हरेक

Every and Each

Level 2Sounds Like harēka

हरेक goes before a noun and means every one of them: हरेक दिन is every day.

How It Works

हरेक means every or each. It sits before the noun and does not change: हरेक बिहान (every morning), हरेक शनिबार (every Saturday), हरेक कोठा (every room).

The noun after हरेक stays singular. Standard Nepali usually does not add हरू here, because हरेक already means each one on its own. The verb usually stays singular too. In हरेक घरमा टिभी छ (every house has a TV), घरमा names the place and छ agrees with टिभी, one TV in each house.

You will use it most with time words. हरेक दिन is every day, हरेक हप्ता is every week and हरेक वर्ष is every year. With a time word it often means the same as always at that time, so it sits close to सधैँ, which comes in another entry.

When you mean all of a group together, use सबै instead: सबै साथी आए means all the friends came. हरेक stresses each one, and सबै stresses the whole group.

Examples (5)

  1. म हरेक बिहान हिँड्न जान्छु।

    I go for a walk every morning.

    हरेक comes before the time word बिहान.

  2. हरेक घरमा टिभी छ।

    Every house has a TV.

    The noun घर stays singular after हरेक.

  3. हामी हरेक शनिबार बजार जान्छौँ।

    We go to the market every Saturday.

    हरेक with a day of the week means every week on that day.

  4. सरिता हरेक दिन चिया बनाउँछिन्।

    Sarita makes tea every day.

    The verb बनाउँछिन् agrees with सरिता.

  5. हरेक कोठामा एउटा पंखा छ।

    Every room has a fan.

    Singular कोठा and singular एउटा पंखा.

Common Mistakes

  • Learners add हरू to the noun after हरेक.

    हरेक घरहरूमा टिभी छ।
    हरेक घरमा टिभी छ।

    हरेक already means each one, so the noun stays singular.

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हरेकLevel 2Every and Each

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हरेक means every.