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🇮🇳 Hindi · Advanced Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 7 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Name on the Form

The same window at the municipal office: the child's name in two scripts, Meera with the long ee, Bennett with one t because that's how they say it, Noah letter by letter, and how a thing is written and said.

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THE STORY

The window of the municipal office in South Delhi, the form half filled, the clerk with his pen. Noah says the polite you to the clerk and the clerk says it to him.

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बच्चे का नाम, अंग्रेज़ी और हिंदी में.bach-che kaa naam, an-gre-zee aur hin-dee men.The child's name, in English and in Hindi.
कैसे लिखते हैंkai-se likh-te hainhow do they write it
मीरा. हिंदी में कैसे लिखते हैं, बड़ी ई से?mee-raa. hin-dee men kai-se likh-te hain, ba-ree ee se?Meera. How do they write it in Hindi, with the long ee?
म से मीरा, बड़ी ई. और सरनेम?ma se mee-raa, ba-ree ee. aur sar-nem?Ma as in Meera, the big ee. And the surname?
हिंदी में कैसे कहते हैं?hin-dee men kai-se kah-te hain?How do they say it in Hindi?
बेनेट. हिंदी में एक टी से लिखते हैं?be-net. hin-dee men ek tee se likh-te hain?Bennett. Do they write it with one t in Hindi?
जैसा बोलते हैंjai-saa bol-te hainas they say it
जैसा बोलते हैं, वैसा लिखते हैं.jai-saa bol-te hain, vai-saa likh-te hain.As they say it, so they write it.
माँ का नाम प्रिया शर्मा. उसने अपना नाम रखा है.maan kaa naam pri-yaa shar-maa. us-ne ap-naa naam ra-khaa hai.The mother's name, Priya Sharma. She has kept her name.
और पिता का नाम, नोआ. न, ओ, आ?aur pi-taa kaa naam, no-aa. na, o, aa?And the father's name, Noah. Na, o, aa?

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