नाम, सर्वनाम, विशेषण, क्रियाको एक वा एकभन्दा बढी सङ्ख्याको बोध गराउने शब्दलाई वचन भनिन्छ ।
(Words that indicate the singular or plural form of nouns, pronouns, adjectives, or verbs are called "Number" or "Vachana.")
वचन दुई प्रकारको हुन्छन् :-
(There are two types of number:)
१. एक वचन (Singular):
(One word that indicates a single object or person is called Singular. It represents a single quantity.)
जस्तै :- Examples: किताब (book), खान्छ (eats), म (I), तिमी (you), रातो (red), केटो (boy)
२. बहुवचन (Plural):
(A word that indicates two or more objects or persons is called Plural. It represents more than one quantity.)
जस्तै :- Examples: हामी (we), राता (reds), उनीहरू (they), खान्छौ (you eat), हिँड्छन् (they walk), पाठकवर्ग (group of readers)
एकवचनलाई बहुवचनमा परिवर्तन गर्न सकिने तरिका : (Ways to convert Singular to Plural)
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शब्दमा 'हरू' थपेर बहुवचन बनाइन्छ ।
(Add "हरू" to the word to make it plural.)
जस्तै :- Example: कुर्सी = कुर्सीहरू (Chair = Chairs) -
पदको अन्त्यमा भएको 'उ', 'ओ' वर्णलाई 'आ' मा बदलेर बहुवचन बनाइन्छ ।
(Change the final vowel 'उ' or 'ओ' to 'आ' to make it plural.)
जस्तै :- Example: चरो = चरा (Bird = Birds) -
पदमा वृन्द, वर्ग, गण आदि जोडेर बहुवचन बनाइन्छ ।
(Add words like "वृन्द" (group), "वर्ग" (class), "गण" (group) to make it plural.)
जस्तै :- Example: छात्र = छात्रवर्ग (Student = Group of Students) -
विभिन्न प्रत्यय जोडेर पनि बहुबचन बनाइन्छ ।
(Add various suffixes to make it plural.)
जस्तै :- Example: लेखेछ = लेखेछन् (Wrote = They wrote) -
रुप फेरेर र 'हरू' थपेर पनि बहुवचन बनाउन सकिन्छ ।
(By changing the form and adding "हरू," we can make a plural.)
जस्तै :- Example: त्यो = तिनीहरू (That = Those)
