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Unit 7 · Elementary
Find your way on foot or by bus: ask where something is, follow left / right / straight, and check how far it is.
Directions and places (lesson 7)
Public-domain audio — FSI Nepali Basic Course (via Live Lingua).
Tourist
माफ गर्नुहोस्, बसपार्क कहाँ छ?
Maaph garnuhos, bas park kahaa chha?
Excuse me, where is the bus park?
Local
सिधा जानुहोस्, अनि दायाँ।
Sidhaa jaanuhos, ani daayaa.
Go straight, then right.
Tourist
कति टाढा छ?
Kati taadhaa chha?
How far is it?
Local
नजिकै छ, पाँच मिनेट।
Najikai chha, paanch minet.
It's close, five minutes.
Tourist
धन्यवाद!
Dhanyabaad!
Thank you!
Use chha (location), not ho: X kahaa chha? — Bas park kahaa chha? ("Where is the bus park?"). Answer with yahaa (here), tyahaa (there), or a direction.
To ask someone politely to do something, the verb takes -nuhos: jaanu → jaanuhos (please go), basnu → basnuhos (please sit), dinu → dinuhos (please give — you met it in Unit 2).
It's the form you'll use for every polite request, so it's worth drilling.
baayaa (left), daayaa (right), sidhaa (straight). The little word ani means "and then": Sidhaa jaanuhos, ani baayaa = "Go straight, then left."
1. Ask "Where is the bus park?"
बसपार्क कहाँ छ? (Bas park kahaa chha?)
2. Say "Go straight, then right."
सिधा जानुहोस्, अनि दायाँ। (Sidhaa jaanuhos, ani daayaa.)
3. How do you say "excuse me"?
माफ गर्नुहोस् (Maaph garnuhos).
4. Ask "How far is it?"
कति टाढा छ? (Kati taadhaa chha?)