Weather, seasons, and the monsoon (lesson 12)
garmi, chiso, paani parchha — talk about the weather like a local. Plus Nepal's six (or two, depending who you ask) seasons.
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FSI 1979, lesson 12. Weather templates: 'aaja garmi cha' (today it's hot), 'haawaa cha' (it's windy), 'paani parchha' (it rains / it's raining). The verb parnu does double duty for falling rain AND for 'should' — context disambiguates. The six classical Nepali seasons (basanta, grishma, varsa, sharad, hemanta, shishir) get an overview around minute 11 but the practical lesson is the modern two: monsoon (varsha — June to early September) and dry (everything else). End-of-lesson drill includes the trekker's question 'kasto mausam cha?' (how's the weather?) and the lodge-owner's reply patterns. Listen for 'sambhavataa' (probably) — a hedge you'll hear constantly.
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