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🇮🇳 Hindi · Advanced Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 26 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Gateway of India

The Gateway of India at sunset, Dadi ji seeing the sea for the first time: so this is the sea, how big it is, on the other side is Africa, what a view, for the first time in eighty-two years, how beautiful the light is, could you take a photo of us, come closer and smile, what a day.

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THE STORY

The Gateway of India at sunset, the whole family at the water's edge; Noah says the polite you to Dadi ji, Mummy ji and the passer-by who takes the photo, and Mummy ji says the familiar you to Rohan and Neha.

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कितना बड़ा है!kit-naa ba-raa hai!how big it is
तो यही समुद्र है. कितना बड़ा है!to ya-hee sa-mudr hai. kit-naa ba-raa hai!So this is the sea. How big it is!
दादी जी, उस पार अफ़्रीका है.daa-dee jee, us paar af-ree-kaa hai.Dadi ji, on the other side is Africa.
ज़िंदगी में पहली बार.zin-da-gee men peh-lee baar.For the first time in my life.
क्या नज़ारा है! रोहन, इधर आओ.kyaa na-zaa-raa hai! ro-han, i-dhar aa-o.What a view! Rohan, come here.
बयासी साल में पहली बार!ba-yaa-see saal men peh-lee baar!For the first time in eighty-two years!
मॉम ने इतने लोग कभी नहीं देखे.mom ne it-ne log ka-bhee na-heen de-khe.Mum has never seen so many people.
वाह, कितनी सुंदर रोशनी है!vaah, kit-nee sun-dar rosh-nee hai!Wow, how beautiful the light is!
हमारी एक फ़ोटो ले सकते हैं?ha-maa-ree ek fo-to le sak-te hain?Could you take a photo of us?
ज़रूर. पास आइए, और मुस्कुराइए.za-roor. paas aa-i-ye, aur mus-ku-raa-i-ye.Of course. Come closer, and smile.

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