Learn how to ask for the location of a specific store
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| INTRODUCTION |
| In the last few lessons, we saw how to order at the restaurant, how to get the waiter's attention, and then how to order your meal and beverages. |
| Once you have the beverages and you finally have all the entrées you have ordered, you can start to enjoy the mouth-watering meal. |
| BODY |
| Normally, if the waiter sees that you have finished, he will come to your table and kindly ask aur kuch chahiye? (SLOW)aur kuch chahiye? This means "Would you like anything else?" Let's break down these words and hear them one more time: (SLOW)aur kuch chahiye? aur kuch chahiye? |
| In Urdu, the conjunction "and" is aur, but in this case it means "more": aur, (SLOW)aur. This is followed by kuch, which means "anything," or "something": aur kuch. (SLOW) aur kuch. If asked as a question, even these two simple words mean "Anything else?" You will hear it for sure in restaurants or cafés from waiters in the formal level of speech, but also if you are a guest in any Pakistani house. Literally, chahiye means "is needed," but in this specific case we use it to translate "anything": (SLOW) chahiye, chahiye. |
| Let's recap. (SLOW)aur kuch chahiye? aur kuch chahiye? |
| If you are pleased with your meal and are ready to leave, you should reply bas, acha tha, abhi bil laiye. This means "I'm fine, thanks; can you bring the bill please?" (SLOW) bas, acha tha, abhi bil laiye. |
| It’s a long sentence, but let's break it down. First, we have bas, which means "enough." We follow this with acha tha, which is "It was excellent" in Urdu: (SLOW)acha tha, acha tha. |
| Next is abhi bil laiye, which means "Now bring the bill please." (SLOW) abhi bil laiye. abhi bil laiye |
| All together, it is: (SLOW)bas, acha tha, abhi bil laiye. bas, acha tha, abhi bil laiye. |
| And there you have it! |
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