Bored – Calling Someone; Day: 56
Bored – Calling Someone
āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻā§āϤ – āĻāĻžāĻāĻā§ āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻā§āύ
The conversation when you call someone might sound something like this.
āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϝāĻāύ āĻāĻžāĻāĻā§ āĻĄāĻžāĻā§āĻ¨Â āϤāĻāύ āĻāĻĨā§āĻĒāĻāĻĨāύāĻāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻāĻŽ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻšāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
“Hello.”
“āĻšā§āϝāĻžāϞā§.”
“Hi Jane, this is Jill. Do you have time to talk?”
“āĻšāĻžāĻ āĻā§āύ, āĻāĻ āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻā§?”
“Hi Jill, sure, I was just watching TV.”
“āĻšāĻžāĻ āĻāĻŋāϞ, āύāĻŋāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāϤ, āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻļā§āϧ⧠āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤”
“What are you watching?”
“āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ?”
“I was just watching a re-run of friends. How about you? What are you doing?”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻļā§āϧ⧠āĻŦāύā§āϧā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻĒā§āύāϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĻā§āĻĄāĻŧ āĻĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤ āĻā§āĻŽāύ āĻāĻā§āύ? āĻāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻā§āύ?”
“Nothing much. I really wanted to start studying for the Psychology test coming up,
but I can’t seem to motivate myself.”
“āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϏāϤā§āϝāĻŋāĻ āĻŽāύāϏā§āϤāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦ āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§āώāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻā§āϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§ āĻ āύā§āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤”
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.’
āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāĻā§āĻā§āύ, āϝāĻĻāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻŋāϞ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻā§āϤ, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāϞā§āύāύāĻŋ āϝ⧠āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻā§āϤ āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤ āϏāĻāĻŦā§āĻĻāύāĻļā§āϞ āĻŽāĻžāύā§āώā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻā§, āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋāϰ āĻā§āϞ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻā§āϤ āĻšāĻ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāĻā§ āĻāϞ āĻāϰāĻŋ, āϤāĻŦā§ āĻāϰ āĻ āϰā§āĻĨ āĻšāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧠āϝ⧠āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŦāϞ āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāĻā§ āĻāϞ āĻāϰāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻāϰ āĻā§āϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻžāϞ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āύā§āĻāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāĻ āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻāύāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻŦāύā§āϧ⧠āύāĻž āĻšāύ, āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠‘āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻā§āϤ’-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤ⧠‘āĻ āύā§āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻ āύāĻž’-āĻāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧠āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻāĻžāϞā§āĨ¤
If you are very close friends with someone, then the conversation can be more direct and honest.
āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāϰāĻ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻāύāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻŦāύā§āϧ⧠āĻšāύ āϤāĻŦā§ āĻāĻĨā§āĻĒāĻāĻĨāύ āĻāϰāĻ āϏāϰāĻžāϏāϰāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ āϏ⧠āĻšāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
“What are you doing?”
“āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻā§?”
“I’m doing the laundry.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϞāύā§āĻĄā§āϰāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻāĻŋāĨ¤”
“I’m so bored. I have nothing to do.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻā§āϤāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āύā§āĻāĨ¤”
“Why don’t you come over and help me with the laundry?”
“āĻā§āύ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϏ⧠āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āϞāύā§āĻĄā§āϰāĻŋāϤ⧠āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāϝā§āϝ āĻāϰ āύāĻž?”
“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?”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāϰāĻ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāϰā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻ āύāĻŋāĻā§āĻ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻāĻžāĻāĨ¤ āĻāϰā§, āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāϤāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻāĻžāύ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āϏā§āĻāĻžāϰāĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϏ⧠āĻāĻĢāĻŋ āĻā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻžāύ?”
“Sure, that sounds great. I’ll meet you there in thirty minutes.”
“āĻ āĻŦāĻļā§āϝāĻ, āĻā§āĻŦ āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āϞāĻžāĻāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϤā§āϰāĻŋāĻļ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻāϰāĻŦāĨ¤”