Cooking & Markets

1. हें कशें रांदतात?

   heṃ kaśeṃ rāṃdatāt?

   How do you cook this?

   Usage

   Asks how a dish is made

   Grammar Note

   "How" is कशें; the impersonal "one cooks" uses the 3rd person plural present (-तात). (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

2. हें रांदपाक कितलो वेळ लागता?

   heṃ rāṃdapāk kitalo veḷ lāgatā?

   How long does this take to cook?

   Usage

   Asks the cooking time

   Grammar Note

   कितलो agrees with the masculine noun वेळ. (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

3. तुमकां तिखट आवडटा?

   tumakāṃ tikhaṭ āvaḍaṭā?

   Do you like spicy food?

   Usage

   Goan food is often hot; asks the other person's taste

   Grammar Note

   "To like" uses the dative construction person + -क + आवडप. (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

4. ह्या मसाल्याक कितें म्हण्टात?

   hyā masālyāk kiteṃ mhaṇṭāt?

   What is this spice called?

   Usage

   Asks the name of a spice in a market or kitchen

   Grammar Note

   "Is called" is expressed with म्हण्टात ("they say"). (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

5. हांगा शाकाहारी जेवण आसा?

   hāṃgā śākāhārī jevaṇ āsā?

   Are there vegetarian dishes?

   Usage

   Ask at restaurants; fish features heavily in Goan meals, so checking helps

   Grammar Note

   शाकाहारी जेवण means "vegetarian meal". (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

6. आमी वांगडा रांदूं

   āmī vāṃgaḍā rāṃdūṃ

   Let's cook together

   Usage

   A friendly invitation

   Grammar Note

   The hortative is stem + -ूं. (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

7. मिरीं

   mirīṃ

   Black pepper

   Usage

   A different word from chilli (मिरसांग)

   Grammar Note

   Dictionaries give the plural form मिरीं; chilli is मिरसांग.

8. शिरको

   śirako

   Vinegar

   Usage

   Vinegar is widely used in Goan cooking

   Grammar Note

   A masculine noun.

9. लसूण

   lasūṇ

   Garlic

   Usage

   Also useful when asking for a dish without garlic

   Grammar Note

   It appears as a headword in the Goan encyclopaedia.

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