यस / त्यस

This and That Before Postpositions

Level 2Sounds Like yasa ra tyasa

यो and त्यो change to यस and त्यस before an ending.

How It Works

यो means this and त्यो means that. When a small ending follows, the word changes.

Word	Before an ending	Example
यो	यस	यसमा, यसको, यसलाई
त्यो	त्यस	त्यसमा, त्यसपछि, त्यसले

यस and त्यस always have an ending or a noun after them: यसमा, त्यस दिन (that day). As the subject of a sentence, use यो and त्यो: यो चिया हो, त्यो घर हो.

The same change happens before ले: यसले and त्यसले.

Common fixed phrases to learn: त्यसपछि (after that), त्यसैले (so), यसपछि (after this), त्यसमा (in that), यसको दाम (the price of this).

Words like यहाँ and त्यहाँ never change. Only यो and त्यो do.

Examples (5)

यसमा चिनी छैन।
There is no sugar in this.
यो becomes यस before मा.
त्यसपछि हामी घर गयौँ।
After that we went home.
त्यस joins पछि.
यसको दाम कति हो?
How much does this cost?
यसको means of this.
मैले यसलाई दिएँ।
I gave it to this one.
यसलाई is यस plus लाई.
त्यसमा के छ?
What is in that?
त्यसमा is त्यस plus मा.

Common Mistakes

Using यो before a postposition.
योमा चिनी छैन।
यसमा चिनी छैन।
Before an ending, यो changes to यस.

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यस / त्यसLevel 2This and That Before Postpositions

Learn This First

यस and त्यस are forms of यो and त्यो before postpositions.

माIn, On and at
Know मा, because यस and त्यस are the forms that come before endings like मा: यसमा and त्यसमा.
Level 1

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