बाट

From and Through

Level 1Sounds Like bāṭa

बाट tells you where someone starts from or which way they pass through.

How It Works

बाट is a postposition: a small word that follows a noun and joins to it. It means from or through, and it can also mean by, as in बसबाट (by bus).

UseExample
Starting placeम काठमाडौंबाट आउँछु।
Way throughऊ ढोकाबाट आउँछ।
Another way throughऊ झ्यालबाट हेर्छ।

To ask where someone comes from, use कहाँबाट: तपाईं कहाँबाट आउनुहुन्छ? The answer usually repeats बाट: म पोखराबाट आउँछु.

A place you go to usually takes no postposition. म काठमाडौं जान्छु means I go to Kathmandu. If you add बाट, the sentence says you start from Kathmandu.

Like other postpositions, बाट is written as part of the word before it, with no space.

Examples (5)

  1. म काठमाडौंबाट आउँछु।

    I come from Kathmandu.

    काठमाडौंबाट names the place the speaker starts from.

  2. तपाईं कहाँबाट आउनुहुन्छ?

    Where do you come from?

    कहाँबाट asks for the starting place.

  3. ऊ ढोकाबाट आउँछ।

    He comes in through the door.

    बाट can mean through: ढोकाबाट.

  4. सरिता पोखराबाट आउँछिन्।

    Sarita comes from Pokhara.

    The place is joined to बाट, and the verb ends in -छिन् for a woman.

  5. ऊ झ्यालबाट हेर्छ।

    He looks out through the window.

    झ्यालबाट names the window he looks through.

Common Mistakes

  • Using बाट for the place you go to.

    म काठमाडौंबाट जान्छु।
    म काठमाडौं जान्छु।

    With बाट the sentence means I go from Kathmandu. A place you go to usually takes no postposition.

  • Writing बाट as a separate word.

    म काठमाडौं बाट आउँछु।
    म काठमाडौंबाट आउँछु।

    बाट joins the word before it.

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बाटLevel 1From and Through

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