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🇮🇳 Hindi · Advanced Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 24 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Two taxis to Colaba

The taxi rank at Mumbai Central, a black-and-yellow taxi: how long will it take, from here to Colaba forty minutes, how much will it cost, by the meter about three hundred, how far is the sea from the hotel, two minutes on foot, we'll go by Marine Drive.

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THE STORY

The taxi rank outside Mumbai Central at nine in the morning, nine grown-ups, a baby and eleven bags; Noah and Rohan say the polite you to the taxi driver, who says it back to his customers.

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कोलाबा. कितना टाइम लगेगा?ko-laa-baa. kit-naa taa-im la-ge-gaa?Colaba. How long will it take?
आधा घंटा लगता है.aa-dhaa ghan-taa lag-taa hai.It takes half an hour.
यहाँ से कोलाबा तक चालीस मिनट.ya-haan se ko-laa-baa tak chaa-lees mi-nat.From here to Colaba, forty minutes.
और कितने पैसे लगेंगे? मीटर से?aur kit-ne pai-se la-gen-ge? mee-tar se?And how much will it cost? By the meter?
मीटर से. करीब तीन सौ लगेंगे.mee-tar se. ka-reeb teen sau la-gen-ge.By the meter. About three hundred.
होटल से समुद्र कितनी दूर है?ho-tal se sa-mudr kit-nee door hai?How far is the sea from the hotel?
पैदल दो मिनट लगते हैं.pai-dal do mi-nat lag-te hain.On foot it takes two minutes.
दादी जी, आपने सुना? दो मिनट!daa-dee jee, aap-ne su-naa? do mi-nat!Dadi ji, did you hear? Two minutes!
मरीन ड्राइव से चलते हैं, पाँच मिनट ज़्यादा.ma-reen draa-iv se chal-te hain, paanch mi-nat zyaa-daa.We'll go by Marine Drive, five minutes more.