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🇮🇳 Hindi · Advanced Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 6 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Form at the Office

The municipal office in South Delhi: a birth certificate form in the formal Hindi of forms, date of birth, permanent address, applicant's signature, and the clerk's plain words for each of them.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

The zonal office of the municipality in South Delhi, a January morning, a window with a clerk behind it. Noah and Priya say the polite you to the clerk and he says it to them; Noah and Priya use the familiar you with each other.

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जन्म प्रमाण पत्रjanm pra-maan patrbirth certificate
जन्म प्रमाण पत्र? यह फ़ॉर्म भरिए.janm pra-maan patr? ye form bha-ri-e.Birth certificate? Fill in this form.
जन्म तिथि, मतलब जन्म की तारीख?janm ti-thi, mat-lab janm kee taa-reekh?Date of birth, meaning the date of the birth?
नीचे पिता का नाम, माता का नाम.nee-che pi-taa kaa naam, maa-taa kaa naam.Below, father's name, mother's name.
स्थायी पता? हम किराये पर रहते हैं.sthaa-yee pa-taa? ham ki-raa-ye par rah-te hain.Permanent address? We live on rent.
पक्का पता. बिजली का बिल दिखाइए.pak-kaa pa-taa. bij-lee kaa bil di-khaa-i-e.The proper address. Show the electricity bill.
आवेदक के हस्ताक्षर, कौन साइन करेगा?aa-ve-dak ke has-taak-shar, kaun saa-in ka-re-gaa?Applicant's signature: who signs?
जो फ़ॉर्म भर रहा है.jo form bhar ra-haa hai.Whoever is filling in the form.
सर्टिफ़िकेट कितने दिन में मिलेगा?sar-ti-fi-ket kit-ne din men mi-le-gaa?In how many days does the certificate come?
सात काम के दिन, खिड़की तीन से.saat kaam ke din, khir-kee teen se.Seven working days, from window three.