{"id":114,"date":"2025-11-30T01:02:29","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T06:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/chapter\/chapter-4-unit-3-conversation\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T14:45:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T18:45:40","slug":"chapter-4-unit-3-conversations","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/chapter\/chapter-4-unit-3-conversations\/","title":{"raw":"Unit 3 \u2014 Conversations","rendered":"Unit 3 \u2014 Conversations"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"textbox diabox\">\r\n<h2>Model Dialogues<\/h2>\r\nThis model dialogue introduces two closely related classroom functions: identifying everyday items and asking who they belong to. Across the conversations, learners repeatedly hear and use key patterns\u2014near\/far reference (<em>yo\/tyo\/y\u012b\/t\u012b<\/em>), singular vs. plural linking forms (<em>ho\/hun<\/em>), and polite possessives (<em>mero<\/em>, <em>tap\u0101\u012b\u0303ko\/tap\u0101\u012b\u0303k\u0101<\/em>, <em>uh\u0101\u0303ko\/uh\u0101\u0303k\u0101<\/em>). Set around a shared desk or study table, the dialogues mirror natural classroom talk and provide a clear, respectful template learners can reuse in real interactions.\r\n\r\n[table id=120 \/]\r\n\r\n[h5p id=\"179\"]\r\n\r\n[h5p id=\"180\"]\r\n\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<div class=\"textbox diabox\">\n<h2>Model Dialogues<\/h2>\n<p>This model dialogue introduces two closely related classroom functions: identifying everyday items and asking who they belong to. Across the conversations, learners repeatedly hear and use key patterns\u2014near\/far reference (<em>yo\/tyo\/y\u012b\/t\u012b<\/em>), singular vs. plural linking forms (<em>ho\/hun<\/em>), and polite possessives (<em>mero<\/em>, <em>tap\u0101\u012b\u0303ko\/tap\u0101\u012b\u0303k\u0101<\/em>, <em>uh\u0101\u0303ko\/uh\u0101\u0303k\u0101<\/em>). Set around a shared desk or study table, the dialogues mirror natural classroom talk and provide a clear, respectful template learners can reuse in real interactions.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"tablepress-120-name\" class=\"tablepress-table-name tablepress-table-name-id-120\">Ownership<\/h2>\n<p><span id=\"tablepress-120-description\" class=\"tablepress-table-description tablepress-table-description-id-120\">Pema and Linda are getting ready for class in a shared study space. A mobile, a bag, pens, and a notebook are on the table.<\/span><\/p>\n<table id=\"tablepress-120\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-120\" aria-labelledby=\"tablepress-120-name\" aria-describedby=\"tablepress-120-description\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n<th class=\"column-1\">Speaker<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-2\">Nepali<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-3\">Transliteration<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Pema<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">\u092f\u094b \u0915\u0947 \u0939\u094b?<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\"><em>yo ke ho?<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Linda<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">\u092f\u094b \u092e\u094b\u092c\u093e\u0907\u0932 \u0939\u094b\u0964<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\"><em>yo mob\u0101il ho.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Pema<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">\u092f\u094b \u0915\u0938\u094d\u0915\u094b \u092e\u094b\u092c\u093e\u0907\u0932 \u0939\u094b?<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\"><em>yo kasko mob\u0101il ho?<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Linda<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">\u092f\u094b \u092e\u0947\u0930\u094b \u092e\u094b\u092c\u093e\u0907\u0932 \u0939\u094b\u0964<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\"><em>yo mero mob\u0101il ho.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Pema<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">\u0924\u094d\u092f\u094b \u0915\u0947 \u0939\u094b?<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\"><em>tyo ke ho?<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Linda<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">\u0924\u094d\u092f\u094b \u091d\u094b\u0932\u093e \u0939\u094b\u0964<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\"><em>tyo jhol\u0101 ho.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Pema<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">\u0924\u094d\u092f\u094b \u0915\u0938\u094d\u0915\u094b \u091d\u094b\u0932\u093e \u0939\u094b?<\/td>\n<td 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