{"id":342,"date":"2025-12-14T21:55:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T02:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/chapter\/chapter-16-unit-3-conversations\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T15:31:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T19:31:35","slug":"chapter-16-unit-3-conversations","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/chapter\/chapter-16-unit-3-conversations\/","title":{"raw":"Unit 3 \u2014 Conversations","rendered":"Unit 3 \u2014 Conversations"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"textbox diabox\">\r\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000\">Model dialogue<\/span><\/h2>\r\nThese 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., <em>ek kilo, du\u012b kilo<\/em>), responding politely, adding one more item with <em>pani<\/em> \u201calso,\u201d and asking the total: <em>jamm\u0101 kati rupaiy\u0101\u0303 bhayo?<\/em> You will also hear the common shop question <em>ar\u016b kehi c\u0101hincha?<\/em> \u201cAnything else?\u201d\r\n<p data-start=\"427\" data-end=\"499\">[table id=238 \/]<\/p>\r\n<p data-start=\"427\" data-end=\"499\">[h5p id=\"398\"]<\/p>\r\n[h5p id=\"399\"]\r\n\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<div class=\"textbox diabox\">\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000\">Model dialogue<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>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., <em>ek kilo, du\u012b kilo<\/em>), responding politely, adding one more item with <em>pani<\/em> \u201calso,\u201d and asking the total: <em>jamm\u0101 kati rupaiy\u0101\u0303 bhayo?<\/em> You will also hear the common shop question <em>ar\u016b kehi c\u0101hincha?<\/em> \u201cAnything else?\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"427\" data-end=\"499\">\n<h2 id=\"tablepress-238-name\" class=\"tablepress-table-name tablepress-table-name-id-238\">Buying Fruit<\/h2>\n<p><span id=\"tablepress-238-description\" class=\"tablepress-table-description tablepress-table-description-id-238\">A customer buys apples and bananas at a fruit shop.<\/span><\/p>\n<table id=\"tablepress-238\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-238\" aria-labelledby=\"tablepress-238-name\" aria-describedby=\"tablepress-238-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\">Shopkeeper<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">\u0928\u092e\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0947\u0964 \u0924\u092a\u093e\u0908\u0902\u0932\u093e\u0908 \u0915\u0947 \u091a\u093e\u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u091b?<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\"><em>namaste. tap\u0101\u012b\u0303l\u0101\u012b ke c\u0101hincha?<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Customer<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">\u0928\u092e\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0947\u0964 \u090f\u0915 \u0915\u093f\u0932\u094b \u0938\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0909\u0915\u094b \u0915\u0924\u093f \u092a\u0930\u094d\u091b?<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\"><em>namaste. ek kilo sy\u0101uko kati parcha?<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Shopkeeper<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">\u090f\u0915 \u0915\u093f\u0932\u094b \u0938\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0909\u0915\u094b \u096c \u0938\u092f \u0930\u0941\u092a\u0948\u092f\u093e\u0901 \u092a\u0930\u094d\u091b\u0964<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\"><em>ek kilo sy\u0101uko cha saya rupaiy\u0101\u0303 parcha.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Customer<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">\u0905\u0932\u093f \u092e\u0939\u0901\u0917\u094b \u091b\u0964 \u0905\u0932\u093f \u0938\u0938\u094d\u0924\u094b \u0939\u0941\u0928\u094d\u091b?<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\"><em>ali maha\u1e45go cha. ali sasto huncha?<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Shopkeeper<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">\u0920\u0940\u0915 \u091b\u0964 \u092a\u093e\u0901\u091a \u0938\u092f \u092a\u091a\u093e\u0938 \u0930\u0941\u092a\u0948\u092f\u093e\u0901 \u0926\u093f\u0928\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0964<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\"><em>\u1e6dh\u012bk cha. p\u0101\u0303c saya pac\u0101s rupaiy\u0101\u0303 dinus.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Customer<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">\u0927\u0928\u094d\u092f\u0935\u093e\u0926\u0964 \u092f\u0940 \u0938\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0909 \u0924\u093e\u091c\u093e \u091b\u0928\u094d?<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\"><em>dhanyaw\u0101d. y\u012b sy\u0101u t\u0101j\u0101 chan?<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Shopkeeper<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">\u0939\u094b, \u0924\u093e\u091c\u093e \u091b\u0928\u094d\u0964<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\"><em>ho, t\u0101j\u0101 chan.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Customer<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">\u0920\u0940\u0915 \u091b\u0964 \u092e\u0932\u093e\u0908 \u0926\u0941\u0908 \u0915\u093f\u0932\u094b \u0938\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0909 \u0926\u093f\u0928\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0964<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\"><em>\u1e6dh\u012bk cha. mal\u0101\u012b du\u012b kilo sy\u0101u dinus.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Shopkeeper<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">\u0905\u0930\u0942 \u0915\u0947\u0939\u0940 \u091a\u093e\u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u091b?<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\"><em>ar\u016b keh\u012b c\u0101hincha?<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Customer<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">\u090f\u0915 \u0915\u093f\u0932\u094b \u0915\u0947\u0930\u093e\u0915\u094b \u0915\u0924\u093f \u092a\u0930\u094d\u091b?<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\"><em>ek kilo ker\u0101ko kati parcha?<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Shopkeeper<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">\u090f\u0915 \u0915\u093f\u0932\u094b \u0915\u0947\u0930\u093e\u0915\u094b \u0969 \u0938\u092f \u0930\u0941\u092a\u0948\u092f\u093e\u0901 \u092a\u0930\u094d\u091b\u0964<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\"><em>ek kilo ker\u0101ko tin saya rupaiy\u0101\u0303 parcha.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-13\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Customer<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">\u0920\u0940\u0915 \u091b\u0964 \u092e\u0932\u093e\u0908 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