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>> I'm not sure what you'd use for non-vegetarian curries and if there's a generic word that encompasses both veg and non-veg curries >Khaana (food) I suppose!
by Arnavion 6y ago
>> I'm not sure what you'd use for non-vegetarian curries and if there's a generic word that encompasses both veg and non-veg curries
>Khaana (food) I suppose! :)
I meant the word you would put in this conversation:
Customer at restaurant: I want four chapattis.
Waiter: Okay, and what ____ would you like with that?
Customer: One palak paneer and one chicken tikka masala.
Khaana won't work there. Sabzi, as I said, would work if it was a vegetarian restaurant so the only choices were vegetarian curries.
Playing the conversation in my head, I can only imagine the waiter saying "And what would you like with that?" It might be one of those words that's just straight-up missing and nobody notices, like how Hindi doesn't have a word for "You're welcome." (what you would say as a response to "Thank you.")
- OJFord 6y agoI can't think of an English word to use there either though? Like you say, they'd just say 'what would you like with that'. > "You're welcome." (what you would say as a response to "Thank you.") Heh, I'll try not to rant off-topic too much, but I wouldn't: I'm British, an American certainly would, and it's (or in particular its overuse and insincerity is) a pet hate of mine... (I think kuch nahin / koi baat nahin are used with about the same frequency as 'no worries' / 'no problem' / 'it's nothing' in British English?) ... 'Thanks for your reply' -- 'You're so welcome!' -- shudders ...