CONVERSATIONAL KONKANI
(English
Translation)
Peter: How are you?
Cajetan: I am fine.
C: I have fever. / I have a fever / I am sick.
P: Where are you from?
C: I am from Goa.
P: That I know. Are you from Bardez or Salcete? C: I am from Salcete.
P: What do you do? C: I am doing nothing. / I am going to the bazaar (market) / I am going to church / I am going to play.
P: What does your daughter do?
C: She goes to school / she works.
P: What are those boys, over there, doing?
C: It seems like they are upto some mischief.
P: Where do you live now?
C: I live in a flat (apartment) now.
P: You went to Kuwait and made a lot of money (I guess)?
C: Yes. Now, people respect me.