# #3 | stories in everyday-speak.

By [#microfiction from India](https://paragraph.com/@microfiction-from-india) · 2021-10-27

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**Jamwa ma shu cche**, he asked Siri. **Kaay pan nathi**, she said. **Paani cche, joyecche?** she added. **Chaalse**, he said. She threw him a bottle. He missed catching it. It shattered on the floor. Tch, she said and hovered over to clean it up.

#gujarati #english

_(_**_Jamwa ma shu cche_** _- what’s there’s to eat?)_

_(_**_Kaay pan nathi_** _- nothing at all)_

_(_**_Paani cche, joyecche?_** _- There’s water. Do you want some?)_

_(_**_Chaalse_** _- Yeah, okay)_

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*Originally published on [#microfiction from India](https://paragraph.com/@microfiction-from-india/3-stories-in-everyday-speak)*