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Chapter 11 – Family and Relationships

Unit 6 — Listening

Family Tree Check

Two classmates, Nisha and Kiran, are looking at a family photograph. They ask brief, polite questions to clarify who each person is and how they are related to one another.

Speaker Nepali Transliteratiion
Nisha डेभिड को हुनुहुन्छ? ḍeviḍ ko hunuhuncha?
Kiran डेभिड मायाको श्रीमान हुनुहुन्छ। ḍeviḍ māyāko śrīmān hunuhuncha.
Nisha माया साराकी आमा हुनुहुन्छ? māyā sārākī āmā hunuhuncha?
Kiran हो, माया साराकी आमा हुनुहुन्छ। ho, māyā sārākī āmā hunuhuncha.
Nisha अनि डेभिड साराको बुबा हुनुहुन्छ? ani ḍeviḍ sārāko bubā hunuhuncha?
Kiran हो, डेभिड साराको बुबा हुनुहुन्छ। ho, ḍeviḍ sārāko bubā hunuhuncha.
Nisha त्यसो भए, डेभिड र माया साराका आमाबुबा हुनुहुन्छ, होइन? taso bhaye, ḍeviḍ ra māyā sārākā āmābubā hunuhuncha, hoina?
Kiran हो, डेभिड र माया साराका आमाबुबा हुनुहुन्छ। ho, ḍeviḍ ra māyā sārākā āmābubā hunuhuncha.
Nisha साराको दाइको नाम के हो? sārāko dāiko nām ke ho?
Kiran साराको दाइको नाम रोहन हो। sārāko dāiko nām rohan ho.
Nisha धन्यवाद। dhanyawād.
Kiran ठीक छ। ṭhīk cha.

 

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