Rataraju Speaking in Nepali 6

KP: Tapailai kehi bhanna man la cha aru?

(Do you have anything else you would like to say ?)

CL: Ah ...

(Ah…)

KP: Aru Gorkhako barema kehi bhannusna.

(Can you tell me something about Gorkha District?)

CL: Bujina.

(I don’t know.)

KP: Gorkha?

(Gorkha?)

CL: Gorkha?

(Gorkha?)

KP: Un.Gorkha. Gorkhako barama?

(Yes, Gorkha. Gorkha District.)

CL: Bua.

(Father.)

KP: Bua?

(Father?)

KP: Tapaile zutta lagaunuhuncha? Zutta?

(Do you wear shoes? Shoes?)

CL: Ke?

(What?)
KP: Zutta.

(Shoes.)

CL: Ke?

(What?)
KP: Zutta.

(Shoes.)

KP: Tapaile luga, ke luga lagaunuhuncha? Kasto luga lagaunuhuncha? Luga ...

(What kind of clothes do you wear? What kind of clothes do you wear? Clothes…)

CL: Bujina.

(I don’t know.)

KP: Luga. Tapaile jiuma kosto luga lagaunuhuncha?

(Clothes. What kind of clothes do you wear?)

CL: Ho.

(Yes.)

KP: Tapailai git gauna aucha? Git. Git. Nepal ko git. Nepali git .

(Can you sing a song? A Nepali song. Nepali song.)

CL: Bujina.Oh, bujina.

(I don’t know. Oh, I don’t know.)

KP: Tapailai baja bajauna aucha? Sarangi bajauna aucha? Ke bajauna aucha.

(Can you play an instrument? Can you play the sarangi*? What kind of instrument can you play?)  *Sarangi is an instrument.

CL: Ah ...

(Ah…)

KP: Madal bajauna aucha?

(Can you play the madal*?)  *Madal is an instrument.
CL: Bujina.

(I don’t know.)

KP: Ke aba, ke garne ta, aru kehi sodou ki nasodou?

(What should we do? Can I ask you more questions or should I stop?)

CL: Ho.

(Yes.)

KP: Sodon?

(Can I?)

CL: Ho.

(Yes.)

KP: Tapaiko gauma manche morda keri ke garni garekocha? Gauma?

(What do you do in your village when people die? In your village?)

CL: Ah.

(Ah…)
KP: Hai.

(Hai.)

CL: Himal.

(Mountain, Himalaya).

KP: Himal?

(Mountain, Himalaya?)

CL: Himala ... Himal.

(Mountain… Himalaya.)

KP: Himal?

(Mountain, Himalaya?)

CL: Ho.

(Yes.)

KP: Manche morda keri Himal lera jani?

(Do you transfer dead persons to Mt. Himalaya?)

CL: Ho.

(Yes.)

KP: Himalma?

(To the mountain, Himalaya?)

CL: Ho.

(Yes.)

KP: Ke ho, jalauni ki gadni? Himalma lagera ke garni jalauni ki gadni?

(In the mountain, Himalaya, are they cremated or buried?)

CL: Ho.

(Yes.)

KP: Jalauni?

(Cremated?)

CL: Ho.

(Yes.)

KP: Gadni?

(Burning?)

CL: Ho.

(Yes.)

<To be continued>