चिया पसल छ (there is a tea shop in front of the school).

If the thing you describe is plural, को stays the same. If the noun is a person, को still joins: दिदीको पछाडि (behind my sister).

The words can also stand alone and mean ahead or behind: अगाडि जानुहोस् (go ahead), पछाडि बस्नुहोस् (sit at the back).

Write को joined to the noun and the place word as its own word: बजारको नजिक.

मेरो घर बजारको नजिक छ।
My house is near the market.
को joins बजार, then नजिक follows.
स्कुलको अगाडि एउटा चिया पसल छ।
There is a tea shop in front of the school.
अगाडि follows स्कुलको.
घरको पछाडि बगैँचा छ।
There is a garden behind the house.
पछाडि follows घरको.
पछाडि बस्नुहोस्।
Please sit at the back.
On its own, पछाडि means at the back.
अगाडि जानुहोस्।
Please go ahead.
On its own, अगाडि means ahead.

Joining the place word to the noun, as with भित्र and माथि.
घरअगाडि रुख छ।
घरको अगाडि रुख छ।
These words stay apart, and को usually comes first.

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अगाडि / पछाडि / नजिकLevel 2In Front, Behind and Near

अगाडि, पछाडि and नजिक continue the place words.

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