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A conversation with a hotel keeper |
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In
this conversation, a personal inquiry is made about the availability of
accomodations, without previous reservations, in a hotel in Srinagar. The
desk clerk is a Muslim, therefore, the mode of greeting is  |
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Hotel Keeper: Greetings, sir. 
Ashok: Greetings, do you have a vacant room? 
Hotel Keeper: Yes, sir, I do. 
Ashok: I want a room. 
Hotel Keeper: How many days will you stay? 
Ashok: Two days. 
Hotel Keeper: All right, please write your name on this register. 
Ashok: What is the charge? 
Hotel Keeper: Do you want only the room, or room and board? 
Ashok: No, just the room. 
Hotel Keeper: The room is twenty rupees. 
Ashok: All right, that's fine. 
Hotel Keeper: Here is the key. 
Ashok: What is the room number? 
Hotel Keeper: It is number four. Where is your luggage? 
Ashok: The luggage is in taxi. 
Hotel Keeper: You go to your room. The porter will bring in the luggage. 
Ashok: Fine, thank you. |
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