{"id":190,"date":"2025-12-06T17:01:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T22:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/chapter\/chapter-8-unit-3-conversations\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T00:27:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T04:27:54","slug":"chapter-8-unit-3-conversations","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/chapter\/chapter-8-unit-3-conversations\/","title":{"raw":"Unit 3 \u2014 Conversations","rendered":"Unit 3 \u2014 Conversations"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"textbox diabox\">\r\n<div class=\"_tableContainer_1rjym_1\">\r\n<div class=\"_tableContainer_1rjym_1\">\r\n<div class=\"group _tableWrapper_1rjym_13 flex w-fit flex-col-reverse\">\r\n<h2>Model Dialogues<\/h2>\r\n<span style=\"text-align: initial;background-color: initial;font-size: 1em\">These <\/span><span style=\"text-align: initial;background-color: initial;font-size: 1em\">model dialogues help you practise simple descriptive language. 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You\u2019ll also practise polite interaction, identifying objects, and asking about ownership.<\/span>\r\n<div>\r\n<div class=\"fai-CopilotMessage__actions rmlvq19 ___7qar2c0 fcthzvy\" role=\"toolbar\" data-tabster=\"{&quot;mover&quot;:{&quot;cyclic&quot;:false,&quot;direction&quot;:2,&quot;memorizeCurrent&quot;:true}}\"><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"_tableContainer_1rjym_1\">\r\n<div class=\"group _tableWrapper_1rjym_13 flex w-fit flex-col-reverse\">\r\n\r\n[table id=186 \/]\r\n\r\n[h5p id=\"248\"]\r\n\r\n[h5p id=\"249\"]\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">[table id=187 \/]<\/span>\r\n\r\n[h5p id=\"250\"]\r\n\r\n[h5p id=\"251\"]\r\n\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<div class=\"textbox diabox\">\n<div class=\"_tableContainer_1rjym_1\">\n<div class=\"_tableContainer_1rjym_1\">\n<div class=\"group _tableWrapper_1rjym_13 flex w-fit flex-col-reverse\">\n<h2>Model Dialogues<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"text-align: initial;background-color: initial;font-size: 1em\">These <\/span><span style=\"text-align: initial;background-color: initial;font-size: 1em\">model dialogues help you practise simple descriptive language. You\u2019ll learn how to ask and answer \u201cWhat is it like?\u201d, describe weather and conditions, and review basic words for tastes and colours. You\u2019ll also practise polite interaction, identifying objects, and asking about ownership.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"fai-CopilotMessage__actions rmlvq19 ___7qar2c0 fcthzvy\" role=\"toolbar\" data-tabster=\"{&quot;mover&quot;:{&quot;cyclic&quot;:false,&quot;direction&quot;:2,&quot;memorizeCurrent&quot;:true}}\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_tableContainer_1rjym_1\">\n<div class=\"group _tableWrapper_1rjym_13 flex w-fit flex-col-reverse\">\n<h2 id=\"tablepress-186-name\" class=\"tablepress-table-name tablepress-table-name-id-186\">Weather and Condition<\/h2>\n<p><span id=\"tablepress-186-description\" class=\"tablepress-table-description tablepress-table-description-id-186\">John and Sarah talk about today\u2019s weather, how warm things feel, and how it was outside earlier.<\/span><\/p>\n<table id=\"tablepress-186\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-186\" aria-labelledby=\"tablepress-186-name\" aria-describedby=\"tablepress-186-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\">John<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">\u0906\u091c \u092e\u094c\u0938\u092e \u0915\u0938\u094d\u0924\u094b \u091b?<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\"><em>\u0101ja mausam kasto cha?<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Sarah<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">\u0906\u091c \u092e\u094c\u0938\u092e \u0930\u093e\u092e\u094d\u0930\u094b \u091b\u0964<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\"><em>\u0101ja mausam r\u0101mro cha.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">John<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">\u0924\u092a\u093e\u0908\u0902\u0915\u094b \u091c\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0915\u0947\u091f \u0928\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0928\u094b \u091b?<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\"><em>tap\u0101\u012b\u0303ko jy\u0101ke\u1e6d ny\u0101no cha?<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Sarah<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">\u0939\u094b, \u091c\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0915\u0947\u091f \u0928\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0928\u094b \u091b\u0964<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\"><em>ho, jy\u0101ke\u1e6d ny\u0101no cha.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">John<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">\u0915\u094b\u0920\u093e \u092d\u093f\u0924\u094d\u0930 \u0915\u0938\u094d\u0924\u094b \u091b?<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\"><em>ko\u1e6dh\u0101 bhitra kasto cha?<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Sarah<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">\u0915\u094b\u0920\u093e \u092d\u093f\u0924\u094d\u0930 \u0905\u0932\u093f \u0924\u093e\u0924\u094b \u091b\u0964<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\"><em>ko\u1e6dh\u0101 bhitra ali t\u0101to cha.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">John<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">\u092c\u093e\u0939\u093f\u0930 \u0915\u0938\u094d\u0924\u094b \u0925\u093f\u092f\u094b?<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\"><em>b\u0101hira kasto thiyo?<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Sarah<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">\u092c\u093e\u0939\u093f\u0930 \u0905\u0932\u093f \u091a\u093f\u0938\u094b \u0925\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0964<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\"><em>b\u0101hira ali ciso thiyo.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- #tablepress-186 from cache --><\/p>\n<div id=\"h5p-248\">\n<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-248\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"248\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"English Translation\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"h5p-249\">\n<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-249\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"249\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" 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class=\"column-3\"><em>s\u012bm\u0101!<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Seema<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">\u0939\u091c\u0941\u0930?<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\"><em>hajur?<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Ramesh<\/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-5\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Seema<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">\u0924\u094d\u092f\u094b \u0938\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0909 \u0939\u094b\u0964<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\"><em>tyo sy\u0101u ho.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Ramesh<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">\u0905\u0928\u093f \u092f\u094b \u0915\u0947 \u0939\u094b?<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\"><em>ani yo ke ho?<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Seema<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">\u0924\u094d\u092f\u094b \u0915\u0947\u0930\u093e 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