The Search for a Cheap Hotel

📖 CEFR Level: A2 | Bengali

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Last weekend, I went to a big city for a short trip.

āĻ—āϤgata āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇saptāhāntē,, āφāĻŽāĻŋāmi āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋēkaáš­i āϛ⧋āϟchōᚭa āĻ­ā§āϰāĻŽāϪ⧇āϰbhrammaṇēra āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝjanya āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋēkaáš­i āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧbaṛa āĻļāĻšāϰ⧇śaharē āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽgiáēÄ“chilāmaāĨ¤.

āĻ—āϤ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻ­ā§āϰāĻŽāϪ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻļāĻšāϰ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤

I arrived at the train station in the evening.

āφāĻŽāĻŋāmi āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧsandhyāáēa āϰ⧇āϞāĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻļāύ⧇rēlasᚭēśanē āĻĒ⧌āρāϛ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽpaumːchilāmaāĨ¤.

āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰ⧇āϞāĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻļāύ⧇ āĻĒ⧌āρāϛ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤

I needed a cheap hotel because I did not have much money.

āφāĻŽāĻžāϰāmāra āϖ⧁āĻŦkhuba āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋbēśÄĢ āϟāĻžāĻ•āĻžáš­Äkā āĻ›āĻŋāϞchila āύāĻžnā āĻŦāϞ⧇balē āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇āmākē āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋēkaáš­i āϏāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžsastā āĻšā§‹āĻŸā§‡āϞhōᚭēla āĻĻāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰdarakāra āĻ›āĻŋāϞchilaāĨ¤.

āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āϟāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āύāĻž āĻŦāϞ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻž āĻšā§‹āĻŸā§‡āϞ āĻĻāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

I walked to the city center and looked for a hotel.

āφāĻŽāĻŋāmi āĻļāĻšāϰ⧇āϰśaharēra āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāϞ⧇kēndrasthalē āĻšā§‡āρāĻŸā§‡hēmĖáš­Ä“ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇giáēÄ“ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋēkaáš­i āĻšā§‹āĻŸā§‡āϞhōᚭēla āϖ⧁āρāϜāϤ⧇khumːjatē āϞāĻžāĻ—āϞāĻžāĻŽlāgalāmaāĨ¤.

āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻļāĻšāϰ⧇āϰ āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāϞ⧇ āĻšā§‡āρāĻŸā§‡ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻšā§‹āĻŸā§‡āϞ āϖ⧁āρāϜāϤ⧇ āϞāĻžāĻ—āϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤

The first hotel was very expensive, so I left.

āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽprathama āĻšā§‹āĻŸā§‡āϞāϟāĻŋhōᚭēlaáš­i āϖ⧁āĻŦkhuba āĻĻāĻžāĻŽāĻŋdāmi āĻ›āĻŋāϞchila,, āϤāĻžāχtā'i āφāĻŽāĻŋāmi āϚāϞ⧇chalē āϗ⧇āϞāĻžāĻŽgēlāmaāĨ¤.

āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻšā§‹āĻŸā§‡āϞāϟāĻŋ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻĻāĻžāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϤāĻžāχ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϚāϞ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤

The second hotel was full and had no rooms.

āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧdbitÄĢáēa āĻšā§‹āĻŸā§‡āϞāϟāĻŋhōᚭēlaáš­i āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖpÅĢrṇa āĻ›āĻŋāϞchila āĻāĻŦāςēbaᚁ āϕ⧋āύāĻ“kōnō āĻ•āĻ•ā§āώkakášŖa āĻ–āĻžāϞāĻŋkhāli āĻ›āĻŋāϞchila āύāĻžnāāĨ¤.

āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻšā§‹āĻŸā§‡āϞāϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϕ⧋āύāĻ“ āĻ•āĻ•ā§āώ āĻ–āĻžāϞāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āύāĻžāĨ¤

I felt tired and a little worried.

āφāĻŽāĻŋāmi āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤklānta āĻāĻŦāςēbaᚁ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āϟāĻžkichutā āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋāϤcintita āĻŦā§‹āϧbōdha āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽkarachilāmaāĨ¤.

āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āϟāĻž āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§‹āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤

Then, I saw a small sign for a guest house.

āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰtārapara,, āφāĻŽāĻŋāmi āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋēkaáš­i āϗ⧇āĻ¸ā§āϟgēsáš­a āĻšāĻžāωāϏ⧇āϰhā'usēra āϛ⧋āϟchōᚭa āϏāĻžāχāύāĻŦā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻĄsā'inabōrḍa āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϞāĻžāĻŽdēkhalāmaāĨ¤.

āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰ, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϗ⧇āĻ¸ā§āϟ āĻšāĻžāωāϏ⧇āϰ āϛ⧋āϟ āϏāĻžāχāύāĻŦā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻĄ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤

I went inside and asked about a room.

āφāĻŽāĻŋāmi āĻ­āĻŋāϤāϰ⧇bhitarē āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇giáēÄ“ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋēkaáš­i āĻ•āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āϰkakášŖÄ“ra āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇byāpārē āϜāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāϏāĻžjijÃąÄsā āĻ•āϰāϞāĻžāĻŽkaralāmaāĨ¤.

āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ­āĻŋāϤāϰ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āϜāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāϏāĻž āĻ•āϰāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤

The man at the desk was very friendly.

