Rataraju speaking in Nepali 2

KP: Tapai kaha basnuhunchare ahile?
      (Where do you live now?)
CL:A .... ke?
     (A… What?)

KP: Kaha basnuhuncha? Tapaiko ghar kaha ho?
     (Where do you live? Where is your house?)

CL: Tapai Nepali huncha?
     (Are you Nepalese?)
KA:Ho, ma Nepali.

(Yes, I am Nepalese.)

CL:O, ma Nepali.

(O, I am Nepalese too.)

KA:Tapai kaha basnuhuncha? Tapai kaha basnuhuncha? Tapai ghar kaha ho?

(Where do you live? Where do you live? Where is your house?)
CL:Ah. Bujina.

(Ah. I don’t know.)

KA:Bujnubhayena?

(Don’t you know it?)

KA:Tapai Gorkhama basnu huncha ki, tapai Kathmanduma basnu huncha ki, kaha basnuhuncha?

(Do you live in Gurkha District or in Kathmandu, where do you live?)

CL: Ah... ah... ah... bujina.
(Ah…ah…ah… I don’t know.)

KL: Bujnubhayena?

(Don’t you know?)

KA: Aru kehi cha tapailai bhannu parne kura?

(Do you have anything else you would like to say?)
CL: Kodo ... ah ... dado ... ah ... ah..

(Kodo*…ah…dado…ah…ah….)
       *A kind of millet.

KA: Tapai, bihana beluka ke khanu huncha tapaile gharma?

(What do you eat at home?)
CL: Ah .. ah... Shiba ... e ... e ... dharma.

(Ah…ah…Shiba…e…e…religion.)
KA: Dharma?

(Religion?)

KA: Tapai mandir janu huncha?

(Do you go to temple?)
CL:Ho.

(Yes.)

KA:Mandir janu huncha?

(Do you go to temple?)
CL: Ho.

(Yes.)

KA: Kun mandir janu hunccha ta?

(Which temple do you go?)

CL:H...... ho.

(Y…yes.)

KA: Ho? Tapai mandir janu huncha ki hundaina?
     (Yes? Do you go to temple or not?)
CL:Aaaa. Bujina.
    (Aaaa. I don’t know.)

KA: Bujnubhayena?
    (Don’t you know?)

KA:Tapaiko buwa ko nam ke re? Ba ko nam. Ba ko nam.
    (What is the name of your father?)
CL: Ah ... ah ... Tama ... Tamali ... ah...
    (Ah…ah… Tama… Tamli … ah…)

KA: Tamari? Tamari?
    (Tamari? Tamari?)
CL: Ah ....
    (Ah…)

KA: Ama ko nam thaha cha?Ama?
    (Do you know the name of your mother?)
CL:Ama?
    (Mother?)

KA:Ama.
    (Mother.)
CL: Ah ... Bhayena. Ma nallu gaun ek.

(Ah… I don’t know. I am of Nallu Villege.)

<To be continued>