Nepali · Nepali Band 1 (A1) · Chapter 15
बजारमाAt the market
What happened: के किनेको? "what did you buy?" — मैले मासु किनेको "I bought meat". The doer with -ले: मैले, तिमीले, कसले, as in पैसा कसले दिएको? "who paid?" Yesterday, money, food, fruit, there. Culture: money and the bazaar in Nepal.
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बजारमा— At the market
- Sumanमाइकजी,केकिनेको?Mike ji, what did you buy?
- Mikeमैलेमासुकिनेको।I bought meat.
- Sumanफलफूलपनि?Fruit too?
- Mikeहो।त्यहाँफलफूलसस्तोछ।मैलेस्याउकिनेको।Yes. The fruit over there is cheap. I bought apples.
- Anitaमैलेहजुरआमालाईतरकारीकिनेको।सुमन,तिमीलेनि?I bought vegetables for Grandma. Suman, what about you?
- Sumanमैले?मैलेचियामात्रखाएको।चियाचिसोभयो!Me? I only had tea. And it went cold!
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पैसा कसले दिएको?— Who paid?
- Hajuraamaबजारमाकेकिनेको?What did you buy at the market?
- Anitaमासु,तरकारीरफलफूल।Meat, vegetables and fruit.
- Hajuraamaपैसाकसलेदिएको?Who paid?
- Mikeमैलेदिएको!I did!
- Hajuraamaधन्यवाद,माइक।आजमीठोखाना!Thank you, Mike. A good meal today!
- Anitaहिजोआलुकोतरकारी,आजमासु!Potato curry yesterday, meat today!
- Mikeअनिभोलि?And tomorrow?
- Hajuraamaभोलिदालभात!Tomorrow, dal bhat!
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- हिजो
adverbyesterday
- पैसा
nounmoney; paisa (a hundredth of a rupee)
- मैले
pronounI (as the doer of a past action: मैले किनेको "I bought")
- -ले
suf.(marks who did it, in the past: तिमीले, कसले)
- खाना
nounfood, meal
- फलफूल
nounfruit
- त्यहाँ
adverbthere
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The past with -एको: के किनेको?
Explanation
In everyday talk, something that has happened puts -एको on the verb: किन्नु → किनेको "bought", खानु → खाएको "ate, drank", दिनु → दिएको "gave". -ने is for plans, -एको for what is done: भोलि किन्ने "buying tomorrow", हिजो किनेको "bought yesterday". Questions use it too: के किनेको? "what did you buy?", पैसा कसले दिएको? "who paid?"
Examples
- केकिनेको?What did you buy?
- हिजोफलफूलकिनेको।I bought fruit yesterday.
- चियाखाएको?Did you have tea?
- भोलिकिन्ने,हिजोकिनेको।Buying tomorrow; bought yesterday.
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Who did it: मैले, तिमीले, कसले
Explanation
When someone did something to something (bought it, ate it, gave it), the doer takes -ले: मैले मासु किनेको "I bought meat", माइकले पैसा दिएको "Mike paid". म → मैले, तिमी → तिमीले, तपाईं → तपाईंले, and को "who" → कसले: पैसा कसले दिएको? "who paid?" Verbs like जानु "go", with nothing bought or eaten, take no -ले.
Examples
- मैलेमासुकिनेको।I bought meat.
- माइकलेपैसादिएको।Mike paid.
- तिमीलेकेखाएको?What did you eat? (to a friend)
- पैसाकसलेदिएको?Who paid?
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नेपालमा पैसा र बजारMoney and the bazaar in Nepal
This page brings together words from chapters 11 to 15: रुपैयाँ, पैसा, बजार, महँगो भयो.
Rupees and paisa
Nepal's money is the Nepali rupee, नेपाली रुपैयाँ. Its sign is रु: रु१०० is a hundred rupees. A rupee is 100 paisa, and पैसा is also the everyday word for "money".
The rupee is issued by Nepal Rastra Bank, the central bank. The notes in everyday use run from रु5 to रु1000: 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500 and 1000.
The Nepali rupee is pegged to the Indian rupee: रु1.60 to ₹1.
Asan
Asan, in central Kathmandu, is a market square where six streets meet. It has been one of the city's main marketplaces since ancient times.
In its bazaar you can get everything from food, spices and cloth to electronics: almost anything पाइन्छ there.
Bargaining
When people bargain, महँगो भयो! "that's expensive!" is a very common expression. Anita said it too, in chapter 13.
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