-ने कुरा

The Fact That Something Happens

Level 4Sounds Like nē kurā

A clause ending in -ने plus कुरा names the fact that something is going to happen.

How It Works

Nepali usually does not join two clauses with a word like the English that (भनेर and कि also exist). To talk about the fact that something happens, put the clause in the -ने form and add कुरा (matter). The phrase can be the subject or the object of a bigger sentence.

ClauseThe fact
उनी आउँछिन्।उनी आउने कुरा
स्कुल बन्द हुन्छ।स्कुल बन्द हुने कुरा

The phrase fits verbs of knowing and hearing: थाहा छ, सुनेँ, साँचो हो, थाहा पाउनुभयो.

The -ने form usually looks ahead to what will happen or is planned. A fact that has already happened takes -एको: उनी आएको कुरा (the fact that she came).

Examples (4)

  1. उनी आउने कुरा मलाई थाहा छ।

    I know that she is coming.

    उनी आउने कुरा is the fact, and मलाई थाहा छ is the verb.

  2. तिमी भोलि जाने कुरा साँचो हो?

    Is it true that you are going tomorrow?

    The phrase is the subject of साँचो हो.

  3. विद्यालय बन्द हुने कुरा सबैले सुने।

    Everybody heard that the school will close.

    सबैले marks the hearers.

  4. हामी पोखरा जाने कुरा आमाले थाहा पाउनुभयो।

    Mother found out that we are going to Pokhara.

    The phrase is the object of थाहा पाउनुभयो.

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-ने कुराLevel 4The Fact That Something Happens

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-ने कुरा means the fact that.