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Unit 14 · Intermediate
Get from A to B: buy a ticket, ask when and where things leave, and take a taxi without being overcharged.
Travel and transport (lesson 14)
Public-domain audio — FSI Nepali Basic Course (via Live Lingua).
Traveller
पोखराको टिकट छ?
Pokharaako ticket chha?
Do you have a ticket to Pokhara?
Clerk
छ। कति जना?
Chha. Kati jana?
Yes. How many people?
Traveller
एक जना। बस कहिले जान्छ?
Ek jana. Bas kahile jaanchha?
One. When does the bus leave?
Clerk
बिहान सात बजे।
Bihaana saat baje.
At 7 in the morning.
Traveller
कहाँबाट जान्छ?
Kahaabaata jaanchha?
Where does it leave from?
Clerk
नयाँ बसपार्कबाट।
Nayaa bas park-baata.
From the new bus park.
Point and ask Yo [place] jaanchha? — Yo Pokhara jaanchha? ("Does this go to Pokhara?"). For your ticket use -ko (of / for): Pokharaa-ko ticket ("a ticket for Pokhara").
Bas kahile jaanchha? or Kahile chhutchha? ("When does the bus leave?"); Kahile pugchha? ("When does it arrive?"). Answer with a time + baje from Unit 8: Saat baje ("at seven").
Mitar maa jaanuhos ("please go by the meter") avoids a tourist price. If there's no meter, agree the fare first: Kati bhaadaa? ("how much is the fare?") and bargain as in Unit 10.
1. Ask "Do you have a ticket to Pokhara?"
पोखराको टिकट छ? (Pokharaako ticket chha?)
2. Ask "When does the bus leave?"
बस कहिले जान्छ? (Bas kahile jaanchha?)
3. Ask "Does this go to Kathmandu?"
यो काठमाडौँ जान्छ? (Yo Kathmandu jaanchha?)
4. Ask a taxi "How much is the fare?"
कति भाडा? (Kati bhaadaa?)