{"id":316,"date":"2025-12-14T14:40:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T19:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/part\/chapter-15-food-taste-and-preferences\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T19:54:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T23:54:35","slug":"chapter-15-food-taste-and-preferences","status":"publish","type":"part","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/part\/chapter-15-food-taste-and-preferences\/","title":{"raw":"Chapter 15 \u2013 Food, Taste, and Preferences","rendered":"Chapter 15 \u2013 Food, Taste, and Preferences"},"content":{"raw":"

Overview<\/h1>\r\nChapter 15 develops practical Nepali for everyday food and drink conversations, with a strong focus on expressing likes and dislikes clearly and politely. You will learn high-frequency food and beverage vocabulary and use it to talk about what you like \u092e\u0928 \u092a\u0930\u094d\u091b (man parcha<\/em>) and what you do not like \u092e\u0928 \u092a\u0930\u094d\u0926\u0948\u0928 (man parda\u012bna<\/em>), and to ask and answer preference questions in natural interaction. As you build fluency, you will also use simple taste words\u2014such as sweet, spicy, mild, hot, cold, and delicious\u2014to give brief reasons for your choices and to respond appropriately in real situations.\r\n\r\nAlongside preferences, the chapter introduces a second key meaning used in caf\u00e9s and restaurants: what you want or need right now (\u091a\u093e\u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u091b c\u0101hincha<\/em> \/ \u091a\u093e\u0939\u093f\u0901\u0926\u0948\u0928 c\u0101hinda\u012bna<\/em>), helping you choose the correct structure depending on whether you are describing general likes or making an immediate request. You will practise making simple choices using \u0915\u093f ki<\/em> (\u201ctea or coffee?\u201d) and using short, polite phrases to order in common caf\u00e9 and restaurant contexts. By the end of the chapter, you should be able to participate in a respectful, realistic food-ordering exchange\u2014asking what is available, stating your preferences, making a choice, and placing a simple order with confidence.\r\n\r\n \r\n
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Learning Objectives<\/h2>\r\n<\/header>\r\n
\r\n\r\nBy the end of this chapter, you will be able to:\r\n
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  • use common food and drink vocabulary in simple, everyday sentences<\/li>\r\n \t
  • describe basic taste preferences using high-frequency words (sweet, spicy, mild, hot, cold, delicious)<\/li>\r\n \t
  • ask and answer polite preference questions about food and drinks<\/li>\r\n \t
  • express likes and dislikes clearly using \u092e\u0928 \u092a\u0930\u094d\u091b \/ \u092e\u0928 \u092a\u0930\u094d\u0926\u0948\u0928 with common foods and drinks<\/li>\r\n \t
  • give short, simple reasons for your preferences using taste words (e.g., \u201cbecause it\u2019s spicy\/sweet\u201d)<\/li>\r\n \t
  • choose the correct structure for meaning by distinguishing \u201clike\u201d vs \u201cwant\/need now\u201d (\u092e\u0928 \u092a\u0930\u094d\u091b vs \u091a\u093e\u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u091b; and their negative forms)<\/li>\r\n \t
  • make simple either\u2013or choices using \u0915\u093f (\u201ctea or coffee?\u201d, \u201cmomo or d\u0101lbh\u0101t<\/em>?\u201d)<\/li>\r\n \t
  • participate in a short caf\u00e9\/restaurant interaction: ask what is available, state preferences, make a choice, and order politely using short, natural phrases<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"

    Overview<\/h1>\n

    Chapter 15 develops practical Nepali for everyday food and drink conversations, with a strong focus on expressing likes and dislikes clearly and politely. You will learn high-frequency food and beverage vocabulary and use it to talk about what you like \u092e\u0928 \u092a\u0930\u094d\u091b (man parcha<\/em>) and what you do not like \u092e\u0928 \u092a\u0930\u094d\u0926\u0948\u0928 (man parda\u012bna<\/em>), and to ask and answer preference questions in natural interaction. As you build fluency, you will also use simple taste words\u2014such as sweet, spicy, mild, hot, cold, and delicious\u2014to give brief reasons for your choices and to respond appropriately in real situations.<\/p>\n

    Alongside preferences, the chapter introduces a second key meaning used in caf\u00e9s and restaurants: what you want or need right now (\u091a\u093e\u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u091b c\u0101hincha<\/em> \/ \u091a\u093e\u0939\u093f\u0901\u0926\u0948\u0928 c\u0101hinda\u012bna<\/em>), helping you choose the correct structure depending on whether you are describing general likes or making an immediate request. You will practise making simple choices using \u0915\u093f ki<\/em> (\u201ctea or coffee?\u201d) and using short, polite phrases to order in common caf\u00e9 and restaurant contexts. By the end of the chapter, you should be able to participate in a respectful, realistic food-ordering exchange\u2014asking what is available, stating your preferences, making a choice, and placing a simple order with confidence.<\/p>\n

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    Learning Objectives<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n
    \n

    By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:<\/p>\n

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    • use common food and drink vocabulary in simple, everyday sentences<\/li>\n
    • describe basic taste preferences using high-frequency words (sweet, spicy, mild, hot, cold, delicious)<\/li>\n
    • ask and answer polite preference questions about food and drinks<\/li>\n
    • express likes and dislikes clearly using \u092e\u0928 \u092a\u0930\u094d\u091b \/ \u092e\u0928 \u092a\u0930\u094d\u0926\u0948\u0928 with common foods and drinks<\/li>\n
    • give short, simple reasons for your preferences using taste words (e.g., \u201cbecause it\u2019s spicy\/sweet\u201d)<\/li>\n
    • choose the correct structure for meaning by distinguishing \u201clike\u201d vs \u201cwant\/need now\u201d (\u092e\u0928 \u092a\u0930\u094d\u091b vs \u091a\u093e\u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u091b; and their negative forms)<\/li>\n
    • make simple either\u2013or choices using \u0915\u093f (\u201ctea or coffee?\u201d, \u201cmomo or d\u0101lbh\u0101t<\/em>?\u201d)<\/li>\n
    • participate in a short caf\u00e9\/restaurant interaction: ask what is available, state preferences, make a choice, and order politely using short, natural phrases<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"menu_order":15,"template":"","meta":{"pb_part_invisible":false,"pb_part_invisible_string":""},"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-316","part","type-part","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/part"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2019,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/316\/revisions\/2019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=316"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/nepali\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}