Shopping and prices (lesson 10)
How much, that's expensive, give me a discount — kati, mahango, sasto. Numbers up to one thousand.
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FSI 1979, lesson 10. The bargaining script: 'kati ho?' (how much?) → response → 'dherai mahango cha' (it's very expensive) → 'kati ma dinuhuncha?' (how much will you give it for?) — back and forth until you settle. Pricing vocabulary: mahango (expensive), sasto (cheap), thik cha (it's fine — i.e., I'll take it). Numbers segment around minute 7: sai (one hundred), hajaar (one thousand), laakh (one hundred thousand — used for property and dowry, not market). End-of-lesson drill scripts a full handicraft-shop negotiation. Pay attention to the closing line — 'pheri aaunuholaa' (please come again) — said by the seller, never the buyer.
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