Hotel

1. म्हाका एक कूड जाय

   mhākā ek kūḍ jāy

   I need one room

   Usage

   "Room" is कूड; the English loan रूम is also understood

   Grammar Note

   कूड means both "room" and "body" (the dictionary lists "room" first). (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

2. म्हजे कडेन आरक्षण आसा

   mhaje kaḍen ārakṣaṇ āsā

   I have a booking

   Usage

   Tells the front desk that you have booked

   Grammar Note

   "Have" is expressed as "with me + आसा". (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

3. भाड्यांत नाश्तो आसा?

   bhāḍyāṃt nāśto āsā?

   Is breakfast included?

   Usage

   Asks whether breakfast is in the room rate

   Grammar Note

   The ending -ांत marks "in". (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

4. म्हजी चावी शेंणली

   mhajī cāvī śeṃṇalī

   I lost my key

   Usage

   Tells the front desk that the key is lost

   Grammar Note

   चावी is feminine, so म्हजी and शेंणली are feminine too. The dictionary has the example "म्हज्या कुलपाची चावी शेंणली".

5. कूड साफ करात

   kūḍ sāph karāt

   Please clean the room

   Usage

   A request to housekeeping

   Grammar Note

   "Clean" is साफ करप ("make clean"); the polite imperative is -ात. (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

6. हांव फाल्यां सकाळीं कूड सोडतलों / सोडतली

   hāṃv phālyāṃ sakāḷīṃ kūḍ soḍataloṃ / soḍatalī

   I want to check out tomorrow morning

   Usage

   "Leave the room" expresses checking out; men say सोडतलों, women सोडतली

   Grammar Note

   The future is stem + -तलों / -तली (by speaker gender). "Tomorrow" is फाल्यां, not Marathi उद्या. (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

7. तुमी म्हजें सामान दवरूं शकतात?

   tumī mhajeṃ sāmān davarūṃ śakatāt?

   Can you keep my luggage?

   Usage

   Used to leave luggage after checking out

   Grammar Note

   "Can" is the infinitive (-ूं) + शकप. (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

8. तुवालो

   tuvālo

   Towel

   Usage

   From Portuguese toalha; understood in Goa

   Grammar Note

   The dictionary example is "तो तुवाल्यान तोंड पुसता" (he wipes his face with a towel).

9. उशें

   uśeṃ

   Pillow

   Usage

   A pillow; the plural is उशीं

   Grammar Note

   The dictionary defines it as a cotton-filled bag placed under the head when sleeping.

10. कांबळ

    kāṃbaḷ

    Blanket

    Usage

    Ask for it when you are cold

    Grammar Note

    The dictionary defines it as a thick woollen cloth used as a cover when sleeping.

11. शाबू

    śābū

    Soap

    Usage

    Soap for the body or clothes; the written form साबण is understood too

    Grammar Note

    The dictionary headword is शाबू, with साबण as a synonym.

12. शांपू

    śāṃpū

    Shampoo

    Usage

    An English loan

    Grammar Note

    An English loan written as it sounds (seen in Shabdkosh).

13. हॅंगर

    heṃgar

    Clothes hanger

    Usage

    An English loan; ask for it when the wardrobe has none

    Grammar Note

    An English loan (seen in Shabdkosh); ॅ marks the English short e.

14. सुसेगाद कूड

    susegād kūḍ

    Quiet room

    Usage

    Used to ask for a quiet room

    Grammar Note

    The adjective comes before the noun. The dictionary gives सुसेगाद as "calm". (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

15. चड बोवाळ आसा

    caḍ bovāḷ āsā

    It is too noisy

    Usage

    Tells the front desk about the noise

    Grammar Note

    बोवाळ means a loud noise or uproar (confirmed in the dictionary). (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

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