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1. रेल्वे स्टेशन खंय आसा?

   relve sṭeśan khaṃy āsā?

   Where is the railway station?

   Usage

   The main stations in Goa are Margao and Vasco

   Grammar Note

   "Where" is खंय (not Marathi कुठे). (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

2. सरळ वचात

   saraḷ vacāt

   Go straight.

   Usage

   Used when giving directions

   Grammar Note

   वचात is the polite imperative of वचप "to go". सरळ means straight (dictionary and gom.wikipedia). (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

3. उजव्या वटेन वळात

   ujavyā vaṭen vaḷāt

   Turn right.

   Usage

   Tells someone to turn right

   Grammar Note

   "Towards the right" is उजव्या वटेन (attested in gom.wikipedia), not Marathi उजवीकडे. (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

4. दाव्या वटेन वळात

   dāvyā vaṭen vaḷāt

   Turn left.

   Usage

   Tells someone to turn left

   Grammar Note

   "Left" is दावो / दावें (dictionary-confirmed), not Marathi डावा. (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

5. हांगा सावन कितलें पयस आसा?

   hāṃgā sāvan kitaleṃ payas āsā?

   How far is it from here?

   Usage

   Asks the distance to a destination

   Grammar Note

   "Here" is हांगा and "from" is सावन; gom.wikipedia has "30 km far from Panaji". (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

6. म्हाका नकशांत दाखयात

   mhākā nakaśāṃt dākhayāt

   Please show me on the map.

   Usage

   Said while holding a map

   Grammar Note

   "Map" is नकसो / नकासो (both spellings are in the dictionary). -ांत is the locative. (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

7. हॉटेल लागींच आसा

   hoṭel lāgīṃc āsā

   The hotel is right nearby.

   Usage

   Says that something is very close

   Grammar Note

   लागीं "near" takes the emphatic -च. हॉटेल is a loan found in the dictionary. (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

8. चौकांत उजव्या वटेन वळात

   caukāṃt ujavyā vaṭen vaḷāt

   Turn right at the intersection.

   Usage

   Gives a turn at a junction

   Grammar Note

   चौक is a four-way junction in the dictionary. -ांत is the locative. (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

9. रस्तो सोंपता थंय आसा

   rasto soṃpatā thaṃy āsā

   It is at the end of the road.

   Usage

   Literally "it is where the road ends"

   Grammar Note

   रस्तो is masculine (dictionary example). थंय means "there". A plain composition for "where it ends". (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

10. हांव वाट चुकलों / चुकली

    hāṃv vāṭ cukaloṃ / cukalī

    I got lost.

    Usage

    Men say चुकलों, women say चुकली

    Grammar Note

    "To lose the way" is वाट चुकप. The past tense agrees with the speaker's gender. (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

11. उजवें

    ujaveṃ

    Right

    Usage

    A one-word card to show inside a taxi

    Grammar Note

    The dictionary defines उजवें as the opposite of the left side.

12. दावें

    dāveṃ

    Left

    Usage

    A one-word card to show inside a taxi

    Grammar Note

    The dictionary defines दावें as the opposite of the right.

13. सरळ

    saraḷ

    Straight ahead

    Usage

    A one-word card for "keep going straight"

    Grammar Note

    सरळ means straight; gom.wikipedia has "in a straight line".

14. फाटीं

    phāṭīṃ

    Back / behind

    Usage

    Shows "go back" when you overshot; it also means "behind"

    Grammar Note

    फाटीं occurs often in gom.wikipedia (e.g. "did not step back").

15. हांगा रावात

    hāṃgā rāvāt

    Please stop here.

    Usage

    Tell the driver where you want to get out; it is polite

    Grammar Note

    The polite imperative of रावप "to stop, to wait" (dictionary-confirmed). (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

16. उत्तर

    uttar

    North

    Usage

    A compass word, as in उत्तर गोंय (North Goa). It also means "answer", so show it with a map

    Grammar Note

    gom.wikipedia has "North Goa district"; the dictionary lists it as "answer".

17. दक्षिण

    dakṣiṇ

    South

    Usage

    A compass word, as in दक्षिण गोंय (South Goa)

    Grammar Note

    Many examples in gom.wikipedia.

18. उदेंत

    udeṃt

    East

    Usage

    A compass word; literally "sunrise"

    Grammar Note

    The dictionary lists उदेंत as the direction where the sun rises.

19. अस्तंत

    astaṃt

    West

    Usage

    A compass word; literally "sunset"

    Grammar Note

    The dictionary lists अस्तंत with the example "my house is in the west".

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