{"id":361,"date":"2025-12-16T00:30:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T05:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/chapter\/chapter-17-unit-3-conversations\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T15:33:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T19:33:18","slug":"chapter-17-unit-3-conversations","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/chapter\/chapter-17-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\nThe model dialogues help you ask for directions, follow simple route instructions, and check that you understood correctly. You\u2019ll practise common questions like \u2026 <em>kah\u0101\u0303 cha<\/em>? \/ \u2026 <em>kat\u0101 cha<\/em>? (\u201cWhere is\u2026?\u201d) and ma <em>tyah\u0101\u0303 kasari j\u0101na sakchu<\/em>? (\u201cHow can I get there?\u201d). The answers use clear polite commands\u2014<em>sidh\u0101 j\u0101nuhos, b\u0101y\u0101\u0303\/d\u0101y\u0101\u0303 mo\u1e0dnuhos, \u2026 p\u0101r garnuhos<\/em>\u2014plus simple distance\/time phrases like <em>\u1e6d\u0101\u1e0dh\u0101 chaina<\/em> and <em>karib \u2026 mine\u1e6d<\/em>. Each dialogue includes one easy landmark and a quick confirmation line (e.g., <em>pul p\u0101r garepachi d\u0101y\u0101\u0303, haina<\/em>?) to practise real-life repair.\r\n\r\n[table id=241 \/]\r\n\r\n[h5p id=\"413\"]\r\n\r\n[h5p id=\"414\"]\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n[table id=243 \/]\r\n\r\n[h5p id=\"415\"]\r\n\r\n[h5p id=\"416\"]\r\n\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<div class=\"textbox diabox\">\n<h2>Model Dialogues<\/h2>\n<p>The model dialogues help you ask for directions, follow simple route instructions, and check that you understood correctly. You\u2019ll practise common questions like \u2026 <em>kah\u0101\u0303 cha<\/em>? \/ \u2026 <em>kat\u0101 cha<\/em>? (\u201cWhere is\u2026?\u201d) and ma <em>tyah\u0101\u0303 kasari j\u0101na sakchu<\/em>? (\u201cHow can I get there?\u201d). The answers use clear polite commands\u2014<em>sidh\u0101 j\u0101nuhos, b\u0101y\u0101\u0303\/d\u0101y\u0101\u0303 mo\u1e0dnuhos, \u2026 p\u0101r garnuhos<\/em>\u2014plus simple distance\/time phrases like <em>\u1e6d\u0101\u1e0dh\u0101 chaina<\/em> and <em>karib \u2026 mine\u1e6d<\/em>. Each dialogue includes one easy landmark and a quick confirmation line (e.g., <em>pul p\u0101r garepachi d\u0101y\u0101\u0303, haina<\/em>?) to practise real-life repair.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"tablepress-241-name\" class=\"tablepress-table-name tablepress-table-name-id-241\">Nearest Bus Stop<\/h2>\n<p><span id=\"tablepress-241-description\" class=\"tablepress-table-description tablepress-table-description-id-241\">A visitor asks for the nearest bus stop. A local gives short, clear directions using the bridge as a landmark.<\/span><\/p>\n<table id=\"tablepress-241\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-241\" aria-labelledby=\"tablepress-241-name\" aria-describedby=\"tablepress-241-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\">Visitor<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">\u092e\u093e\u092b \u0917\u0930\u094d\u0928\u0941\u0939\u094b\u0938\u094d\u0964 \u0928\u091c\u093f\u0915\u0915\u094b \u092c\u0938 \u0938\u094d\u091f\u092a \u0915\u0924\u093e \u091b?<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\"><em>m\u0101ph garnuhos. najikko bas s\u1e6dap kat\u0101 cha?<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Local<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">\u092f\u094b \u092c\u093e\u091f\u094b \u0938\u0940\u0927\u093e \u091c\u093e\u0928\u0941\u0939\u094b\u0938\u094d\u0964 \u092a\u0941\u0932 \u092a\u093e\u0930 \u0917\u0930\u094d\u0928\u0941\u0939\u094b\u0938\u094d\u0964 \u092a\u0941\u0932 \u092a\u093e\u0930 \u0917\u0930\u0947\u092a\u091b\u093f \u092c\u0938 \u0938\u094d\u091f\u092a \u0926\u093e\u092f\u093e\u0901 \u091b\u0964<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\"><em>yo b\u0101\u1e6do s\u012bdh\u0101 j\u0101nuhos. pul p\u0101r garnuhos. pul p\u0101r garepachi bas s\u1e6dap d\u0101y\u0101\u0303 cha.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Visitor<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">\u092a\u0941\u0932 \u092a\u093e\u0930 \u0917\u0930\u0947\u092a\u091b\u093f \u0926\u093e\u092f\u093e\u0901, \u0939\u0948\u0928?