Directions and places (lesson 7)
kahaa, yahaa, tyahaa — here, there, where. Asking where things are with the cha verb and locative postpositions.
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FSI 1979, lesson 7. The core question — 'kahaa cha?' (where is it?) — gets drilled over and over with substitution. Locative postposition -maa ('in / at') attaches to the preceding noun: kothaa-maa (in the room), thamel-maa (in Thamel). Pay attention to the difference between cha (it's there) and ho (it is X) — Nepali separates 'existence at a location' from 'identity'. Direction words around minute 12: agaadi (front), pachhaadi (back), maathi (up), tala (down), dahine (right), debre (left). Useful on the trail when a porter says 'agaadi cha' (it's up ahead).
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