Hotel

1. এটা কোঠা খালী আছেনে?

   Eta kotha khali asene?

   Is there a room available?

   Usage

   Asked at the front desk to find out whether a room is free tonight

   Grammar Note

   এটা is the numeral 'one'. খালী means empty or vacant, here a free room. The suffix নে in আছেনে makes the question and is written attached

2. এৰাতিৰ ভাড়া কিমান?

   Eratir bhara kiman?

   How much is it per night?

   Usage

   The basic price check for lodging, best asked before you book

   Grammar Note

   এৰাতি is এক + ৰাতি contracted, 'one night', and the genitive -ৰ makes it 'of one night'. ভাড়া is the charge for renting a room

3. এচি আছেনে?

   Esi asene?

   Is there air conditioning?

   Usage

   To check if a room is air-conditioned in the humid summer

   Grammar Note

   এচি transcribes the English abbreviation AC and also appears in এচি বাছ 'AC bus'. The full form is এয়াৰ কণ্ডিচনাৰ

4. চেক আউট কেতিয়া?

   Sek aut ketiya?

   What time is check-out?

   Usage

   To learn when you must leave on your last day

   Grammar Note

   চেক আউট is English check-out, written as two words. কেতিয়া asks 'when' and sits at the end of the sentence

5. এখন টাৱেল আনক

   Ekhon tawel anok

   Please bring a towel

   Usage

   To ask staff for a towel when the room has none

   Grammar Note

   এখন is এক + the flat-thing classifier খন fused into one word. আনক is the polite request form of আনা 'bring'

6. মোৰ কোঠাটো পৰিষ্কাৰ কৰক

   Mor kothato porixkar korok

   Please clean my room

   Usage

   A polite request for housekeeping before you head out

   Grammar Note

   -টো marks a definite thing, so কোঠাটো is 'the room'. পৰিষ্কাৰ কৰা is the compound verb 'to clean'

7. ৱাই-ফাইৰ পাছৱৰ্ড কি?

   Wai-phair pasowordo ki?

   What is the Wi-Fi password?

   Usage

   Asked on arrival at a lodge or cafe to get online

   Grammar Note

   ৱাই-ফাই is usually written with a hyphen. ৱ is the Assamese letter for /w/, not Bengali ব. The genitive -ৰ makes it 'of Wi-Fi'

8. এইটো ভাঙি গৈছে

   Eito bhangi goise

   This is broken

   Usage

   To report broken equipment in the room

   Grammar Note

   ভাঙি গৈছে pairs the linking form of ভাঙা 'break' with the perfect of যোৱা 'go', 'has broken'. It shows a completed change of state

9. আন এটা কোঠা দিব পাৰিবনে?

   An eta kotha dib paribone?

   Can I get another room?

   Usage

   To ask for a change when the room is noisy or dirty

   Grammar Note

   আন এটা is 'another one'. দিব পাৰিবনে is 'can you give', a request frame in which দিব is the future-form stem

10. মোৰ মোনা ইয়াত ৰাখিব পাৰোঁনে?

    Mor mona iyat rakhib parõne?

    Can I leave my luggage here?

    Usage

    For leaving bags before check-in or after check-out

    Grammar Note

    মোনা is a bag and stands in for luggage in general. পাৰোঁনে is the first-person পাৰোঁ 'I can' plus the question suffix নে, 'may I?'

11. টাৱেল

    Tawel

    Towel

    Usage

    A word to ask for a towel when there is none for the shower

    Grammar Note

    Borrowed from English towel, with the Assamese letter ৱ for /w/; Xobdo lists it

12. গাৰু

    Garu

    Pillow

    Usage

    Use it as মোক গাৰু লাগে when you need an extra pillow

    Grammar Note

    Xobdo glosses it as pillow; উপাধান and বালিছ are other words, and গাৰু is the colloquial one. It is rarely seen in print, so point at the item if it is not understood

13. কম্বল

    Komwol

    Blanket

    Usage

    The word for asking for a blanket on a cold night

    Grammar Note

    A Sanskrit-based word shared with Bengali and Hindi; Xobdo lists it as blanket or rug

14. চাবোন

    Sabon

    Soap

    Usage

    Used to ask for soap when the washbasin has none

    Grammar Note

    Xobdo lists it as soap and Assamese Wikipedia has an article on it. The letter ব is read /b/, not the /w/ of ৱ

15. হেঙাৰ

    Hengar

    Coat hanger

    Usage

    Used to ask for a hanger when the room has too few

    Grammar Note

    Borrowed from English hanger and listed in Xobdo. It is not common in print, so add a gesture if it is not understood

16. শান্ত কোঠা

    Xanto kotha

    Quiet room

    Usage

    To request a calm room and avoid a noisy street-facing one when booking

    Grammar Note

    The adjective শান্ত comes before the noun কোঠা. Xobdo glosses it as calm or peaceful, and it describes people as well as places

17. বৰ শব্দ হৈছে

    Bor xobdo hoise

    It is very noisy

    Usage

    To tell staff that noise from a neighbouring room or the street is a problem

    Grammar Note

    শব্দ is sound, and শব্দ হৈছে means 'a sound is happening'. Adding বৰ gives the sense of a loud one. হৈছে is the perfect of হোৱা

18. মোৰ কোঠাৰ চাবি হেৰাইছে

    Mor kothar sabi heraise

    I've lost my room key

    Usage

    Tells the front desk that your key is lost

    Grammar Note

    হেৰোৱা is 'to go missing'. হেৰাইছে is the third-person perfect with the object as subject, the natural way to say something got lost

Browse all TravelPhrases languages