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🇮🇳 Hindi · Advanced Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 6 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Budget

The kitchen table in Greater Kailash, a notebook and two cups of chai: how much do we have, roughly, about eighteen lakh, around twenty-three with Papa ji's, the deposit alone at least four, the kitchen fittings about six, wages at most a lakh, the licences roughly fifty thousand, all in all about fifteen lakh, and two lakh set apart for the baby.

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THE STORY

The kitchen table of the flat in Greater Kailash, an evening in April, a notebook between two cups of chai. Priya and Noah say the familiar you to each other.

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हमारे पास कितना है, लगभग?ha-maa-re paas kit-naa hai, lag-bhag?How much do we have, roughly?
तेईस के आसपासte-ees ke aas-paasaround twenty-three
करीब अठारह लाख. पापा जी के साथ, तेईस के आसपास.ka-reeb a-thaa-rah laakh. paa-paa jee ke saath, te-ees ke aas-paas.About eighteen lakh. With Papa ji's, around twenty-three.
डिपॉज़िट ही कम से कम चार होगा.di-po-zit hee kam se kam chaar ho-gaa.The deposit alone will be at least four.
और किचन का सामान, करीब छह लाख.aur ki-chan kaa saa-maan, ka-reeb chhah laakh.And the kitchen fittings, about six lakh.
ज़्यादा से ज़्यादाzyaa-daa se zyaa-daaat most
तीन लोगों की तनख्वाह, ज़्यादा से ज़्यादा एक लाख.teen lo-gon kee tan-khvaah, zyaa-daa se zyaa-daa ek laakh.Wages for three people, at most a lakh.
लाइसेंस लगभग पचास हज़ार. और फ़र्श.laa-i-sens lag-bhag pa-chaas ha-zaar. aur farsh.The licences, roughly fifty thousand. Plus the floor.
कुल मिलाकरkul mi-laa-karall in all
कुल मिलाकर, पहले ग्राहक से पहले करीब पंद्रह लाख.kul mi-laa-kar, pah-le graa-hak se pah-le ka-reeb pan-drah laakh.All in all, about fifteen lakh before the first customer.

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