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🇮🇳 Hindi · Advanced Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 8 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Landlord

The empty corner shop in Hauz Khas, Mehra ji with the keys: forty square metres and a store upstairs, one lakh fifty thousand a month, that's far more than the lane's rate, at this price you won't find a kitchen in Hauz Khas, I'll pay no more than one lakh twenty, less than one lakh forty is impossible, then I'll have the floor done and you the wiring, come on Tuesday with your wife, at less than this.

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THE STORY

The empty corner shop in a lane of Hauz Khas Village, a morning in April; Mehra ji, the owner, has come with the keys. Mehra ji and Noah say the polite you to each other.

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चालीस वर्ग मीटर. एक लाख पचास हज़ार महीना.chaa-lees varg mee-tar. ek laakh pa-chaas ha-zaar ma-hee-naa.Forty square metres. One lakh fifty thousand a month.
गली के भाव से कहीं ज़्यादाga-lee ke bhaav se ka-heen zyaa-daafar more than the lane's rate
यह गली के भाव से कहीं ज़्यादा है.ye ga-lee ke bhaav se ka-heen zyaa-daa hai.That's far more than the lane's rate.
फ़र्श टूटा है और तारें मुझसे पुरानी हैं.farsh too-taa hai aur taa-ren mujh-se pu-raa-nee hain.The floor is broken and the wiring is older than me.
इस दाम पर किचन नहीं मिलेगा.is daam par ki-chan na-heen mi-le-gaa.At this price you won't find a kitchen.
एक लाख बीस से ज़्यादा नहीं दूँगा.ek laakh bees se zyaa-daa na-heen doon-gaa.I'll pay no more than one lakh twenty.
एक लाख चालीस से कम नामुमकिन.ek laakh chaa-lees se kam naa-mum-kin.Less than one lakh forty is impossible.
तो फ़र्श मैं करवाऊँगा, तारें आप.to farsh main kar-vaa-oon-gaa, taa-ren aap.Then I'll have the floor done, and you the wiring.
मंगलवार को पत्नी के साथ आइए.man-gal-vaar ko pat-nee ke saath aa-i-e.Come on Tuesday with your wife.
मंगलवार, आपके घर, इससे कम पर.man-gal-vaar, aap-ke ghar, is-se kam par.Tuesday, at your house, at less than this.