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कति पर्छ?How much is it?

kati parchha

Asking a price: कति पर्छ? — एउटाको दस रुपैयाँ "ten rupees each". The numbers of prices: बीस, तीस, चालीस, पचास, सय, and rupees with no वटा. The shop, oranges, apples. Devanagari: स्य, न्त, and prices in digits.

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पसलमा— At the shop

  1. Mikeनnaमmaस्तेste,साsāहुhuजीjī!सुsuन्तntaलाlāछchha?Hello, shopkeeper! Do you have oranges?
  2. Saahujiछchha।कkaतिtiवwaटाṭā?I do. How many?
  3. Mikeपाँpā̃चchवwaटाṭā।कkaतिtiपpaर्छrchha?Five. How much is it?
  4. Saahujiएeउuटाṭāकोkoदdaसsरुruपैpaiयाँyā̃।Ten rupees each.
  5. Mikeदdaसsवwaटाṭāरुruपैpaiयाँyā̃?Ten rupees? (he counts the rupees with वटा, as if they were things)
  6. Saahujiदdaसsरुruपैpaiयाँyā̃!पाँpā̃चchवwaटाṭāकोkoपpaचाchāसsरुruपैpaiयाँyā̃।Ten rupees! Fifty rupees for five.
  7. Mikeठीṭhīकkछchha।पpaचाchāसsरुruपैpaiयाँyā̃,लिliनुnuहोhoस्s।All right. Fifty rupees — here you are.

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हजुरआमालाई स्याउ— Apples for Grandma

  1. AnitaमाMāइiकk,हhaजुjuरrआāमाmāलाlāईīस्याsyāउuमmaनnपpaर्छrchha।Mike, Grandma likes apples.
  2. Mikeसाsāहुhuजीjī,स्याsyāउuकkaतिtiपpaर्छrchha?Shopkeeper, how much are the apples?
  3. Saahujiकुkuनnस्याsyāउu?योyoकिkiत्योtyo?Which apples? These or those?
  4. Anitaत्योtyoराrāतोtoस्याsyāउu।Those red ones.
  5. Saahujiएeउuटाṭāकोkoतीtīसsरुruपैpaiयाँyā̃।Thirty rupees each.
  6. Mikeतीtīसs!पाँpā̃चchवwaटाṭāकोko…एeकkसsaयyaपpaचाchāसs?Thirty! For five… a hundred and fifty?
  7. Anitaएeउuटाṭāमाmāत्रtra।हhaजुjuरrआāमाmāलाlāईīएeउuटाṭāपुpuग्योgyo!Just one. One is enough for Grandma!

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पpaसsaलl

nounshop

साsāहुhuजीjī

nounshopkeeper (also how you address one)

सुsuन्तntaलाlā

nounorange (the fruit)

स्याsyāउu

nounapple

रुruपैpaiयाँyā̃

nounrupee (Nepal's money)

पpaर्छrchha

verbcosts (कति पर्छ? "how much is it?")

बीbīसs

numeraltwenty

तीtīसs

numeralthirty

चाchāलीlīसs

numeralforty

पpaचाchāसs

numeralfifty

सsaयya

numeralhundred (एक सय 100)

कुkuनn

pronounwhich

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Prices: कति पर्छ? and एउटाको …

Explanation

To ask a price: कति पर्छ? "how much is it?": सुन्तला कति पर्छ?, स्याउ कति पर्छ? For the price of one, -को goes on the number: एउटाको दस रुपैयाँ "ten rupees each". For several: पाँच वटाको पचास रुपैयाँ "fifty rupees for five". You can also ask एउटाको कति? "how much for one?"

Examples

  • सुsuन्तntaलाlāकkaतिtiपpaर्छrchha?How much are the oranges?
  • एeउuटाṭāकोkoबीbīसsरुruपैpaiयाँyā̃।Twenty rupees each.
  • दुduईīवwaटाṭāकोkoकkaतिti?How much for two?
  • तीtīनnवwaटाṭāकोkoतीtīसsरुruपैpaiयाँyā̃।Thirty rupees for three.

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Prices in tens: बीस … सय

Explanation

The numbers you hear most in prices: बीस 20, तीस 30, चालीस 40, पचास 50. 100 is एक सय "one hundred". Other numbers follow सय: एक सय पचास 150. Rupees are counted without वटा: दस रुपैयाँ "ten rupees". Mike says दस वटा रुपैयाँ; the shopkeeper says दस रुपैयाँ! back to him.

Examples

  • बीbīसsरुruपैpaiयाँyā̃।Twenty rupees.
  • चाchāलीlīसsरुruपैpaiयाँyā̃।Forty rupees.
  • एeकkसsaयyaरुruपैpaiयाँyā̃।A hundred rupees.
  • एeकkसsaयyaपpaचाchāसsरुruपैpaiयाँyā̃।A hundred and fifty rupees.

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देवनागरी: स्य, न्त र अङ्क— Devanagari: स्य, न्त and the tens in digits

  • स्यsyaस् + य — स्याउ · syāu
  • न्तntaन् + त — सुन्तला · suntalā
  • १०10दस · das
  • २०20बीस · bīs
  • ३०30तीस · tīs
  • ४०40चालीस · chālīs
  • ५०50पचास · pachās
  • १००100एक सय · ek saya

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