कसरी

Asking How

Level 1Sounds Like kasarī

कसरी asks in what way something is done.

How It Works

कसरी means how, in the sense of in what way. The answer names a means or a method.

QuestionPossible answer
तपाईं घर कसरी जानुहुन्छ?म बसमा जान्छु।
म काठमाडौं कसरी जान्छु?तपाईं बसमा जानुहोस्।
उहाँ अफिस कसरी जानुहुन्छ?उहाँ बसमा जानुहुन्छ।

कसरी is not the word to ask how someone is. To ask about a state, such as how the weather is or how someone feels, use कस्तो: आजको मौसम कस्तो छ? The two words answer different questions. कसरी asks about a way of doing, and कस्तो asks what something is like.

Examples (5)

  1. तपाईं घर कसरी जानुहुन्छ?

    How do you go home?

    कसरी asks about the way of going.

  2. म काठमाडौं कसरी जान्छु?

    How do I get to Kathmandu?

    The question uses the म form.

  3. तिमी कसरी आउँछौ?

    How do you come?

    The friendly form of the question.

  4. उहाँ अफिस कसरी जानुहुन्छ?

    How does she or he go to the office?

    The polite verb matches उहाँ.

  5. तपाईं नेपाली कसरी सिक्नुहुन्छ?

    How do you learn Nepali?

    कसरी asks about the method.

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कसरीLevel 1Asking How

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कसरी asks how and uses the same question pattern.