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🇮🇳 Hindi · Beginner Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 16 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Lost in Connaught Place

The circles of Connaught Place all look alike, so Noah stops a passer-by: excuse me, where's the metro station, go straight then left, is it far, it's near, five minutes, not right, no left, thank you very much, don't mention it.

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THE STORY

The white colonnades of Connaught Place on a weekday afternoon, every circle alike. Noah says the polite you to a passer-by, a stranger older than him, and the passer-by the polite you back.

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माफ़ कीजिएmaaf kee-ji-eexcuse me, politely
माफ़ कीजिए, मेट्रो स्टेशन कहाँ है?maaf kee-ji-e, met-ro ste-shan ka-haan hai?Excuse me, where's the metro station?
सीधे जाइएsee-dhe jaa-i-ego straight, politely
राजीव चौक? सीधे जाइए, फिर बाएँ.raa-jeev chauk? see-dhe jaa-i-e, phir baa-en.Rajiv Chowk? Go straight, then left.
धीरे बोलिए.dhee-re bo-li-e.Speak slowly, please.
दूर है?door hai?Is it far?
कितने मिनट?kit-ne mi-nat?How many minutes?
नहीं, पास है. पाँच मिनट.na-heen, paas hai. paanch mi-nat.No, it's near. Five minutes.
सीधे, फिर बाएँ?see-dhe, phir baa-en?Straight, then left?
फिर दाएँ जाइए.phir daa-en jaa-i-e.Then go right.

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