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🇮🇳 Hindi · Advanced Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 25 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The monsoon price of tomatoes

The back door of Dadi ji's Kitchen on a wet July morning, Yadav ji with the crates: tomatoes at a hundred and twenty, forty last month, if you fix eighty I'll pay in advance, if you take all the paneer from me then ninety, eighty-five as the middle way, if the payment comes every Monday, agreed and settled, you've learned to bargain like a Delhi man, and from you, Yadav ji.

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THE STORY

The back door of Dadi ji's Kitchen in Hauz Khas Village on a wet morning in July; Noah and Yadav ji, his supplier from the Okhla market, say the polite you to each other.

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आज टमाटर एक सौ बीस रुपये.aaj ta-maa-tar ek sau bees ru-pa-ye.Tomatoes are a hundred and twenty rupees today.
पिछले महीने चालीस थे.pichh-le ma-hee-ne chaa-lees the.Last month they were forty.
तो मैं पहले दे दूँगा.to main pah-le de doon-gaa.then I'll pay in advance
अगर आप अस्सी तय करेंगे, तो मैं पहले दे दूँगा.a-gar aap as-see tay ka-ren-ge, to main pah-le de doon-gaa.If you fix eighty, I'll pay in advance.
अगर सारा पनीर मुझसे लेंगे, तो नब्बे.a-gar saa-raa pa-neer mujh-se len-ge, to nab-be.If you take all the paneer from me, then ninety.
पचासी, बीच का रास्ता.pa-chaa-see, beech kaa raas-taa.Eighty-five, the middle way.
पचासी, अगर पेमेंट हर सोमवार होगा.pa-chaa-see, a-gar pe-ment har som-vaar ho-gaa.Eighty-five, if the payment comes every Monday.
अब तक देर नहीं हुई. मंज़ूर, पक्का.ab tak der na-heen hu-ee. man-zoor, pak-kaa.So far it's never been late. Agreed, settled.
दिल्ली वाले की तरह मोल-भाव सीख गए!dil-lee vaa-le kee ta-rah mol-bhaav seekh ga-e!You've learned to bargain like a Delhi man!
आपसे, यादव जी.aap-se, yaa-dav jee.From you, Yadav ji.