Common English mistakes Nepali speakers make, and how to fix them
If your first language is Nepali, your English mistakes follow Nepali grammar and sounds — one verb for eat, drink and smoke, one pronoun for he and she, no /z/, and no words starting with two consonants. Transfer, not carelessness, and each one has a clear fix.
The big ones. 1) "Eat water", "eat medicine", "eat a cigarette" (khanu covers them all) → "drink water", "take medicine", "smoke". 2) He/she mixed ("u / uni" are gender-neutral): "My sister… he" → "she". 3) "Give an exam" (parikshya dinu) → "take an exam". 4) A vowel before s-clusters: "iskool", "istation" → start straight on the /s/. 5) /z/ as /dʒ/: "jero" for "zero", "joo" for "zoo" — a buzzing /s/. 6) "Close/open the light" (banda garnu / balnu) → "turn off/on". 7) Continuous with stative verbs and universal tags: "I am knowing him", "…isn't it?" → "I know him", "aren't you?". 8) Missing articles and plurals: "I am teacher", "two book" → "a teacher", "two books". 9) /v/ and /w/ merged ("wery") and /ʃ/-/s/ merged ("sip" for "ship") — teeth on the lip for /v/; round the lips for "sh". 10) South Asian usage that confuses abroad: "myself Ram" (I'm Ram), "today morning" (this morning), "backside" (behind), "cousin brother" (cousin), "too much" for "very much".
A list won't fix these; making them out loud and being corrected in the moment will. Airi is built for that: she hears the pattern, fixes the one mistake that matters in her reply, and keeps the conversation going. Speak with her daily and these stop being habits within a few weeks. Free to start, no card.
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How to get the most from it
Khanu splits into several verbs
Eat food, drink water, take medicine, smoke.
Decide he or she before you speak
'U' has two English words. Pick one.
Start on the /s/
School, station, sport — no vowel in front.
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