Shops and hotels in Assamese
Open, closed, a bag, the wifi password: the checkout and the front desk. Play the ten Assamese words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 Assamese phrases in this lesson
- ...আছে নে?a-SE ne
- Do you have...?
- ...ক'ত আছে?KOT a-SE
- Where is...?
- খোলাKHU-la
- Open
- বন্ধBON-dho
- Closed
- মোনা লাগিব নে?MO-na LA-gi-bo ne
- A bag?
- বহুত দামীbo-HUT DA-mi
- Too expensive
- মোৰ বুকিং আছেMOR BU-king a-SE
- I have a reservation
- জলপান দিয়ে নে?zol-PAN DI-ye ne
- Is breakfast included?
- ৱাইফাইৰ পাছৱৰ্ড কি?WAI-fai-ror PAS-word KI
- What's the wifi password?
- মই ... পাৰোনে?MOI ... PA-ru-ne
- Can I...?
Put the item first, then আছে নে. চাউল আছে নে? (SAUL a-SE ne), do you have rice? Works in any shop or market.
Put the item or place first. শৌচাগাৰ ক'ত আছে? (XOU-sa-gar KOT a-SE), where is the toilet? Works for aisles, streets, and anything else you are searching for.
Also the word for a general strike, when every shop is shut.
The shopkeeper asking if you need a bag. মোনা is a bag or sack, and নে is the gentle question particle from lesson one. Answer হয় (HOY) or নালাগে (na-LA-ge, no need).
Literally "very costly". Bargaining is normal at markets, not in fixed-price shops.
Hotels use the English word booking.
Jolpan is the traditional Assamese breakfast of flattened rice with curd and jaggery.
The English words with an Assamese ending.
মই বহিব পাৰোনে? (MOI BO-hi-bo PA-ru-ne), can I sit?