Marriage Is A Private Affair | Introduction | Word-Meaning
Introduction | Word-meanings in Nepali of "Marriage Is A Private Affair". "Marriage Is A Private Affair" was written by Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe.
Chinua Achebe was born in Nigeria in 1930. He attended the University of Ibadan. In 1958, his pioneering novel "Things Fall Apart" was published. It went on to sell more than 12 million copies and been translated into more than 50 languages. Achebe later served as the David and Mariana Fisher University professor and professor of African Studies at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. He died on March 21, 2013, at age 82, in Boston, Massachusetts.
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The story, "Marriage Is A Private Affair", takes place in a tribe in Nigeria. The main characters are Nnaemeka the son, Nene the girlfriend/so to be wife, Ugoye the girl chosen by the father to marry his son and of course the father Okeke. Nnaemeka is deeply in love with Nene and have plan to marrying but his father has no idea about his love. He knows that he will not be pleased since she is not part of their tribe. Nene lives in the Lagos the city in South Western Nigeria. Soon after Okeke Nnaemeka receives a letter from him stating that he has arranged him a marriage with Ugoye a girl from their tribe that in his opinion she has all the qualification to become a great wife. With this news Nnaemeka torn apart because he loves Nene but has to face his father with the decision that he will not obey him on this marriage he has planned. Nnaemeka keeps that information away from Nene and heads to his tribe to have his conversation he has not been looking forward to. When he finally has the conversation it rises to a verbal argument for he tells his father about Nene and that she is the only girl he will marry even if it goes against his rejection to it. Okeke is upset and does not want anything to do with Nene or him and will not bless this marriage. He then goes on telling Nene all that has happened but besides the opposing conflict on their marriage they still get married and form a family and have two sons. All this time his father has isolated himself from them. After some time, Nene's sons wished to meet their grandfather. So she send Okeke a letter letting him know about his grandsons and how they want to met him. This letter makes him very emotional and he realizes family ties are hard to let go. He wants to meet his family because they are his family and this dispute (झगडा) has gone too long and has only wasted perish (नास गर्यो) time when they could have been united.
Word-meanings in Nepali of "Marriage Is A Private Affair"
"Marriage Is A Private Affair" Nepali Word Meanings
Nepali Meanings "Marriage Is A Private Affair"
Word | Meanings |
| leave | छुट्टी, बिदा |
| grope | अलमल गरेर खोज्नु |
| unlike | नमिल्ने |
| engagement | बिहेको काम कुरो छिन्ने काम |
| blunty | सोझै |
| cosmopolitan | ब्रह्माण्डीय |
| tribe | जाति |
| object | विरोध गर्नु |
| on that account | त्यसकारण |
| disposed | बानी परेको |
| peculiar | निजी |
| exactly | ठीक त्यस्तै |
| be fond of | मन पराउनु |
| break the news | समाचार भन्नु |
| shock | आघात |
| suit yourself | मन लागेर गर |
| turn over | विभिन्न प्रकारले सोच्नु |
| overcome | जित्नु |
| opposition | विरोधी |
| second thought | अर्को खालको विचार |
| amazon | अग्ली, बलियी आईमाई |
| dunce | पटमूर्ख |
| admirably | राम्ररी, इज्जतसाथ् |
| upbringing | शिक्षा दीक्षा |
| pastor | पादरी |
| negotiations | सम्झौताहरु |
| cassia | तेजपात |
| retreat | फिर्ता |
| parching | गर्मी |
| reviving | पुनजागृत गर्ने |
| forgiveness | माफी, क्षमा |
| amazement | आश्चर्य |
| interrupt | बीचमा कुरा काटेर बोल्नु |
| disconcerting | उत्तेजित भएर |
| pace | कदम चाल्नु |
| pet | मन परेको |
| condemn | निन्दा गर्नु |
| vehemently | उग्र भएर |
| emotion | आवेश |
| homily | प्रवचन |
| seemingly | बाहिरबाट हेर्दा |
| milder | नरम |
| rash | दुसाहसी |
| unexpected | आशै नगरेको |
| perplex | अक्क न बक्क पार्नु |
| infinitely | ज्यादै नै, असिमित |
| menacing | खतरनाक |
| threatening | धम्क्याउने |
| send for | बोलाउन पठाउनु |
| dissuasion | हतोत्साह |
| vague | अस्पस्ट |
| hardenede | स्थिर |
| eventually | अन्त्यमा |
| owe | ऋणी हुनु |
| wave away | हातले इशारा गरेर विदा गर्नु |
| scarcely | विरलै |
| cease | रोकिनु |
| head for | जानु |
| for his own part | उसको सम्बन्धमा |
| affected | प्रभावित |
| grief | शोक, दुख |
| pass away | अन्त्य हुनु, निधन हुनु |
| occur | मनमा आउनु, उब्जिनु |
| optimistic | आशावादी |
| verdict | निर्णय |
| commiserate with | साहनुभूती व्यक्त गर्नु |
| rise | विद्रोह गर्नु, उत्रिनु |
| tending | अघि बढेको |
| theological | धार्मीक |
| herbalist | जडिबुटीविज्ञ |
| recapture | पुन: अधिनमा पार्नु |
| straying | अन्तै लागेको |
| affection | प्रेम |
| call for | आवश्यक पर्नु |
| call in | मद्दतको लागि डाक्नु |
| obstinately | जिद्दी गरेर |
| superstitious | अन्धविश्वासी |
| wicked | दुष्ट |
| murderess | हत्या गर्ने आईमाई |
| rarely | दुर्लभ रुपमा, विरलै |
| beneficial | नाफामूलक |
| try out | प्रयोग गरेर जाँच्नु |
| amaze | छक्क पार्नु |
| unfeeling | निर्दयी |
| mutilated | विगारेको |
| essentially | वास्तवमा |
| for that matter | त्यस सम्बन्धमा |
| prejudice | पक्षपात |
| confined | सीमित |
| hostile | विरोधी |
| excessive | अति धेरै |
| deference | सम्मान |
| gradually | विस्तारै विस्तारै |
| break through | उल्लेखनीय सफलता हासिल गर्नु |
| grudgingly | इर्ष्या गरेर |
| admit | स्वीकार गर्नु |
| display | देखाउनु |
| temper | रिस |
| mention | उल्लेख गर्नु |
| avoid | हटाउनु |
| presence | उपस्थिति |
| tremendous | ठूलो |
| succeed | सफल हुनु |
| strain | तनाव |
| preserve | सहनु |
| perfunctorily | वास्ता नगरी |
| resolution | दृढ प्रतिज्ञा |
| fall in | भित्रभित्रै गाल्नु |
| give in | झुक्नु |
| steel | कडा र निर्दयी बनाउनु |
| appeal | आग्रह |
| emotional | भावुक |
| re-enactment | दोहोरिएको अभिनय |
| struggle | संघर्ष |
| lean | टेक्नु |
| overcast | ढाकेको |
| accompany | सँगै आउनु |
| lightning | बिजुली चम्कनु |
| thunder | बादल गर्जनु |
| hymn | भजन |
| patter | पानी परेको आवाज |
| break up | अन्त्य गर्नु |
| forsaken | त्यागेको |
| harsh | कठोर |
| remorse | पश्चाताप |
| make up to | गुमाएको कुरा दिनु, सुम्पनु |
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