जानु / आउनु

Going and Coming

Level 1Sounds Like jānu ra ā'unu

Going and coming usually take the place directly, with no word for to.

How It Works

जानु (to go) and आउनु (to come) are the first verbs of movement.

Verb	Example	Meaning
जानु	म काठमाडौं जान्छु।	I go to Kathmandu.
आउनु	ऊ घर आउँछ।	He comes home.

The place you move to usually takes no postposition, and there is no word for to. Start with the plain pattern: बजार जान्छु (I go to the market).

The place you move from takes बाट: म पोखराबाट आउँछु (I come from Pokhara).

जा- ends in a vowel, so the present is जान्छ, जान्छु, जान्छौ. आउ- turns nasal: आउँछ, आउँछु. The polite forms are जानुहुन्छ and आउनुहुन्छ.

म काठमाडौं जान्छु।
I go to Kathmandu.
The place काठमाडौं takes no postposition.
ऊ घर आउँछ।
He comes home.
घर is the place he comes to.
तपाईं कहाँ जानुहुन्छ?
Where do you go?
जानुहुन्छ is the polite present.
सरिता बजार जान्छिन्।
Sarita goes to the market.
A woman's name usually takes -छिन्, the उनी ending.
मेरा साथी भोलि यहाँ आउँछन्।
My friends are coming here tomorrow.
आउ turns nasal in आउँछन्, the plural ending.

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जानु / आउनुLevel 1Going and Coming

जानु and आउनु are the most common -नु verbs.

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