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Chapter 14 – Narrating Past Events

Unit 6 — Listening

Eating Out in Kathmandu

Māyā and Prem talk about where they ate last night and what they liked, mentioning common foods like momo and dāl-bhāt.

Speaker Nepali Transliteration
Prem तपाईंहरू हिजो बेलुकी खान कहाँ जानुभयो? tapāī̃harū hijo belukī khāna kahā̃ jānubhayo?
Māyā हामी तिब्बती रेस्टुरेन्टमा गयौं र मोमो खायौं। hāmī tibbatī resṭureṇṭmā gayaũ ra momo khāyaũ.
Prem तपाईंलाई मोमो कस्तो लाग्यो? tapāī̃lāī momo kasto lāgyo?
Māyā मलाई त मिठो लाग्यो तर डेविडलाई मिठो लागेन। malāī ta miṭho lāgyo tara ḍeviḍlāī miṭho lāgena.
Prem अनि उस्ले के खायो त? ani usle ke khāyo ta?
Māyā उस्ले अर्को रेस्टुरेन्टमा गएर दालभात खायो। usle arko resṭureṇṭmā gayera dālbhāt khāyo.
Prem उस्लाई दालभात मिठो लाग्छ? uslāī dālbhāt miṭho lāgcha?
Māyā हो, उस्लाई दालभात धेरै मिठो लाग्छ। ho, uslāī dālbhāt dherai miṭho lāgcha.
Prem तपाईंलाई नि? tapāī̃lāī ni?
Māyā मलाई दालभात त्यति मिठो लाग्दैन, अलिकति मात्र मिठो लाग्छ। malāī dālbhāt tyati miṭho lāgdaina, alikati mātra miṭho lāgcha.

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