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Level A2 · 4 min

Morning at the Market

Bargaining for oranges in Pokhara's Lakeside

Three oranges, one careful number, and the warmest smile of the morning.

A short scene at a fruit stall in Pokhara. The learner hears bargaining vocabulary in context — numbers, the question for price, polite refusal, and the small social rhythms of a Nepali market.

10 sentences

  1. 01

    बिहान सात बजे म बजार जान्छु।

    Bihaana saat baje ma bajaar jaanchhu.

    • बिहान— morning
    • बजार— market
  2. 02

    एक जना दाजुले सुन्तला बेच्दै हुनुहुन्छ।

    Ek janaa daaju-le suntalaa bechdai hunuhunchha.

    • सुन्तला— orange
    • बेच्नु— to sell
  3. 03

    म सोध्छु — कति हो?

    Ma sodhchhu — kati ho?

    • कति हो?— how much is it? (the universal market question)
  4. 04

    उहाँ भन्नुहुन्छ — एक केजी एक सय रुपैयाँ।

    Wahaan bhannuhunchha — ek keji ek saya rupaiyaa.

    • एक सय— one hundred
    • रुपैयाँ— rupees
  5. 05

    मलाई तीन वटा मात्र चाहिन्छ।

    Malai tin wataa maatra chaahinchha.

    • मात्र— only
    • चाहिन्छ— is needed / is wanted
  6. 06

    उहाँ हाँस्दै थैलोमा हाल्नुहुन्छ।

    Wahaan haandai thailo-maa haalnuhunchha.

    • हाँस्नु— to laugh / smile
    • थैलो— bag
  7. 07

    तीन सुन्तलाको तीस रुपैयाँ हुन्छ।

    Tin suntalaa-ko tis rupaiyaa hunchha.

    • तीस— thirty
  8. 08

    म पैसा दिन्छु र भन्छु — धन्यवाद, दाजु।

    Ma paisaa dinchhu ra bhanchhu — dhanyabaad, daaju.

  9. 09

    उहाँ भन्नुहुन्छ — फेरि आउनुहोला है।

    Wahaan bhannuhunchha — pheri aaunuholaa hai.

    • फेरि— again
    • है— isn't it / right? (sentence-final particle)
  10. 10

    म टाउको हल्लाएर हिँड्छु — दिन सानो र मीठो छ।

    Ma tauko hallaaera hindchhu — din saano ra mitho chha.

    • मीठो— sweet / delicious

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