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Bored – Calling Someone; Day: 56

Bored – Calling Someone

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤ – āĻ•āĻžāĻ‰āĻ•ā§‡ āĻĄāĻžāĻ•āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨

The conversation when you call someone might sound something like this.

āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻžāĻ‰āĻ•ā§‡ āĻĄāĻžāĻ•ā§‡āĻ¨Â  āĻ¤āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻĨā§‹āĻĒāĻ•āĻĨāĻ¨āĻŸāĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻ•āĻŽ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤

“Hello.”

“āĻšā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛ā§‹.”

“Hi Jane, this is Jill. Do you have time to talk?”

“āĻšāĻžāĻ‡ āĻœā§‡āĻ¨, āĻāĻ‡ āĻœāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡?”

“Hi Jill, sure, I was just watching TV.”

“āĻšāĻžāĻ‡ āĻœāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻ¨āĻŋāĻļā§āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤, āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻļā§āĻ§ā§ āĻŸāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤”

“What are you watching?”

“āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻ›?”

“I was just watching a re-run of friends. How about you? What are you doing?”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻļā§āĻ§ā§ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ¨āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĻā§ŒāĻĄāĻŧ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤ āĻ•ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨? āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨?”

“Nothing much. I really wanted to start studying for the Psychology test coming up,
but I can’t seem to motivate myself.”

“āĻŦā§‡āĻļāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŋāĻ‡ āĻŽāĻ¨āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻĒāĻ°ā§€āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻœā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŖāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤”

As you can see, Even though Jill is very bored, she didn’t say that she was bored. To sensitive people, they can misinterpret the situation. If I am bored and I call you, then that could mean that I am only calling you because I have nothing better to do. So if you are not very close friends, it is better to say something like, ‘nothing much’ instead of ‘I am bored.’

āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨, āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋāĻ“ āĻœāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤, āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨āĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻŦā§‡āĻĻāĻ¨āĻļā§€āĻ˛ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ›ā§‡, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻ­ā§āĻ˛ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ–ā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤ āĻšāĻ‡ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ•āĻ˛ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋ, āĻ¤āĻŦā§‡ āĻāĻ° āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•ā§‡āĻŦāĻ˛ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ•āĻ˛ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›āĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ›ā§‡ āĻāĻ° āĻšā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ‡āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻ˜āĻ¨āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ  āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§ āĻ¨āĻž āĻšāĻ¨, āĻ¤āĻžāĻšāĻ˛ā§‡ ‘āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤’-āĻāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§‡ ‘āĻ…āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ• āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§āĻ‡ āĻ¨āĻž’-āĻāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ā§‹ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻž āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛ā§‹āĨ¤

If you are very close friends with someone, then the conversation can be more direct and honest.

āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻ“ āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻ˜āĻ¨āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ  āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§ āĻšāĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻŦā§‡ āĻ•āĻĨā§‹āĻĒāĻ•āĻĨāĻ¨ āĻ†āĻ°āĻ“ āĻ¸āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸āĻ°āĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸ā§Ž āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤

“What are you doing?”

“āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ā§‹?”

“I’m doing the laundry.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ˛āĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

“I’m so bored. I have nothing to do.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĨ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ‡āĨ¤”

“Why don’t you come over and help me with the laundry?”

“āĻ•ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ˛āĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻ° āĻ¨āĻž?”

“I’d rather do my own house chores. Hey, you wanna take a break from your house work and have coffee at Starbucks with me?”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ°āĻ‚ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ˜āĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻœ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻœā§‡āĻ‡ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻ‡āĨ¤ āĻ†āĻ°ā§‡, āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻœ āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ¸ā§āĻŸāĻžāĻ°āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ•āĻĢāĻŋ āĻ–ā§‡āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻ¨?”

“Sure, that sounds great. I’ll meet you there in thirty minutes.”

“āĻ…āĻŦāĻļā§āĻ¯āĻ‡, āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛ā§‹ āĻ˛āĻžāĻ—āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻļ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻŸā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦāĨ¤”