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🇮🇳 Hindi · Advanced Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 18 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A father on leave

The flat in Greater Kailash, Meera asleep on Noah's shoulder: let me hold her a bit, let her sleep, the restaurant shut for March, let the staff take their leave, let me look in every evening, no deliveries till April, let Priya rest, let me take a photo, and don't wake her with the flash.

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THE STORY

The flat in Greater Kailash, an evening in late February, Meera asleep on Noah's shoulder and Rohan on the sofa; the two friends say the familiar you to each other, as always.

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पकड़ने दोpa-kar-ne dolet me hold her
मुझे दो, थोड़ा पकड़ने दो. तुम बैठो.mu-jhe do, tho-raa pa-kar-ne do. tum bai-tho.Give her to me, let me hold her a bit. You sit.
सोने दोso-ne dolet her sleep
सोने दो, अभी-अभी सोई है.so-ne do, a-bhee-a-bhee so-ee hai.Let her sleep, she has just gone off.
प्रिया को आराम करने दो.pri-yaa ko aa-raam kar-ne do.Let Priya rest.
तो रेस्टोरेंट सच में एक महीने बंद?to res-to-rent sach men ek ma-hee-ne band?So, the restaurant, really shut for a month?
मार्च में. स्टाफ़ को भी छुट्टी लेने दो.maarch men. staaf ko bhee chhut-tee le-ne do.For March. Let the staff take their leave too.
मुझे रोज़ शाम देखने दो, फ़्रिज और डाक.mu-jhe roz shaam dekh-ne do, frij aur daak.Let me look in every evening, the fridge and the post.
यही पूछने वाला था. अप्रैल तक डिलीवरी नहीं.ya-hee poochh-ne vaa-laa thaa. ap-rail tak di-li-va-ree na-heen.That's what I was going to ask. No deliveries till April.
एक फ़ोटो लेने दो, मामा और सोती भांजी.ek fo-to le-ne do, maa-maa aur so-tee bhaan-jee.Let me take a photo, the uncle and the sleeping niece.

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