Travel and transport (lesson 14)
Buses, taxis, planes, and the verb jaanu (to go). How to ask when a bus leaves and where it goes.
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FSI 1979, lesson 14. The verb 'jaanu' (to go) drilled across every register, plus the bus/taxi/plane vocabulary every visitor needs. Core sentences: 'Pokhara kahile jaanchhau?' (when do you go to Pokhara), 'bus kati baje chhutchha?' (what time does the bus leave), 'yo bus Thamel jaanchha?' (does this bus go to Thamel). Around minute 12: locative postposition '-maa' (in) and ablative '-baata' (from) — the difference between 'gaadi maa' (in the vehicle) and 'gaadi baata' (from the vehicle). Practical aside: 'jaane' as participle ('the one going') vs 'jaadai' as progressive ('going'). Tourist note around minute 22: the price-asking pattern 'yo gaadi ko bhaada kati?' (how much is the fare of this vehicle).
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