Convenience Store

1. तुमकां कितें जाय?

   tumakāṃ kiteṃ jāy?

   What do you need?

   Usage

   What a shop assistant may ask you

   Grammar Note

   The dictionary example "तुका कितें जाय" with तुका changed to the polite तुमकां. (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

2. तुमकां पिशवी जाय?

   tumakāṃ piśavī jāy?

   Do you need a bag?

   Usage

   Often asked at the checkout

   Grammar Note

   पिशवी "bag" is attested in the Wikipedia. The question is made by intonation only. (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

3. सुटे पयशे आसात?

   suṭe payaśe āsāt?

   Do you have small change?

   Usage

   Used when you worry about change

   Grammar Note

   Composed from the dictionary words सुटे (small coins) and पयशे; plural, hence आसात. (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

4. हें एक दिवात

   heṃ ek divāt

   Give me one of these

   Usage

   Say it while pointing at the item

   Grammar Note

   The polite imperative of दिवप ends in -ात; composed from dictionary-verified words. (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

5. थंड उदक आसा?

   thaṃḍ udak āsā?

   Do you have cold water?

   Usage

   Handy in Goa's heat

   Grammar Note

   "Water" is उदक (not Marathi पाणी); composed from dictionary-verified words. (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

6. दुकान केन्ना बंद जाता?

   dukān kennā baṃd jātā?

   When does the shop close?

   Usage

   Asks the closing time

   Grammar Note

   "To close" is बंद जावप (very frequent in the Wikipedia); "to open" is उकतें जावप. (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

7. एकूण कितलें?

   ekūṇ kitaleṃ?

   How much does it come to?

   Usage

   Asks the total at the checkout

   Grammar Note

   एकूण "total" is very frequent in the Wikipedia; composed from dictionary-verified words. (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

8. हें गरम करूं येता?

   heṃ garam karūṃ yetā?

   Could I get this heated up?

   Usage

   Used to ask for food to be warmed

   Grammar Note

   "Can" is verb + -ूं येता, as in "विदेशी पयशे बदलूं येता?". (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

9. लागीं एटीएम आसा?

   lāgīṃ eṭīem āsā?

   Is there an ATM nearby?

   Usage

   Asked when you need cash

   Grammar Note

   लागीं "near" is a dictionary word; एटीएम is a loan found in the dictionary. (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

10. पिशवी जायना, म्हजे कडेन आसा

    piśavī jāyanā, mhaje kaḍen āsā

    No bag, I have one with me

    Usage

    Used to decline a bag at the checkout

    Grammar Note

    "Not needed" is जाय + ना = जायना; कडेन means "with / at". (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

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