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🇮🇳 Hindi · Advanced Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 20 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The reservation counter

The reservation counter at New Delhi station: which train, which date, the Mumbai Rajdhani on the twelfth of March, nine people, second class AC two-tier, three lower berths, three lower, three upper, three side in one coach, the first lower one for Dadi ji, the baby free, four twenty-five from platform one, eighteen thousand in all.

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THE STORY

The reservation counter at New Delhi railway station, a morning in early March: Rohan and Noah book the Mumbai Rajdhani for nine people and a baby; both say the polite you to the clerk, who says it back.

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कौन सी ट्रेन, कौन सी तारीख?kaun see tren, kaun see taa-reekh?Which train, which date?
मुंबई राजधानी, बारह मार्च. नौ लोग.mum-ba-ee raaj-dhaa-nee, baa-rah maarch. nau log.The Mumbai Rajdhani, the twelfth of March. Nine people.
कुल अठारह हज़ार, सर.kul a-thaa-rah ha-zaar, sar.Eighteen thousand in all, sir.
नीचे वाली बर्थnee-che vaa-lee bartha lower berth
सेकंड एसी टू-टियर, तीन नीचे वाली बर्थ.se-kand e-see too-ti-yar, teen nee-che vaa-lee barth.Second class AC two-tier, three lower berths.
तीन नीचे, तीन ऊपर, तीन साइड.teen nee-che, teen oo-par, teen saa-id.Three lower, three upper, three side.
पहली नीचे वालीpeh-lee nee-che vaa-leethe first lower one
पहली नीचे वाली दादी जी, दूसरी माँ, तीसरी बहन.peh-lee nee-che vaa-lee daa-dee jee, doos-ree maan, tees-ree be-hen.The first lower one for Dadi ji, the second for Mum, the third for my sister.
और बच्ची? छह हफ़्ते की है.aur bach-chee? chhah haf-te kee hai.And the baby? She's six weeks old.
बच्ची फ़्री. चार पच्चीस, प्लेटफ़ॉर्म एक.bach-chee free. chaar pach-chees, plet-form ek.The baby is free. Four twenty-five, platform one.

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