Chapter One; Situation 2: Helping a Friend to Find An Address
Situation 2: Helping a friend to find an address
āĻĻā§āĻļā§āĻ¯āĻĒāĻ ā§¨: āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻž āĻā§āĻāĻā§ āĻĒā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ°āĻž
Shreya and Raya are both students at the same School. Shreya meets Raya standing just outside her house. The conversation between them goes something like this:
āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ā§āĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ°āĻžā§āĻž āĻāĻā§āĻ āĻāĻāĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§āĨ¤ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ā§āĻž āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻžā§āĻŋāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĻāĻžāĻā§āĻŋā§ā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž āĻ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžā§āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻž āĻāĻĨā§āĻĒāĻāĻĨāĻ¨āĻāĻŋ āĻ āĻ°āĻāĻŽ:
Shreya: Hey! Whatâs up?
āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ā§āĻž : āĻāĻ! āĻā§ āĻšā§ā§āĻā§?
Raya: Not much.
āĻ°āĻžā§āĻž: āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤
Shreya: Why are you standing here? Come inside, will you?
āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ā§āĻž: āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻĻāĻžāĻā§āĻŋā§ā§ āĻāĻ āĻā§āĻ¨? āĻāĻŋāĻ¤āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ¸ā§, āĻāĻ¸āĻŦā§ āĻāĻŋ?
Raya: (showing an address to Shreya) No. I need to be at this address, but I canât find it.
āĻ°āĻžā§āĻž: (āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ā§āĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻž āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋā§ā§) āĻ¨āĻž, āĻ¯āĻžāĻŦ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤ āĻāĻ āĻ āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻĻāĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ°āĨ¤ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āĻāĻā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤
Shreya: Thatâs easy. Go straight and then turn left. This house should be the third on your right side.
āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ā§āĻž: āĻāĻāĻž āĻā§āĻŦāĻ āĻ¸āĻšāĻāĨ¤ āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻ˛ā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻĒāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻŽāĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻŽā§ā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻŦā§āĨ¤ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻĄāĻžāĻ¨āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻ° āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻ° āĻŦāĻžā§āĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ āĻšāĻŦā§ āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻžā§āĻŋāĨ¤
Raya: You donât say! I just have come from that direction. I must have missed it.
āĻ°āĻžā§āĻž: (āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšā§ā§) āĻāĻ° āĻŦāĻ˛ā§ āĻ¨āĻž! āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻāĻĻāĻŋāĻ āĻĨā§āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻļā§āĻā§āĻ āĻā§ā§āĻžāĻ˛ āĻāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤
Shreya: Yes, you are.
āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ā§āĻž: āĻšā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ āĻ¤āĻžāĻāĨ¤
Raya: I am in a bit of a hurry. Some other time, perhaps.
āĻ°āĻžā§āĻž: āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻ¤āĻžā§āĻž āĻāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻšā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽā§ (āĻāĻ¸āĻŦ)āĨ¤
Shreya: Alright. Donât forget, I owe you one.
āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ā§āĻž: āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻ¯ā§āĻ āĻ¨āĻž, āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻā§āĻ°āĻšā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŖā§āĨ¤
Raya: Yes, of course see you later.
āĻ°āĻžā§āĻž: āĻšā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ, āĻ āĻŦāĻļā§āĻ¯āĻ āĻĒāĻ°ā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
Shreya: Okay, see you.
āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ā§āĻž: āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻā§, āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻšāĻŦā§ (āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§)āĨ¤
New Vocabularies:
New Vocabularies:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Talking to People:1.4 (Situation: 2)
Word | Meaning | āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻž | Antonym | Your sentence |
Situation (n) | Scene, setting, spot | āĻĻā§āĻļā§āĻ¯āĻĒāĻ, āĻ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž | Try to understand the situation. | |
Just (adv) | Exactly, precisely, right | āĻ āĻŋāĻ | I have just received your letter. | |
Outside (prep) | Outdoor, outer, external | āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ°, āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ°ā§ | inside | He was coming from outside. |
Conversation (n) | Dialogue, chat, talk | āĻāĻĨā§āĻĒāĻāĻĨāĻ¨, āĻ¸āĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻĒ | There is a conversation between a teacher and a student. | |
Hey (int) | Ha, oy, eh | āĻāĻ | Hey! How are you? | |
Whatâs up (phr) | What has happened? | āĻā§ āĻšā§ā§āĻā§? | Whatâs up there? | |
Straight (adv) | Directly | āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻž | indirectly | We should select a straight field. |
A bit of (adj. phr) | Slice, chip | āĻāĻāĻā§ | Vast, big | He had a bit of shyness. |
see you later | See somebody in the future | āĻĒāĻ°ā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻšāĻŦā§ | Keep safe, see you later. |