<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\"><em>pul p\u0101r garepachi d\u0101y\u0101\u0303, haina?<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Local<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">\u0939\u094b, \u0926\u093e\u092f\u093e\u0901\u0964 \u091f\u093e\u0922\u093e \u091b\u0948\u0928\u0964<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\"><em>ho, d\u0101y\u0101\u0303. \u1e6d\u0101\u1e0dh\u0101 chaina.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Visitor<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">\u0927\u0928\u094d\u092f\u0935\u093e\u0926!<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\"><em>dhanyaw\u0101d!<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Local<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">\u0938\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0917\u0924 \u091b\u0964<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\"><em>sw\u0101gat cha.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- #tablepress-241 from cache --><\/p>\n<div id=\"h5p-413\">\n<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-413\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"413\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"English translation - Dialogue 1: Nearest Bus Stop\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"h5p-414\">\n<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-414\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"414\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Chap17_Unit3_Table1.mp3\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 id=\"tablepress-243-name\" class=\"tablepress-table-name tablepress-table-name-id-243\">Going to the Central Library<\/h2>\n<p><span id=\"tablepress-243-description\" class=\"tablepress-table-description tablepress-table-description-id-243\">M\u0101y\u0101 is new to the area and is standing near a bus stop. She wants to go to the Central Library. R\u0101m gives simple walking directions and also mentions a bus option if she is in a hurry.<\/span><\/p>\n<table id=\"tablepress-243\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-243\" aria-labelledby=\"tablepress-243-name\" aria-describedby=\"tablepress-243-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\">M\u0101y\u0101<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">\u092e\u093e\u092b \u0917\u0930\u094d\u0928\u0941\u0939\u094b\u0938\u094d\u2026 \u0915\u0947\u0928\u094d\u0926\u094d\u0930\u0940\u092f \u092a\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0915\u093e\u0932\u092f \u0915\u0924\u093e \u091b?<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\"><em>m\u0101ph garnuhos\u2026 kendr\u012bya pustak\u0101laya kat\u0101 cha?<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">R\u0101m<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">\u092e \u0924\u092a\u093e\u0908\u0902\u0932\u093e\u0908 \u092c\u093e\u091f\u094b \u092c\u0924\u093e\u0907\u0926\u093f\u0928\u094d\u091b\u0941\u0964<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\"><em>ma tap\u0101\u012b\u0303l\u0101\u012b b\u0101\u1e6do bat\u0101idinchu.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">M\u0101y\u0101<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">\u0927\u0928\u094d\u092f\u0935\u093e\u0926!<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\"><em>dhanyaw\u0101d!<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">R\u0101m<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">\u092a\u0939\u093f\u0932\u0947 \u092e\u0947\u092a\u0932 \u0938\u094d\u091f\u094d\u0930\u093f\u091f\u092e\u093e \u092c\u093e\u092f\u093e\u0901 \u092e\u094b\u0921\u094d\u0928\u0941\u0939\u094b\u0938\u094d\u0964 \u0924\u094d\u092f\u0938\u092a\u091b\u093f \u0938\u0940\u0927\u093e \u091c\u093e\u0928\u0941\u0939\u094b\u0938\u094d\u0964 \u0938\u093f\u091f\u0940 \u092a\u093e\u0930\u094d\u0915 \u092a\u093e\u0930 \u0917\u0930\u094d\u0928\u0941\u0939\u094b\u0938\u094d\u0964 \u092a\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0915\u093e\u0932\u092f \u0920\u0942\u0932\u094b \u092c\u0941\u0915\u0938\u094d\u091f\u094b\u0930\u0915\u094b \u091b\u0947\u0909\u092e\u093e \u091b\u0964<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\"><em>pahile mepal s\u1e6dri\u1e6dm\u0101 b\u0101y\u0101\u0303 mo\u1e0dnuhos. tyaspachi s\u012bdh\u0101 j\u0101nuhos. si\u1e6d\u012b p\u0101rk p\u0101r garnuhos. pustak\u0101laya \u1e6dh\u016blo buks\u1e6dorko cheum\u0101 cha.