āĻĄā§‡āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§‡á¸Ä“skē āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžthākā āϞ⧋āĻ•āϟāĻŋlōkaáš­i āϖ⧁āĻŦkhuba āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖbandhutbapÅĢrṇa āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύchilēnaāĨ¤.

āĻĄā§‡āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž āϞ⧋āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤

He had a simple room for a very good price.

āϤāĻžāϰtāra āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇kāchē āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋēkaáš­i āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖsādhāraṇa āĻ•āĻ•ā§āώkakášŖa āĻ›āĻŋāϞchila āϖ⧁āĻŦkhuba āĻ­āĻžāϞbhāla āĻĻāĻžāĻŽā§‡dāmēāĨ¤.

āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āĻ•ā§āώ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻ­āĻžāϞ āĻĻāĻžāĻŽā§‡āĨ¤

I took the room and went upstairs.

āφāĻŽāĻŋāmi āĻ•āĻ•ā§āώāϟāĻŋkakášŖaáš­i āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇niáēÄ“ āωāĻĒāϰ⧇āϰuparēra āϤāϞāĻžāϝāĻŧtalāáēa āϗ⧇āϞāĻžāĻŽgēlāmaāĨ¤.

āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ•ā§āώāϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āωāĻĒāϰ⧇āϰ āϤāϞāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϗ⧇āϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤

The room was clean and quiet.

āĻ•āĻ•ā§āώāϟāĻŋkakášŖaáš­i āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰpariášŖkāra āĻāĻŦāςēbaᚁ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤśānta āĻ›āĻŋāϞchilaāĨ¤.

āĻ•āĻ•ā§āώāϟāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

I was happy because I found a cheap place to sleep.

āφāĻŽāĻŋāmi āϖ⧁āĻļāĻŋkhuśi āĻšāϞāĻžāĻŽhalāma āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖkāraṇa āφāĻŽāĻŋāmi āϘ⧁āĻŽāĻžāύ⧋āϰghumānōra āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝjanya āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋēkaáš­i āϏāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžsastā āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ—āĻžjāáēagā āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽpēáēÄ“chilāmaāĨ¤.

āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϖ⧁āĻļāĻŋ āĻšāϞāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϘ⧁āĻŽāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻž āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ—āĻž āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤

📚 Vocabulary

weekend — Saturday and Sunday

saptāhānta

āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ — āĻļāύāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻ“ āϰāĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ
trip — a short journey to a place

bhrammaṇa

āĻ­ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ — āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ āϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻž
arrived — got to a place

paumːchilāma

āĻĒ⧌āρāϛ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ — āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ
train station — a place where trains stop

rēlasᚭēśana

āϰ⧇āϞāĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻļāύ — āϝ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧇ āĻŸā§āϰ⧇āύ āĻĨāĻžāĻŽā§‡
evening — the time at the end of the day

sandhyā

āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āϝāĻž — āĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ
cheap — not costing a lot of money

sastā

āϏāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻž — āϝāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻžāĻŽ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āύāϝāĻŧ
hotel — a place where you pay to stay in a room

hōᚭēla

āĻšā§‹āĻŸā§‡āϞ — āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āϝ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āϟāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ•ā§āώ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ
money — coins and paper notes used to buy things

ᚭākā

āϟāĻžāĻ•āĻž — āĻĒāϝāĻŧāϏāĻž āĻ“ āĻ•āĻžāϗ⧁āĻœā§‡ āύ⧋āϟ āϝāĻž āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏ āϕ⧇āύāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ
city center — the main part of a city

śaharēra kēndrasthala

āĻļāĻšāϰ⧇āϰ āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāϞ — āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻšāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ
looked for — tried to find something

khumːjatē lāgalāma

āϖ⧁āρāϜāϤ⧇ āϞāĻžāĻ—āϞāĻžāĻŽ — āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϖ⧁āρāϜāϤ⧇ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāϞāĻžāĻŽ
expensive — costing a lot of money

dāmi

āĻĻāĻžāĻŽāĻŋ — āϝāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻžāĻŽ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ
full — with no space left

pÅĢrṇa

āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ — āϝ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āφāϰ āϕ⧋āύāĻ“ āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ—āĻž āĻ–āĻžāϞāĻŋ āύ⧇āχ
rooms — separate spaces in a building for sleeping or living

kakášŖa

āĻ•āĻ•ā§āώ — āϘ⧁āĻŽāĻžāύ⧋ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāϏāĻŦāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ­āĻŦāύ⧇āϰ āφāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ
tired — needing rest or sleep

klānta

āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ — āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻŦāĻž āϘ⧁āĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ
worried — feeling unhappy because you think something bad might happen

cintita

āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ — āĻ…āϏ⧁āĻ–ā§€ āĻŦā§‹āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āϘāϟāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇
guest house — a small, simple hotel

gēsṭa hā'usa

āϗ⧇āĻ¸ā§āϟ āĻšāĻžāωāϏ — āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϛ⧋āϟ, āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻšā§‹āĻŸā§‡āϞ
asked — said something to get an answer

jijÃąÄsā karalāma

āϜāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāϏāĻž āĻ•āϰāϞāĻžāĻŽ — āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻŦāϞāϞāĻžāĻŽ
friendly — kind and pleasant

bandhutbapÅĢrṇa

āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ — āĻĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧁ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŽāύ⧋āϰāĻŽ
price — the amount of money you pay for something

dāma

āĻĻāĻžāĻŽ — āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϕ⧋āύāĻ“ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϝ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āϟāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻĻ⧇āύ
quiet — making little or no noise

śānta

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