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🇮🇳 Hindi · Advanced Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 4 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Chef Khanna's Letter

The hotel kitchen in Connaught Place after lunch service: Noah asks Chef Khanna for a letter from the hotel, three days off in September and an early Saturday, in the most polite Hindi there is.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

The hotel kitchen in Connaught Place, after the lunch service. Noah says the polite you to Chef Khanna; Chef Khanna, older and the boss, says the familiar you to Noah.

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शेफ़, कुछ पूछना था.shef, kuchh poochh-naa thaa.Chef, I wanted to ask something.
आओ नोआ, बैठो. पार्टी अभी बाकी है.aa-o no-aa, bai-tho. paar-tee a-bhee baa-kee hai.Come, Noah, sit. The party is still owed.
क्या आप होटल की चिट्ठी दे सकेंगे?kyaa aap ho-tal kee chit-thee de sa-ken-ge?Would you be able to give me a letter from the hotel?
ज़रूर. दफ़्तर कल टाइप कर देगा.za-roor. daf-tar kal taip kar de-gaa.Of course. The office will type it tomorrow.
ज़रा बताइएगा, चिट्ठी कब मिलेगी?za-raa ba-taa-i-e-gaa, chit-thee kab mi-le-gee?Please tell me, when will I get the letter?
तकलीफ़ न हो तोtak-leef na ho toif it's no trouble
तकलीफ़ न हो तो, तीन दिन की छुट्टी दीजिएगा.tak-leef na ho to, teen din kee chhut-tee dee-ji-e-gaa.If it's no trouble, please give me three days off.
एक हफ़्ता लो. शादी एक ही बार होती है.ek haf-taa lo. shaa-dee ek hee baar ho-tee hai.Take a week. A wedding happens only once.
जाने दीजिएगाjaa-ne dee-ji-e-gaaplease let me go
शनिवार को जल्दी जाने दीजिएगा.sha-ni-vaar ko jal-dee jaa-ne dee-ji-e-gaa.Please let me leave early on Saturday.

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