A sample conversation with the auto driver to help you in your daily life:
Majestic ge hOga bEku. barutteeraa?(ಮಜೆಸ್ಟಿಕ್ ಗೆ ಹೋಗಬೇಕು. ಬರುತ್ತೀರಾ?)
I want to go to majestic. Will you come?
nooru roopayi aagutte (ನೂರು ರೂಪಾಯಿ ಆಗುತ್ತೆ)
It will be 100 rupees
illa meter ashTe kodutteeni (ಇಲ್ಲ. ಮೀಟರ್ ಅಷ್ಟೆ ಕೊಡುತ್ತೀನಿ.)
I will pay as per the meter
aayitu kuLitukoLLi (ಆಯಿತು ಕುಳಿತುಕೊಳ್ಳಿ)
Ok. Please sit down
Double road alli right tagoLi (ಡಬ್ಬಲ್ ರೋಡ್ ಅಲ್ಲಿ ರೈಟ್ ತಗೊಳಿ) (right tagoLLi : balagaDe hOgi)
Take a right at Double road
munde left tagoLi (ಮುಂದೆ ಲೆಫ್ಟ್ ತಗೊಳಿ) (left hOgi : eDagaDe hOgi)
Take a left ahead.
enu meter ishTu aagide alla? (ಏನು ಮೀಟರ್ ಇಷ್ಟು ಆಗಿದೆಯಲ್ಲ?)
What the meter is showing so much!
naanu dina baruttEne (ನಾನು ದಿನ ಬರುತ್ತೇನೆ.)
I come daily.
40 roopaayi ashThe aaguvudu.(40 ರೂಪಾಯಿ ಅಷ್ಟೆ ಆಗುವುದು.)
I pay only 40
naanu ashTe koDuttene (ನಾನು ಅಷ್ಟೆ ಕೊಡುತ್ತೇನೆ)
I shall pay the same
aayitu 45 koDi (ಆಯಿತು 45 ಕೊಡಿ)
Ok, give me 45
tagoLi (ತಗೊಳಿ)
Take
100% fiction...
ReplyDeleteQuite a few auto drivers do not show courtesy, and the rest are outnumbered by these rude people.
Never wud an auto guy agree to a rate suggested by you... and never would he agree if you talk abt the meter..
(Comments are assuming you tried to portray a conversation between a customer and a driver)!
"Quite a few" portrays totally different impression about auto drivers. I have most of the time met auto drivers who go by meter. Some that dont, often talk about the 'extra charges' initially itself. There are a handful that do demand and fight, I do not deny. In this case, Fiction is true - Here we are trying to teach basic sentences in Kannada and not teachihng people to fight :) :)
ReplyDeleteP.S - I have rarely had quarrels with auto drivers when I talk non-stop in Kannada. I prefer to take another auto and move away to those absolutely not-giving-up ones.