Chapter 16 – Shopping
Unit 3 — Conversations
Model dialogue
These model dialogues help you practise simple, polite Nepali for everyday shopping. You will practise asking prices, checking freshness, requesting a small discount, choosing items and quantities (e.g., ek kilo, duī kilo), responding politely, adding one more item with pani “also,” and asking the total: jammā kati rupaiyā̃ bhayo? You will also hear the common shop question arū kehi cāhincha? “Anything else?”
Buying Fruit
A customer buys apples and bananas at a fruit shop.
| Speaker | Nepali | Transliteration |
|---|---|---|
| Shopkeeper | नमस्ते। तपाईंलाई के चाहिन्छ? | namaste. tapāī̃lāī ke cāhincha? |
| Customer | नमस्ते। एक किलो स्याउको कति पर्छ? | namaste. ek kilo syāuko kati parcha? |
| Shopkeeper | एक किलो स्याउको ६ सय रुपैयाँ पर्छ। | ek kilo syāuko cha saya rupaiyā̃ parcha. |
| Customer | अलि महँगो छ। अलि सस्तो हुन्छ? | ali mahaṅgo cha. ali sasto huncha? |
| Shopkeeper | ठीक छ। पाँच सय पचास रुपैयाँ दिनुस्। | ṭhīk cha. pā̃c saya pacās rupaiyā̃ dinus. |
| Customer | धन्यवाद। यी स्याउ ताजा छन्? | dhanyawād. yī syāu tājā chan? |
| Shopkeeper | हो, ताजा छन्। | ho, tājā chan. |
| Customer | ठीक छ। मलाई दुई किलो स्याउ दिनुस्। | ṭhīk cha. malāī duī kilo syāu dinus. |
| Shopkeeper | अरू केही चाहिन्छ? | arū kehī cāhincha? |
| Customer | एक किलो केराको कति पर्छ? | ek kilo kerāko kati parcha? |
| Shopkeeper | एक किलो केराको ३ सय रुपैयाँ पर्छ। | ek kilo kerāko tin saya rupaiyā̃ parcha. |
| Customer | ठीक छ। मलाई एक किलो केरा पनि दिनुस्। | ṭhīk cha. malāī ek kilo kerā pani dinus. |
| Shopkeeper | हुन्छ। | huncha. |