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">M\u0101y\u0101<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">\u0915\u0947 \u092a\u0948\u0926\u0932 \u091c\u093e\u0928 \u092e\u093f\u0932\u094d\u091b?<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\"><em>ke paidal j\u0101na milcha?<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">R\u0101m<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">\u092a\u0948\u0926\u0932 \u091c\u093e\u0928 \u092e\u093f\u0932\u094d\u091b\u0964 \u0939\u0924\u093e\u0930 \u091b \u092d\u0928\u0947 \u0928\u092e\u094d\u092c\u0930 \u096b \u092c\u0938 \u0932\u093f\u0928\u0941\u0939\u094b\u0938\u094d\u0964 \u092c\u0938 \u092a\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0915\u093e\u0932\u092f\u0915\u094b \u0905\u0917\u093e\u0921\u093f \u0930\u094b\u0915\u093f\u0928\u094d\u091b\u0964<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\"><em>paidal j\u0101na milcha. hat\u0101r cha bhane nambar p\u0101\u0303c\u0304h bas linuhos. bas pustak\u0101layako ag\u0101\u1e0di rokincha.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">M\u0101y\u0101<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">\u092f\u0939\u093e\u0901\u092c\u093e\u091f \u0915\u0924\u093f \u091f\u093e\u0922\u093e \u091b?<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\"><em>yah\u0101\u0303b\u0101\u1e6da kati \u1e6d\u0101\u1e0dh\u0101 cha?<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">R\u0101m<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">\u0915\u0930\u093f\u092c \u0967\u096b \u092e\u093f\u0928\u0947\u091f \u091c\u0924\u093f \u0932\u093e\u0917\u094d\u091b\u0964 \u091f\u093e\u0922\u093e \u091b\u0948\u0928\u0964<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\"><em>karib pandhra mine\u1e6d jati l\u0101gcha. \u1e6d\u0101\u1e0dh\u0101 chaina.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">M\u0101y\u0101<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">\u092e\u0947\u092a\u0932 \u0938\u094d\u091f\u094d\u0930\u093f\u091f\u092e\u093e \u092c\u093e\u092f\u093e\u0901 \u0915\u093f \u0926\u093e\u092f\u093e\u0901?<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\"><em>mepal s\u1e6dri\u1e6dm\u0101 b\u0101y\u0101\u0303 ki d\u0101y\u0101\u0303?<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">R\u0101m<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">\u092e\u0947\u092a\u0932 \u0938\u094d\u091f\u094d\u0930\u093f\u091f\u092e\u093e \u092c\u093e\u092f\u093e\u0901 \u092e\u094b\u0921\u094d\u0928\u0941\u0939\u094b\u0938\u094d\u0964<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\"><em>mepal s\u1e6dri\u1e6dm\u0101 b\u0101y\u0101\u0303 mo\u1e0dnuhos.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">M\u0101y\u0101<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">\u0920\u0940\u0915 \u091b\u0964 \u0927\u0928\u094d\u092f\u0935\u093e\u0926!<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\"><em>\u1e6dh\u012bk cha. dhanyaw\u0101d!<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- #tablepress-243 from cache --><\/p>\n<div id=\"h5p-415\">\n<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-415\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"415\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"English Translation - Dialogue 3: Central Library\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"h5p-416\">\n<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-416\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"416\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Chap17_Unit3_Table2.mp3\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1076,"menu_order":3,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":"cc-by-nc-sa"},"chapter-type":[49],"contributor":[],"license":[57],"class_list":["post-361","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","chapter-type-numberless","license-cc-by-nc-sa"],"part":354,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1076"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1042,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/361\/revisions\/1042"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/354"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/361\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=361"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=361"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}