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🇮🇳 Hindi · Advanced Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 14 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Shopping for the ceremony

Lajpat Nagar Central Market with Neha: the baby's things first, a pair of anklets, a set in soft cotton, ten grams the pair, four dozen sweet boxes, two woollen shawls, and one bill for everything.

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THE STORY

A shop in Lajpat Nagar Central Market, a weekday morning before the naming ceremony: Neha and Noah buy the baby's clothes, the sweet boxes and two shawls; Neha and Noah say the familiar you to each other and the polite you to the shopkeeper, who says it back.

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एक जोड़ी पायलek jo-ree paa-yala pair of anklets
पहले बच्ची का सामान: कुर्ता-पजामा, एक जोड़ी पायल.peh-le bach-chee kaa saa-maan: kur-taa-pa-jaa-maa, ek jo-ree paa-yal.The baby's things first: a kurta-pyjama, a pair of anklets.
नवजात के लिए यह सेट, नरम सूती.nav-jaat ke li-e ye set, na-ram soo-tee.For a newborn, this set, soft cotton.
एक जोड़ी जूते और दो दर्जन अंडे.ek jo-ree joo-te aur do dar-jan an-de.A pair of shoes and two dozen eggs.
दो सेट. एक जोड़ी पायल कितने की?do set. ek jo-ree paa-yal kit-ne kee?Two sets. How much is a pair of anklets?
दस ग्राम की जोड़ी, घुंघरू अलग.das graam kee jo-ree, ghun-gh-roo a-lag.Ten grams the pair; the little bells are extra.
और मिठाई के चार दर्जन डिब्बे, बच्चे वाले.aur mi-thaa-ee ke chaar dar-jan dib-be, bach-che vaa-le.And four dozen sweet boxes, the ones with a baby.
और दो ऊनी शॉल, क्रीम रंग की.aur do oo-nee shol, kreem rang kee.And two woollen shawls, cream.
दो सेट, एक जोड़ी, चार दर्जन. पैक कर दूँ?do set, ek jo-ree, chaar dar-jan. paik kar doon?Two sets, one pair, four dozen. Shall I pack them?
कर दीजिए, और सबका एक बिल.kar dee-ji-e, aur sab-kaa ek bil.Do, and one bill for everything.