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🇮🇳 Hindi · Beginner Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 22 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Diwali Rush

Diwali week at the shop's counter in Chandni Chowk: two kilos of the cashew sweets, boxes, four boxes of half a kilo each, anything else, twenty round sweets, the spirals too, ten spirals as a gift, happy Diwali, to you too.

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THE STORY

The counter of the Sharmas' sweet shop in Chandni Chowk, Diwali week, Noah serving beside Papa ji. The customer and Noah say the polite you; Noah says the polite you to Papa ji, who says the familiar you to him.

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नमस्ते जी. दो किलो काजू कतली.na-mas-te jee. do ki-lo kaa-joo kat-lee.Hello, ji. Two kilos of the cashew sweets.
एक डिब्बा, दो डिब्बेek dib-baa, do dib-beone box, two boxes
दो किलो. डिब्बे?do ki-lo. dib-be?Two kilos. Boxes?
कितने डिब्बे?kit-ne dib-be?How many boxes?
चार डिब्बे, आधा-आधा किलो.chaar dib-be, aa-dhaa-aa-dhaa ki-lo.Four boxes, half a kilo each.
ठीक है. और कुछ?theek hai. aur kuchh?Fine. Anything else?
और बीस लड्डू.aur bees lad-doo.And twenty round sweets.
एक जलेबी, जलेबियाँek ja-le-bee, ja-le-bi-yaanone spiral, spirals
नोआ, जलेबियाँ भी!no-aa, ja-le-bi-yaan bhee!Noah, the spirals too!
जलेबियाँ, पापा जी?ja-le-bi-yaan, paa-paa jee?Spirals, Papa ji?

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