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🇮🇳 Hindi · Advanced Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 3 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

At the Bedside

Room twelve, the family round the bed: Dadi ji decides whose nose the baby has, Mummy ji sees Noah's eyes and Rohan's smile, and Noah learns the two words for like and the Hindi for takes after.

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THE STORY

Room twelve of the hospital in South Delhi, the morning after the birth, Dadi ji and Mummy ji at the bed. Noah says the polite you to Dadi ji and Mummy ji and the familiar you to Priya; Dadi ji says the familiar you to everyone.

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बिल्कुल प्रिया जैसी हैbil-kul pri-yaa jai-see haijust like Priya's
दिखाओ मेरी गुड़िया. नाक बिल्कुल प्रिया जैसी है.di-khaa-o me-ree gu-ri-yaa. naak bil-kul pri-yaa jai-see hai.Show me my little doll. Her nose is just like Priya's.
चेहरा बिल्कुल नोआ जैसा है.cheh-raa bil-kul no-aa jai-saa hai.Her face is just like Noah's.
पर आँखें नोआ की हैं. रंग देखो.par aan-khen no-aa kee hain. rang de-kho.But the eyes are Noah's. Look at the colour.
मम्मी, हर बच्चे की आँखें ऐसी होती हैं.mam-mee, har bach-che kee aan-khen ai-see ho-tee hain.Mummy, every baby's eyes are like this.
अपने पापा पर गई हैap-ne paa-paa par ga-ee haishe's taken after her father
नहीं, नहीं, यह अपने पापा पर गई है.na-heen, na-heen, ye ap-ne paa-paa par ga-ee hai.No, no, she's taken after her father.
दादी जी, ठोड़ी आपकी तरह है.daa-dee jee, tho-ree aap-kee ta-rah hai.Dadi ji, her chin is like yours.
तो मेरी तरह ज़िद्दी होगी. अच्छा है.to me-ree ta-rah zid-dee ho-gee. ach-chhaa hai.Then she'll be stubborn like me. Good.
नींद में मुस्कुराती है, रोहन की तरह.neend men mus-ku-raa-tee hai, ro-han kee ta-rah.She smiles in her sleep, like Rohan.

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