Shopping and bargaining in Marathi
किंमत, सूट, रंग — shop in Marathi from first price to final deal.
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Prices open every transaction: याची किंमत काय? (what's this one's price?), किती रुपये? (how many rupees?). Listen for the number, repeat it back — पन्नास? (fifty?) — and you are already shopping in Marathi.
Bargaining follows the friendly script: खूप महाग आहे (too costly), सूट द्या (give a discount), थोडं कमी करा (reduce a little). Start walking away slowly — बरं, बघतो (okay, I'll look around) — and the real price often chases you down the street.
Sizes and colours refine the hunt: मोठं द्या (give the big one), लहान द्या (give the small one), नवीन दाखवा (show a new one), दुसरा रंग (another colour). Point, name the change, nod — Marathi shopkeepers read gestures fluently and reward attempts instantly.
Colours close the sale: लाल (red), निळा (blue), हिरवा (green), पिवळा (yellow), पांढरा (white), काळा (black). लाल छान दिसतं (the red looks nice) — then घेतो (I'll take it). Deal done, in Marathi, with a smile on both sides.
Words and phrases for this topic
| English | Marathi | Sounds like |
|---|---|---|
| Price | किंमत | kimmat |
| Too costly | खूप महाग आहे | khoop mahaag aahe |
| Please reduce a little | थोडं कमी करा | thodan kami karaa |
| Discount | सूट | soot |
| New | नवीन | naveen |
| Big | मोठं | mothan |
| Small | लहान | lahaan |
| Another colour | दुसरा रंग | dusaraa rang |
| Red | लाल | laal |
| Blue | निळा | nilaa |
| Green | हिरवा | hiravaa |
| Yellow | पिवळा | pivalaa |
| I'll take it (m speaker) | घेतो | gheto |
Language, culture, and common traps
Practice: recall, then use
Use this quick recall drill for Shopping and bargaining. Hide the script and romanisation columns; say the Marathi form for each cue before revealing its row, then check spelling and sound. The phrase-table speaker buttons provide a model when a matching browser voice is available.
- Price
- Small
- I'll take it (m speaker)
Context check. For Shopping and bargaining, “I'll take it (m speaker)” belongs to a particular setting. A common mistake is to treat an English gloss as universal; read the language-specific note above and ask a fluent speaker when local usage differs.
Check your recall: answer key
- किंमत kimmat — Price
- लहान lahaan — Small
- घेतो gheto — I'll take it (m speaker)
Questions learners ask
याची किंमत काय? (what's the price of this?) — then फक्त किती? (just how much?) for everything else. Two questions, every shop in Maharashtra.
खूप महाग आहे (too costly) with a smile, then थोडं कमी करा (reduce a little). Bargaining is friendly theatre — play your part warmly and the price moves.
Start with five: लाल (red), निळा (blue), हिरवा (green), पिवळा (yellow), पांढरा (white). दुसरा रंग दाखवा (show another colour) reveals the rest.