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🇮🇳 Hindi · Advanced Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 15 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The invitation

The flat in Greater Kailash, a pile of printed cards: you are cordially invited with your family, what you say when you hand one over is please do come, please do bring the children, please do come a little early, sixty cards in all, eight from the restaurant, and one for Noah's mother to frame.

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THE STORY

The flat in Greater Kailash, an evening in February, the printed cards for the naming on the table: Neha, Priya and Noah say the familiar you to each other and practise the extra-polite forms Noah will say to the elders of the lane.

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आप सपरिवार सादर आमंत्रित हैं.aap sa-pa-ri-vaar saa-dar aa-man-trit hain.You are cordially invited with your family.
कार्ड की हिंदी. तुम बस कहो, ज़रूर आइएगा.kaard kee hin-dee. tum bas ka-ho, za-roor aa-i-e-gaa.That's the card's Hindi. You just say, please do come.
ज़रा बताइएगा, कितने बजे आना है?za-raa ba-taa-i-e-gaa, kit-ne ba-je aa-naa hai?Please do tell me, what time is one to come?
ज़रूर आइएगा, रविवार को, परिवार के साथ.za-roor aa-i-e-gaa, ra-vi-vaar ko, pa-ri-vaar ke saath.Please do come on Sunday, with the family.
गुप्ता जी से: बच्चों को भी लाइएगा.gup-taa jee se: bach-chon ko bhee laa-i-e-gaa.To Gupta ji: please do bring the children too.
राजू भैया से: थोड़ा जल्दी आइएगा.raa-joo bhai-yaa se: tho-raa jal-dee aa-i-e-gaa.To Raju bhaiya: please do come a little early.
कुल साठ कार्ड. तुम्हारे रेस्टोरेंट से कितने?kul saath kaard. tum-haa-re res-to-rent se kit-ne?Sixty cards in all. How many from your restaurant?
आठ. माँ-पापा को भी दूँ?aath. maan-paa-paa ko bhee doon?Eight. Do I give one to Mum and Dad too?
हाँ, तुम्हारी माँ फ़्रेम करेंगी.haan, tum-haa-ree maan frem ka-ren-gee.Yes, your mother will frame it.