Food & Drinks

1. म्हाका मेनू दाखयात

   mhākā menū dākhayāt

   Please show me the menu

   Usage

   First phrase in a restaurant; the dictionary also has the native term जिनस वळेरी

   Grammar Note

   Composed from dictionary-verified words by regular grammar (not found as a sentence in a source). The stem of दाखोवप is दाखय- (dictionary example दाखयली); polite imperative -ात.

2. बील हाडात

   bīl hāḍāt

   Please bring the bill

   Usage

   When you are ready to pay after a meal

   Grammar Note

   Composed from dictionary-verified words by regular grammar (not found as a sentence in a source). बील is an English loanword; हाडप "to bring" takes the polite imperative -ात.

3. म्हाका शाकाहारी जेवण जाय

   mhākā śākāhārī jevaṇ jāy

   I would like vegetarian food

   Usage

   In Goa many Hindus eat fish, so say clearly if you want no meat or fish

   Grammar Note

   Composed from dictionary-verified words by regular grammar (not found as a sentence in a source). The dative construction person + -क + thing + जाय; शाकाहारी is a dictionary headword.

4. हें खूब सुवादीक आसा

   heṃ khūb suvādīk āsā

   This is very delicious

   Usage

   Praise for the cook or host

   Grammar Note

   Composed from dictionary-verified words by regular grammar (not found as a sentence in a source). खूब intensifies ("very"); it is frequent in the dictionary examples.

5. उदक हाडात

   udak hāḍāt

   Please bring water

   Usage

   Ordering water in a restaurant; bottled water is safer

   Grammar Note

   Composed from dictionary-verified words by regular grammar (not found as a sentence in a source). "Water" is उदक, not पाणी.

6. तिखट नाका

   tikhaṭ nākā

   Not spicy please

   Usage

   Goan food is often hot

   Grammar Note

   Composed from dictionary-verified words by regular grammar (not found as a sentence in a source). "Don't want" is नाका; Marathi नको is not used.

7. म्हाका आनीक एक जाय

   mhākā ānīk ek jāy

   I'd like one more

   Usage

   For asking for another serving

   Grammar Note

   Composed from dictionary-verified words by regular grammar (not found as a sentence in a source). आनीक means "other/more" (listed in the dictionary).

8. शीत

   śīt

   Cooked rice

   Usage

   The Goan staple; raw rice is तांदूळ and भात means paddy

   Grammar Note

   Dictionary example: took the cooked rice from the pot. Not Marathi भात.

9. शीत कडी

   śīt kaḍī

   Rice with fish curry (Goan staple)

   Usage

   The everyday meal of Goa

   Grammar Note

   A Goa article names "शीत, कडी, नुस्तें" as the main meal.

10. पाव

    pāv

    Bread (small bun)

    Usage

    Goa's Portuguese-origin bun; in the dictionary also "a quarter"

    Grammar Note

    From Portuguese; the dictionary headword gives "quarter" as the sense.

11. नुस्तें

    nusteṃ

    Fish

    Usage

    Fish is an everyday food in Goa; मासळी is also used

    Grammar Note

    Not Marathi मासा; the dictionary lists मासळी and मासो.

12. मास

    mās

    Meat

    Usage

    A meat word; some people avoid meat for religious reasons

    Grammar Note

    The dictionary lists मीट as a synonym.

13. तिखट

    tikhaṭ

    Spicy (chilli hot)

    Usage

    Refers to chilli heat, not temperature

    Grammar Note

    The dictionary lists तीख as a synonym.

14. गोड

    goḍ

    Sweet

    Usage

    The taste word for sweet

    Grammar Note

    Paired with म्होंवाळ in the dictionary.

15. मीठ

    mīṭh

    Salt

    Usage

    For asking for salt or checking saltiness

    Grammar Note

    Dictionary example: "salt makes food tasty".

16. साकर

    sākar

    Sugar

    Usage

    For asking for sugar

    Grammar Note

    Dictionary example: tea without sugar.

17. लोणी

    loṇī

    Butter

    Usage

    For asking for butter

    Grammar Note

    The dictionary lists मसको as a synonym.

18. चीज

    cīj

    Cheese

    Usage

    For asking for cheese

    Grammar Note

    Listed as a headword in the dictionary.

19. सूप

    sūp

    Soup

    Usage

    Word for soup on a menu

    Grammar Note

    The dictionary lists काल्द and रस्सो as synonyms.

20. फळ

    phaḷ

    Fruit

    Usage

    General word for fruit; plural फळां

    Grammar Note

    The dictionary also gives the sense "result"; the plural in the corpus is फळां.

21. धंय

    dhaṃy

    Yoghurt / curd

    Usage

    Handy for cutting chilli heat

    Grammar Note

    Dictionary definition: "curdled milk".

22. च्या

    cyā

    Tea

    Usage

    For ordering tea; बीन साकरेची च्या = tea without sugar

    Grammar Note

    Not Marathi चहा; the dictionary also lists च्याय and च्याव.

23. कॉफी

    kophī

    Coffee

    Usage

    For ordering coffee

    Grammar Note

    An English loanword listed in the dictionary.

24. भाजी

    bhājī

    Vegetables

    Usage

    For asking for vegetable dishes

    Grammar Note

    The dictionary groups it with भाजी-पालो for vegetables.

25. मिरसांग

    mirasāṃg

    Chilli

    Usage

    When you want less heat

    Grammar Note

    Dictionary example: gruel with chilli.

26. तेल

    tel

    Oil

    Usage

    For asking about cooking oil

    Grammar Note

    Dictionary example: mustard oil.

27. खानावळ

    khānāvaḷ

    Eatery

    Usage

    A place to eat; हॉटेल has the same sense

    Grammar Note

    Dictionary example: ate in a vegetarian eatery.

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