Course
Unit 7 · Elementary
Directions and getting around
Find your way on foot or by bus: ask where something is, follow left / right / straight, and check how far it is.
In this unit you'll learn to
- Ask "where is …?" with kahaa chha
- Understand baayaa, daayaa and sidhaa
- Give and follow polite -hos commands
- Ask how far something is
Listen along
Directions and places (lesson 7)
Public-domain audio — FSI Nepali Basic Course (via Live Lingua).
Finding the bus park
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!
Vocabulary
- कहाँ kahaa
- where
- दायाँ daayaa
- right
- बायाँ baayaa
- left
- सिधा sidhaa
- straight
- टाढा taadhaa
- far
- नजिक najik
- near
- यहाँ yahaa
- here
- त्यहाँ tyahaa
- there
- माफ गर्नुहोस् maaph garnuhos
- excuse me / sorry
- धन्यवाद dhanyabaad
- thank you
Grammar
"Where is X?"
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.
Polite commands with -hos
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.
Left, right, straight
baayaa (left), daayaa (right), sidhaa (straight). The little word ani means "and then": Sidhaa jaanuhos, ani baayaa = "Go straight, then left."
Practice
1. Ask "Where is the bus park?"
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बसपार्क कहाँ छ? (Bas park kahaa chha?)
2. Say "Go straight, then right."
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सिधा जानुहोस्, अनि दायाँ। (Sidhaa jaanuhos, ani daayaa.)
3. How do you say "excuse me"?
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माफ गर्नुहोस् (Maaph garnuhos).
4. Ask "How far is it?"
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कति टाढा छ? (Kati taadhaa chha?)