Reading
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
- 01
बिहान सात बजे म बजार जान्छु।
Bihaana saat baje ma bajaar jaanchhu.
- बिहान— morning
- बजार— market
- 02
एक जना दाजुले सुन्तला बेच्दै हुनुहुन्छ।
Ek janaa daaju-le suntalaa bechdai hunuhunchha.
- सुन्तला— orange
- बेच्नु— to sell
- 03
म सोध्छु — कति हो?
Ma sodhchhu — kati ho?
- कति हो?— how much is it? (the universal market question)
- 04
उहाँ भन्नुहुन्छ — एक केजी एक सय रुपैयाँ।
Wahaan bhannuhunchha — ek keji ek saya rupaiyaa.
- एक सय— one hundred
- रुपैयाँ— rupees
- 05
मलाई तीन वटा मात्र चाहिन्छ।
Malai tin wataa maatra chaahinchha.
- मात्र— only
- चाहिन्छ— is needed / is wanted
- 06
उहाँ हाँस्दै थैलोमा हाल्नुहुन्छ।
Wahaan haandai thailo-maa haalnuhunchha.
- हाँस्नु— to laugh / smile
- थैलो— bag
- 07
तीन सुन्तलाको तीस रुपैयाँ हुन्छ।
Tin suntalaa-ko tis rupaiyaa hunchha.
- तीस— thirty
- 08
म पैसा दिन्छु र भन्छु — धन्यवाद, दाजु।
Ma paisaa dinchhu ra bhanchhu — dhanyabaad, daaju.
- 09
उहाँ भन्नुहुन्छ — फेरि आउनुहोला है।
Wahaan bhannuhunchha — pheri aaunuholaa hai.
- फेरि— again
- है— isn't it / right? (sentence-final particle)
- 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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