Thursday, September 12, 2013

Kannada Conversational Phrases - Part IV - Trip to Hotel

In this post we shall see some typical conversations that happens in a hotel.The words/phrases within the parenthesis adds more clarity to the sentence but we might/could ignore them while speaking.
It is typically written as a conversation between the customer and the waiter.


1. Sir , What do you want ( to eat ) ?
    Sir , Nimage ( tinnokke ) yen(u) beku.

2. Can you get me 2 idlis and a vada ?
    Iradu idli , ondhu vada kodutheera ?.

3. How many idlis come in a plate?
   Ondu platenalli eshtu idli baratte. [It is idligaLu for the plural , however we tend to skip the grammar ]

4. Why is the idli not hot?
    Yaake idli bisi illa.

5. Sorry sir, I will get you some hot idlis.
    Sorry sir,Naanu bisi idli tandu koduthini.

6.Why idli is very salty?
   Yaake idli thumba  uppaagide? [ uppu - salt - u as in Utah ]

7. Can you get me some sugar / salt ?
    Swalpa sakkare/uppu kodutheera ?

8. Give me sugar/salt.
    Sakkare/uppu kodi.

9. Can you keep some subji ?
    Swalpa sabji haaktheera ?

10. Give me some subji.
    Swalpa palya kodi.

11. Can you turn on the fan?
   Fan shuru maadtheera ?

12. Can you get me the bill?
     Bill kodutheera ?

13. You have wrongly added dose to the bill.I did not order for the dosa.
      Neevu bill nalli thappaagi dosa sersideera. Naanu dosai order maadilla.

14. What else do you want ?
       Bere yen(u) beku?

15. What else is available now ?
     Evaaga bere yen(u) ide ?

16. Can you get me some rice and curd ?
      Anna matte mosaru kodutheera? 

17. What types of dosas are available ?
      Yaava thara dosaigaLu ive ?


    

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